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1982

• “New 2 U: Cocteau Twins”. Bill Prince. Sounds. 11-Sep 1982.
• “Cocteau Hour”. Helen FitzGerald. Sounds. 11-Sep 1982.
• “Review of Lullabies”. Lynden Barber. NME/New Musical Express. 16-Oct 1982.
• “Fun from Falkirk—Fat Chance?”. Don Watson. NME/New Musical Express. 6-Nov 1982.

1983

• “More doom and gloom or an unrecognised pop solution?”. Jonh Wilde. Jamming. 1983.
• “Cocteau Twins Shine On”. Rorschach Testing. 1983.
• “Cocteau Twins are hard to pin down”. Len Righi. The Morning Call. 1983.
• “Twindrops Keep Falling on my Head”. Paul Morley. NME/New Musical Express. 10-Dec 1983.
• “Heavenly Twins”. Helen FitzGerald. Melody Maker. 19-Mar 1983.
• Untitled. Unknown. Sounds. 21-May 1983.
• “Review of Sunburst and Snowblind”. Ian Pye. Melody Maker. 3-Dec 1983.
• “Review of Head Over Heels”. Barney Hoskyns. NME/New Musical Express. 5-Nov 1983.
• “Two’s Company”. Jonh Wilde. ZigZag. Oct 1983.

1984

• “Twice Shy”. Luaka Bop. Sounds. 31-Jan 1984.
• “The Cocteau Twins”. Nick Cucci. Boston Rock. 21-Feb 1984.
• “CocTales”. Chris Maillard. International Musician & Recording World. Mar 1984.
• “Review of ‘Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops’”. Tony Parsons. NME/New Musical Express. 21-Apr 1984.
• Untitled. Melody Maker. 28-Apr 1984.
• “Twinset and Pearls”. Smash Hits. 10-May 1984.
• “Cocteau Twins”. Jonh Wilde. Blitz. May 1984.
• “Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll”. Marina Merosi. ZigZag. Aug 1984.
• Untitled. International Musician Monthly. 1984.
• “Head Over Heels with the Cocteau Twins”. Dan Goldstein. Electronics & Music Maker. Aug 1984.
• “Polar Bears, Kittens, and Puppy Dogs’ Tails”. Danny Kelly. NME/New Musical Express. 8-Dec 1984.
• Review of Treasure. Steve Sutherland. Melody Maker. 10-Nov 1984.

1985

• “Worlds Apart”. Steve Sutherland. Melody Maker. 16-Nov 1985.
• Review of Tiny Dynamine. Charles Shaar Murray. NME/New Musical Express. 16-Nov 1985.
• “Reluctant Twins”. Record Mirror. 21-Dec 1985.
• Review of Echoes In A Shallow Bay. Kris Kirk. Melody Maker. 23-Nov 1985.
• “The Cocteau Twins”. Mark Ellen. Smash Hits. 24-Apr 1985.
• “Tales of Mystery and Imagination”. Robin Gibson. Sounds. 30-Mar 1985.
• “Garlands of Words”. RockPool. 7-Oct 1985.
• “It’s Music to Bonk To”. Chris Roberts. NME/New Musical Express. Dec 1985.
• “After the Hush”. Jonh Wilde. Jamming. Dec 1985.
• “Digging for Treasures”. Richard Walmsley. Electronic Soundmaker & Computer Music. Feb 1985.

1986

• “A British Trio Creates Haunting Melodies”. Dave Rimmer. Detour. 1986.
• Review of Love’s Easy Tears. Cath Carroll. NME/New Musical Express. 11-Oct 1986.
• “Ooh, Baby”. Mat Snow. NME/New Musical Express. 12-Apr 1986.
• “A Method in Their Madness”. Jack Barron. 15-Nov 1986.
• “Love and Misery in the Cocteau Twins”. Andy Strickland. Record Mirror. 15-Oct 1986.
• “Review of Victorialand”. Ted Mico. Melody Maker. 16-Aug 1986.
• “Waking Dreamers”. Ted Mico. Melody Maker. 3-May 1986.
• “Cocteau Cabinet”. Chris Roberts. Sounds. 4-Jan 1986.
• “Let’s Not Say Anything”. Chris Heath. Smash Hits. 4-Nov 1986.
• “Budd-y Can You Spare a Chime?”. Dave Sexton. Record Mirror. 6-Dec 1986.
• “Christmas with the Cocteaus”. Barney Hoskyns. Jan 1986.

