1) Tinsel were an indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina who existed in the mid-90's. 2) Tinsel is Madison, Wisconsin-based Michael Hopkins' solo project. The album "The Lead Shoes" finds him improving and honing his fractured folk arrangements, diversifying instrumentation (i.e. less guitar, more samples), resulting in a whispering, submerged sound totally unlike your regular one man sonic experience. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/tinsel">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.