Kairos by White Hinterland

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Or Music of 2010, part one (continued). Casey Dienel's dreamy vocals open White Hinterland's second album Kairos. The soaring calls of Icarus echo before being repeated over a thumping drum and pulsing bass rhythm, creating a different dynamic to the piano-based folk music of previous works. The juxtaposition of ...

White Hinterland at The Social

Friday, May 28th, 2010

The audience seems timid about a diminutive elven figure behind a keyboard. 'You look cramped at the back', says Casey Dienel, one half of White Hinterland, 'come forward'. It seems to be typical behaviour of an uncertain audience, not wanting to push themselves to the front. I ...

Music of 2008: the new

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

In this review of the music I listened to in 2008 I look back on bands who released their debut or second album last year, or were completely new to me. The Ting Tings had a huge hit with That's Not My Name, drawing a trememdous buzz for the duo. ...

White Hinterland

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

There was a positive review a month or two back in the NME for an album by White Hinterland. As I try to find some good new music regularly and the review sounded like I would like the album, not just basing it on the score out of ten, ...