1987

• “Lonely Is An Eyesore”. Chris Roberts. Melody Maker. 4-Jul 1987.
• “None of This Should Have Happened”. Mark Cooper. Q. Apr 1987.
• “Vocalisations”. Tony Bacon. Making Music. Jul 1987.
• Review of The Moon and The Melodies. Todd Eckert. Only Music. Mar 1987.
• “The Cocteau Twins”. Todd Eckert. Only Music. Mar 1987.
• “That Which Cannot Be Spoken: Divining the Heavenly Sound of Cocteau Twins”. Stephen Dark. Option: Music Alternatives. May/Jun 1987.

1988

• Untitled. Record Mirror. 1988.
• “Trying to Say What Can’t Be Said”. Frank Coleman and David Zinn. Boston Rock. 1988.
• “Mood Music for the Arty”. Don Shewey. 7 Days. 1988.
• Untitled. NME/New Musical Express. 17-Dec 1988.
• Review of Blue Bell Knoll. Steve Sutherland. NME/New Musical Express. 17-Sep 1988.
• “The Elusive Cocteau Twins: ‘Blue Bell Knoll’ Rings Through Record Stores - Another Majestically Murky Album. Terry Atkinson. Los Angeles Times. 2-Oct 1988.
• Untitled. Details. Nov 1988.
• “On ‘Teau”. Paul Trynka. International Musician & Recording World. Nov 1988.
• “Love, Enthusiasm, and the Extermination of Perspective”. Paul Morley. Blitz. Oct 1988.
• “Velvet Opera”. Alex Kakis. Offbeat. Oct 1988.
• “Sounding the death knoll for the Cocteaus’ myth”. Chris Twomey. Record Mirror. Oct 1988.
• Untitled. Cut. Sep 1988.
• “Cocteau Twins”. Staci Bonner. Reflex. Sep 1988.
• “Cocteau Twins: Their Past and the Present LP”. The Catalogue for the Independent Music Trade. Sep 1988.

1989

• “Picks and Pans Review: Blue Bell Knoll”. People Staff. People Magazine. 16-Jan 1989.
• “A voice, a few guitars, a bit of processing, and a hell of a lot of inspiration”. Mark Prendergast. Sound on Sound. Jul 1989.

1990

• “Nappy Hour”. Laura Lee Davies. 1990.
• “Polished Plebians”. Rachel Felder. Alternative Press. 1-Oct 1990.
• Review of Iceblink Luck. Barbara Ellen, Bill Drummond, Jimmy Cauty. NME/New Musical Express. 1-Sep 1990.
• “Ice Should Be So Lucky”. Record Mirror. 1-Sep 1990.
• Review of Heaven or Las Vegas. Barbara Ellen. NME/New Musical Express. 15-Sep 1990.
• “Thank Heaven for Little Girls”. Sounds. 15-Sep 1990.
• Heaven Scent: A review of Heaven or Las Vegas. Shaun Phillips. Sounds. 15-Sep 1990.
• “Crash! Bang! Wallop! The Cocteau Twins are back!”. NME/New Musical Express. 22-Sep 1990.
• “Bringing Up Baby”. Steve Sutherland. Melody Maker. 25-Aug 1990.
• “Missing Blink”. Kevin Murphy. Record Mirror. 8-Sep 1990.
• “What’s the meaning of life?”. Kevin Murphy. Record Mirror. 8-Sep 1990.
• Untitled. Record Mirror. Jun 1990.
• “No Kidding”. Alan Jackson. Vox. Nov 1990.
• “The ‘Teau Nailed”. Philip Bradley. International Musician & Recording World. Nov 1990.
• “Heavenly Bodies”. Clodagh O’Connell. Select. Oct 1990.
• “Viva Las Vegas”. Andrew Perry. Select. Oct 1990.
• “The Dareable Twins”. Making Music. Oct 1990.

