Tindersticks

Tindersticks are an English alternative rock band formed in Nottingham in 1991. They released six albums before singer Stuart A. Staples embarked on a solo career. The band reunited briefly in 2006 and more permanently the following year. The band recorded several film soundtracks, and have a long-standing relationship collaborating with French director Claire Denis. Staples, Boulter, Fraser, Macauley and Hinchliffe, all former members of Asphalt Ribbons, formed the band in 1991. The final line-up for the Old Horse mini-LP (1991) was: Stuart Staples (vocals), Dave Boulter (organ and accordion), Neil Fraser (guitar), Dickon Hinchliffe (guitar and strings), Al Macauley (percussion and drums), and John Thompson (bass). Mark Colwill was recruited when Thompson left the Asphalt Ribbons, but it is not known if he played any gigs under the Asphalt Ribbons name. They then changed their name to Tindersticks after Staples discovered a box of German matches on a Greek beach. (read more on wikipedia)
== Links to Peel ==
Peel played the band's previous incarnation, Asphalt Ribbons, in the 80's and 90's. After the name change to Tindersticks, he continued supporting them until the late 90's, including inviting them to do three sessions for his programmes. Listeners voted tracks from the band into the 1993 and 1995 Festive Fifties.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
* 1993 Festive Fifty: City Sickness #37
* 1993 Festive Fifty: Marbles #30
* 1993 Festive Fifty: Raindrops #27
* 1995 Festive Fifty: My Sister #25
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 1993-04-27. Broadcast: 28 May 1993. Repeated: 08 October 1993
*Raindrops / Tye Die / Her / Drunk Tank
2. Recorded: 1994-01-18. Broadcast: 19 February 1994. Repeated: 10 December 1994
*Snowy In F Sharp Minor / A Night In / Dickon Steps Out / Sleepy Song
3. Recorded: 1996-11-24. Broadcast: 07 December 1996. Repeated: 19 February 1997
*Manalow / Dick's Slow Song / I Was Your Man / Don't Look Down
== Live ==
Recorded Live: 1997-04-29. Broadcast: 29 April 1997
#El Diabolo En El Ojo
#Bathtime
#I Was Your Man
#Don’t Look Down
#Dick’s Slow Song
#Fast One
#Ballad Of Tindersticks
#Dancing
#Another Night In
#Talk To Me
== Other Shows Played ==
;1993
*thumb|330x330px12 March 1993: 'Marbles (10")' (Tippy Toe / Ché Trading)
*27 March 1993: Marbles (10" EP) Tippy Toe / Ché Trading
*02 October 1993: Nectar (album - The First Tindersticks Album) This Way Up
*09 October 1993: 'Tyed (LP-Tindersticks)' (This Way Up)
*22 October 1993 (BFBS): Nectar (album - Tindersticks) This Way Up
*23 October 1993: Patchwork (album - The First Tindersticks Album) This Way Up
*29 October 1993: 'Tyed (2xLP – The First Tindersticks Album)’ (This Way Up)
*06 November 1993 (BFBS): Tyed (album - The First Tindersticks Album) This Way Up
*25 December 1993: 'City Sickness (7 inch)' (This Way Up) FF #37
*25 December 1993: 'Marbles (LP-Tindersticks)' (This Way Up) FF #30
*25 December 1993: 'Raindrops (LP-Tindersticks)' (This Way Up) FF #27
;1994
*thumb|330x330px15 April 1994: Her (v/a CD: Volume Nine) Volume
*18 February 1994: Summat Moon (EP - Kathleen) This Way Up
*23 April 1994 (BFBS): Her (v/a album - Volume Nine) Volume
*21 May 1994 (BFBS): Her (v/a album - Volume Nine) Volume
*24 June 1994: The Girl On Death Row (Split 10" – Love Bites) Blue Eyed Dog
*15 July 1994: ‘The Girl On Death Row (Various Artists 10 inch – Love Bites)’ Kennel Club
*16 July 1994 (BFBS): The Girl On Death Row (v/a 12" EP - Love Bites) Kennel Club
*17 December 1994 (BFBS): Feeling Relatively Good (7" EP - Unwired) Domino
;1995
*thumb|330x330px17 February 1995: 'Instrumental (7 inch-No More Affairs)' (This Way Up)
*29 April 1995 (BFBS): 'El Diablo En El Ojo (CD-tindersticks)' (This Way Up) (JP: 'While that was playing, Denis said, "It sounds like Kenny Rogers!" So there's another career wiped out: I shall never play another one of their records.')
*30 December 1995: 'My Sister (LP-Tindersticks)' (This Way Up) FF #25 (JP: 'Would I be giving anything away if I said that's the longest track in this year's Festive Fifty, but only just?')
;1996
*02 November 1996: 'Her (LP-Tindersticks)' (This Way Up)
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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