Guardian Music — Nottingham’s ramshackle purveyors of off-kilter songs about poverty, violence, filth and ruination went from hungry to comfortable and back againBefore “starving artist” meant living with your parents until you’re 47, scrapi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Tindersticks have shared another song/video from their upcoming LP/film project The Waiting Room. "Were We Once Lovers?" is groovy, something not usually associated with Tindersticks, featuring some lightly funky slap bass, which was i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tindersticks' new album/film, The Waiting Room, is out January 22 via City Slang. The film, produced by La Blogotheque and featuring segments by Claire Denis, Christoph Girardet, Pierre Vinour, Rosie Pedlow & Joe King, Gregorio Graziosi, and Richard ... more info

Stereogum — “We Are Dreamers!” was a collaboration with Savages’ Jehnny Beth, and Tindersticks’ second single from The Waiting Room is a duet too. The chamber-pop slow-burn “Hey Lucinda” matches Stuart Staples’ mannered baritone with Lhasa De Sela�... more info

Stereogum — Tindersticks, the long-running dark-and-stormy British rock project, have just announced plans to release The Waiting Room, their tenth album. The new LP will feature appearances from Savages frontwoman Jehnny Beth and from the late Lhasa De Sela. Ea... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Danish septet Cody is an alt.country band whose dark romantic songs finally get the rich sonic treatment they were aiming for on their new album Fractures. Founded by singer Kaspar Kaae in 2004, the band evolved into an underground favorite - the m... more info

Guardian Music — The xx, On tourA lot of groups talk about going back to basics, but the achievement of this London band was to purge their sound of superfluous elements before they recorded a note. The vocals are allowed to morosely intone tales of emotional drama a... more info

Guardian Music — Who to see this year's at Dorset's Larmer Tree GardensNorth Dorset's Larmer Tree Gardens plays host to the seventh End of the Road festival this weekend, when festivalgoers will be tiptoeing among the free-roaming peacocks to enjoy organic food, indi... more info

Guardian Music — Somerset House Summer Series, LondonLike the building that hosts them, those who play shows at Somerset House are of distinguished age but, if you had to criticise, perhaps a little on the square side. This year, an attempt seems to have been made to... more info

Guardian Music — Elfin Gallic platinum pop star Charlotte Gainsbourg better known here as the actor and progeny of Serge joins Katy B, Tindersticks and more for this year's Somerset House season (19 Jul, WC2) ...It'll take a nation of millions to hold back hip-hop be... more info