1991

• “Casino Royale”. Steve Sutherland. Melody Maker. 12-Jan 1991.
• “Cocteau Twins”. Thrust. 8-Jan 1991.
• Profile: Robin Guthrie. Steph Paynes. Guitar Player. Feb 1991.
• Untitled. Q. Feb 1991.
• “This is a tale of great expectations”. Chris Heath. Details. Jan 1991.

1992

• Cocteau Twins: “Frosty the Snowman”. Volume. Dec 1992.

1993

• “My Favourite Records”. Robin Guthrie. Melody Maker. 1993.
• Review of Four-Calendar Café. Simon Price. Melody Maker. 1993.
• Interview. Kimberly Haas. WXPN Philadelphia Radio. 1993.
• “Dreams of Consciousness”. Chris Roberts. Melody Maker. 11-Sep 1993.
• “Cocteaus’ Experiential ‘Calendar’”. Timothy White. Billboard. 11-Sep 1993.
• Review of Four-Calendar Café. Josef Woodard. Entertainment Weekly. 19-Nov 1993.
• Retrospective Discography. NME/New Musical Express. 2-Oct 1993.
• Untitled. NME/New Musical Express. 2-Oct 1993.
• “Heart to Tape”. Adam Beyda. Mix. Dec 1993.
• “Vocal Hero: Nina Simone”. Elizabeth Fraser. Melody Maker. Nov 1993.
• Interview. Andrew Smith. Raygun. Nov 1993.
• “Sound Whirl”. Andrew Smith. The Wire. Nov 1993.
• Review of Four-Calendar Café. James Hannaham. Details. Nov 1993.
• “Botanic Rites”. Max Bell. Vox. Oct 1993.
• “No More Pre-Raphaelite Bullshit”. Andy O’Reilly. Lime Lizard. Oct 1993.
• “Obscured by Words”. Jason Morgan and Diana Trimble. Mondo 2000. Oct 1993.
• “Fraser-Guided Melodies”. David Cavanaugh. Select. Oct 1993.
• Interview. Peter Suciu. Anti-Matter. Oct 1993.

1994

• “Travel Tips, Rolling Rock, and The Twins”. Su Chon. Rational Alternative Cyberzine. 1994.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Pat Mannion and Brant Nelson. Dewdrops Fanzine. 1994.
• Interview. On the Edge. Apr 1994.
• “Café of Pain”. Maureen Odell. B-Side. Apr/May 1994.
• “The Demons Within”. Stephanie Young. Propaganda: Gothic Chronicle. April 1994.
• “Ethereal this, thicky”. Dave Thompson. Alternative Press. Feb 1994.
• “Virtual Ethereality”. Sarah Champion. Creem. May 1994.
• Interview. Polish Television TVP2. May 1994.

1995

• “Songs from the Siren”. Mark C. O’Flaherty. Boyz. 11-Nov 1995.
• “Making Points”. Matt Ashare. The Boston Phoenix. 14-Dec 1995.
• “Settling in with Fontana”. Martin Aston. Music Week. 16-Oct 1995.
• “The Band Who are Definitely Not Spokespersons for a Generation”. Volume. Winter 1995.

1996

• Cocteau Twins: “Touch Upon Touch”. Volume. 1996.
• “Really Twins Again”. Tim Rollins. Music Monitor. 1996.
• Interview. Ozone. 1996.
• Untitled. Barney Hoskyns. MOJO. 1996.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Mike Gee. The i. 1996.
• “Heaven Handed”. James Rotondi. Guitar Player. Apr 1996.
• “Embracing Otherness”. Val Phoenix. Alternative Press. Jan 1996.
• Untitled. DotMusic. Mar 1996.
• “Shedding the Ethereal Legacy”. Marci Cohen. B-Side. May 1996.
• “The Cocteau Twins”. Tim Tucker. Total Guitar. May 1996.
• “East is East and West is West And Here the Twins Shall Meet”. Jennie Ruggles. Addicted to Noise. May 1996.
• “Cocteau Twins”. Ronald P. Vincent. Raygun. May 1996.

1997

• “Escape Art”. Rollo Kim. 1997.

