Turin Brakes

Turin Brakes are a modern folk duo, comprising Olly Knights and Gale
Paridjanian, hailing from Balham, London. They had a UK top 5 hit with their
song "Painkiller (Summer Rain)". History1999-2003The band was started by
longtime friends Knights and Paridjanian. The two met at a young age and spent
much of their childhood together. Although they split after Knights ... read more

Watch: Live Session

Live Session video

We hear live tracks from Turin Brakes, including a Beatles cover 'Norwegian Wood,' thier hit single 'Painkiller' and...
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Watch: Interview

Interview video

Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian of Turin Brakes joined Geoff on the Hometime Show to discuss not being the biggest...
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Strokesmania!

29 January 2001: Number 43 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicAfter a couple of disappointing albums, it's tempting to be sniffy about the St...
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Delta Maid to support Seth Lakeman on his forthcoming UK tour

Delta Maid has been announced as the main support to folk singer Seth Lakeman on his forthcoming tour of the UK. Set to release her debut album next year, the acoustic...
Posted 28 September 2010 4.03pm — Comment on this

Video Premiere: The Juan MacLean: "Feel So Good"

This video for the Juan MacLean's "Feel So Good", from the house mastermind's recently released DJ-Kicks compilation, is a pretty simple concept: footage of a dude dancin...
Posted 27 May 2010 4.30pm — Comment on this

Top songs

The 5 most played Turin Brakes songs in the past year.

  • Pain Killer  186 plays

Played on

Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Turin Brakes over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 00s 186 plays

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