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Tigs

About Me


Tigs' 2nd single 'Something New' (B Side: 'Good Things') has now SOLD OUT but you can download for FREE above!
The video (which has been shown at the Tate Modern) can be found streaming below.
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BIOG:
Half Spanish and born into an eccentric, bohemian musician family, Tigs grew up in the sleepy country town of Woodchester.
Inspired by the New York punk of Patti Smith and Television and the tortured poetry of Steven Jesse Bernstein, Tigs dropped out of college and started writing her poetrty, and then songs. At 17 she moved to Bristol crashing on floors picking up the dole.
Through friends she met Dimitri, a French writer/producer and together they started recording a collection of dark, brooding songs. Working both in London and in New York Dimitri, and later her friend Nick Zinner helped her to realise the songs she had in her head. "He's the greatest guitarist of our generation, right along with Ewan".
"We live in an era of flash-in-the-pan bands who will be forgotten next year. I dont want that."
"I want to make smart, literate music," says Tigs, now 24. "I wanted to make a record that was interesting and inspirational and different, for people with brains behind their ears."
Produced by Dimitri Tikovoi (The Ravonettes, The Horrors) & Flood (The Killers, PJ Harvey, U2 to name a few!) Tigs released her 1st single on her own red-ROAR label last year. Its called 'And Again' and was a 1 sided 7". Only 500 were made. It received rave reviews from the underground press and John Kennedy & Steve Lamacq played it having found it in Rough Trade who described 'And Again' as "a smooth and catchy 3 minute ride through 'eat to the beat' era Blondie mixed with the energy of X and a guitar lick straight from The Primitives. It's limited and shows she has a massive future ahead of her.."
The 'And Again' & the 'Something New' video were both shot by Tigs friend, Chris Boyd from Manchester winner of the UK BIG ART Prize, The Priestly Prize & the FACT Microwave Award and described by Brian Sewell as "a genius". Its currently showing at the Tate Modern you can see it online here
Tate Online !
Tigs did the NME Club Tour at the end of last year and played dates across the UK - full band and acoustic.
The full album is available through the fanclub and limited 7"s of all tracks will be released over the coming months.
After a band overhaul and some time for regrouping she will be back this summer.MAY 2007 --- Tigs is currently in the studio writing new material and rehearsing, and will be playing live again in the next 2 months.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 31/10/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/tigs
tigsfanclub.com"myspace.com/tigs
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Band Members: TIGS
EWAN SEB

Sounds Like: 'Something new comes at you like a refreshing kick of style.....it bristles with attitude'. - Music Towers
'In Tigs we have a singer songwriter with style, vim, vigour and a healthy dose of anger. Rowdy, classy and loads of fun with Queens Of The Stoneage riffage on top of exasperated vocals. Keep an eye on Tigs, she might just be onto something special'. - Gigwise
'Soaring vocals with pinpoint accuracy guiding you through a maze of drums, loud guitar and louder potential' - Nothing But Green Lights
'...'Something New' is a real bitching belter of a single. Real punky-pop Blondie updated with sinews of steel & more hooks than Peter Pan' - Unpeeled magazine.
'A thundering intro, a pounding middle and a full-on blasted head ramming end, theres no pause for breath'. - Soundsxp
'...Something New is powerful & loud but not in a brain-dead, boring sense the song flirtily swaps and floats into different dynamics throughout, and creates a song that would be so good to hear live and is AMAZING as a single'. - comfortcomes.com
'Karen O fronting the Queens Of Stone Age. Brilliant'. - Long Live Rock And Roll
'Dont Tell Me is a real gem and is one of the best tracks Ive heard this year. Something New is a superb rock track that would not work without Tigs guiding you through every moment with her superb style' - Take Your Medicine
'The guitar can scorch your eyebrows and Tigs can sing with hurricane force, blowing out your windows and crashing a tree on your house. Tigs is unique, there is noone out there like her at the moment'. - Tuwa MP3 Blog spot
'Think Yeah Yeah Yeahs meets Nancy Sinatra meets Siouxsie and the Banshees - superb'. - gorilla vs. bear
'A laboratory experiment mutating both Plastic Letters era Debbie Harry and Chrissie Hynde fronting the Only Ones. Stunning and absolutely essential' - Losing Today
'22 year old Tigs is fiesty lady with an ear for rock'. - Pure Groove
'Massive future ahead of her'. - Rough Trade
'Solid stab of indie rock, distinguished by cool and coquettish Chrissie Hynde style vocals'. - Beardmag
'Tigs is hailed to become one of the bright stars of the new rock and roll generation' - TATE online
'3 min blasts of guitar drenched pop' Disorder Magazine

Record Label: My own. No More Records.

My Blog

GIGS

we will be gigging again - full band, new material - in september! go have your holidays, get your tans and we'll meet you back in london. keep posted!
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:06:00 GMT

VANSSS

ok, it has arrived, the fear has passed ........the vans thing is actually looking pretty cool. but you'll have to be the judge of that..... to see the me being the new 'face of vans' har har har ...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:01:00 GMT

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

oh and incidentally, with regards to the rehearsing - the new sound is so fucking exciting its gonna make you shit OUT OF YOUR FACE. hoorah!
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:03:00 GMT

Love, hate and duets

Yesterday i assisted our friends the BRUTE CHORUS with a female touch on their new ep. It sounds very exciting - look out for the duet between James and myself and the glorious wonder o...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:36:00 GMT

VANS

so seeing as its coming out next week i suppose i should tell y'all about the fact i did the vans shoot a couple months ago for the autumn/winter (fall!) campaign - its due out in mags and b...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 02:16:00 GMT

Keep posted, things are happening......

OKOK, IT'S COMING....right so it's MAY and we're in the rehearsal room preparing to gig and tour - new material and old. we're excited about it all, havent played full band for a while and can't wait ...
Posted by on Sun, 20 May 2007 20:35:00 GMT

Tigs single sold out!

Tigs single sold out across the UK in 10 days!  We knew she had sold all our stock at the fanclub but we now discover we are sold out across the country.  To all those people that bought a c...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:15:00 GMT

Tigs on stage tonight at 830pm at Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon

its a 30min acoustic show.
Posted by on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:53:00 GMT

blistering review of dublin castle gig....

Theres a buzz in the air at the Castle tonight as people queue to get into see Tigs do her showcase gig for So Sweet Records. There's a whole list of bands on the bill, but Tigs is on first and the ve...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:45:00 GMT

Tigs wins XFM battle of the bands!

thanks to all of you that voted...!  
Posted by on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:43:00 GMT