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TINCTURE (tink-sher)

n.
A mixture, combination of elements, solution
A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment.
An imparted color; a tint.
A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes.
A trace or vestige
An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine: tincture of iodine.
Heraldry. A metal, color, or fur.

tr.v. tinctured, tincturing, tinctures
To stain or tint with a color.
To infuse, as with a quality; impregnate.
"I admit that his politics are tinctured with fanaticism" (Alexander Hamilton)

Tinkture started in 2003 (though the date is debatable) in San Francisco. There is a bassist who sings, a guitarist who doesn't sing nearly as much as the bassist, and a drummer who sings about as much as the guitarist.

We want very badly to go to South by Southwest.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/26/2005
Band Website: tinkture.com
Band Members: I guess it must be said, we are very young..

MAGGIE
bass/singing

GRACE
guitar/harmonies/keeping us from being lame

ROISIN
drums/noises/harmonies

Influences: La Bouche -- "Be My Lover"
Sounds Like:

"a unique take on New Wave"
-SF Gate, 2008

"An irreverently rhythmic and wonderfully adolescent piece of Bay Area music history."
-NOISE: SF Bay Guardian Music, 2007

"With driving rhythms, impeccable timing and the unique vocal styling of Gaster, they’ve developed a sound all their own"
-The San Francisco Chronicle, 2007

And also a bit like a warped tape player that speeds up the music you play out of it.

Listen to us on the radio!
Call the following numbers and request Tinkture

(415) 478-LIVE

(510) 642-KALX

(415) 751-KUSF

(415) 341-1199

Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Tinkture Fashionistas (?)

So this strange phenomenon has begun, where people are deciding in mass numbers that Tinkture is quite spiffy.Roisin tied with Peaches Christ in The SF Weekly's "Best of SF 2008" for most fashionable....
Posted by Tinkture on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:30:00 PST

Tinkture on the Radio

Request Us:Pirate Cat Radio (87.9 fm SF, LA; 104.8 Berlin)(415) 341-1199West Add Radio (93.7 fm SF)(415) 568-7866KUSF (90.3 SF)(415) 751-KUSF Live 105 (105.3 SF Bay Area)(415) 478-LIVEKALX Berkeley (9...
Posted by Tinkture on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:18:00 PST

iTUNES -- BUY OUR SHIT

I do not how to niftily link a picture or sentence to a URL, so here's the whole long drawn out shabanghttp://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/vie wArtist?id=263646567use the long ass URL abo...
Posted by Tinkture on Tue, 22 May 2007 04:02:00 PST

ROISIN'S FINGER: everything you'd ever want to know

So on Fourth of July (7-4-7), while sitting in Dolores Park watching the various Pyrotechnics, I suddenly noticed that something emmitting bright pink flames had fallen directly next to me.This is how...
Posted by Tinkture on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:16:00 PST

The Number Pirates (Interview Conspiracy)

PIRATE CAT RADIO:http://www.drinkswithtony.com/tinkture.htmlPIRATE PODS:5 people, 3 cities, 4 way conference call, and no one was in their own home.http://www.myspace.com/piratepods or http://www.pir...
Posted by Tinkture on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:16:00 PST

Grace Ryhmes with Bass and the confusion this leads to (Tinkture in the Chronicle)

'In 1991, Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was in heavy rotation on MTV, "Terminator 2" was No. 1 at the box office and the three members of Tinkture, an all-girl punk band from San Francisco, were...
Posted by Tinkture on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:42:00 PST

Lyrics

ALPHA TRAUMA! (2008)There's always something new to fear,I tell you and it's true, my dear.It's not like anything would changeThe world would still be very strange747, Pyrotechnics,Was there no way to...
Posted by Tinkture on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:53:00 PST