1998

• Interview with Simon Raymonde. Michael D. Fellows. Ink19. Aug 1998.

1999

• Interview with Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde. David Peschek. MOJO. 1999.
• Review of BBC Sessions. Kristin Sage. Pitchfork. 12-Oct 1999.

2000

• “Twin Piques”. David Stubbs. Uncut. 2000.
• Review of Stars and Topsoil. Chris Roberts. Uncut. 2000.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Tom Topkoff. Hybridmagazine.com. 2000.
• “Former Cocteau Twin guitarist and ex-Mono Vocalist Siobhan de Maré emerge as Violet Indiana”. Octavia. Outburn. 2000.
• Interview with Simon Raymonde. AmbiEntrance. 26-Jan 2000.
• Interview with Simon Raymonde. The Piranha. The Horses’ Gob. Mar 2000.
• “We Are Not Amused”. Barney Hoskyns. MOJO. Oct 2000.

2001

• Interview with Simon Raymonde. Barcode. 2001.
• “Cocteau Twins Go for the Fifty Percent Solution”. Fiona Shepherd. 2001.
• “Violet Indiana Marks New Beginning for Former Cocteau Twin”. Steve Gdula. ModernRock.com. 23-May 2001.
• “12 Questions with Simon Raymonde”. Tom Topkoff. Pennyblack Music. May 2001.

2002

• “Robin Guthrie/Violet Indiana: Interview”. Olga Sladeckova. Pennyblack Music. 21-Jan 2002.

2003

• “Top 100 Albums of the 1990s”. Pitchfork Staff. Pitchfork. 17-Nov 2003.
• “Ether Madness”. David Stubbs. Uncut. Apr 2003.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Olga Sladeckova. Pennyblack Music. April 2003.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. J. Marsh & Kevchino. Kevchino. Jun 2003.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. David Sinclair. The Times. Mar 2003.

2004

• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Nick Hyman. Under the Radar. 2004.

2005

• “Robin Guthrie: From the Cocteau Twins to Violet Indiana”. William Bernhard. Tape Op. 2005.
• Review of Heaven or Las Vegas. ”Bartender”. Sputnik Music. 16-Jan 2005.

2006

• Interview with Robin Guthrie. John Clarkson. Pennyblack Music. 2006.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Wes Barker. Amplifier Magazine. 2006.
• Review of Lullabies to Violaine. Nitsuh Abebe. Pitchfork. 29-Mar 2006.
• “Robin Guthrie and Cocteau Twins”. Martin Aston (with Robin Guthrie). MOJO. Aug 2006.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. John Doran. Play Louder. Jul 2006.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Ilker Yücel. Re:Gen Magazine. Jul 2006.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. The Press. Jun 2006.
• “Clouding Over”. David Quantick. The Word. May 2006.
• “Movie for Your Ears”. Jim Irvin. The Word. May 2006.

2007

• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Aidan Smith. The Scotsman. Jul 2007.

2008

• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Plan B. 2008.
• Review of Treasure. Chris Jones. BBC Music. 2008.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Elegy. Nov 2008.

2009

• “From Cocteau Twins to ‘Carousel,’ Guitarist Robin Guthrie Mesmerizes”. Scott Thill. Wired. 12-Oct 2009.
• “The Cocteau Twins and Me”. Dave Simpson. The Guardian. 26-Nov 2009.

2010

• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Cameron Cook. Sup Magazine. 2010.
• “Building an Iconic Sound: Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie”. Ken Taylor. XLR8R. 22-Dec 2010.

2011

• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Martin Aston. MOJO. Dec 2011.

2012

• “I’m so excited to have made this decision to perform”. Tim Adams. The Guardian. 23-Jun 2012.
• “English as a Second Language: A Salute to the Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser”. Tim Anderson. The Nervous Breakdown. 27-Jan 2012.
• “Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser to perform at Meltdown festival”. Dave Simpson. The Guardian. 30-Apr 2012.
• “Readers’ panel: Cocteau Twins”. Various. The Guardian. 4-May 2012.
• Review: Elizabeth Fraser Live at Royal Festival Hall. Alexis Petridis. The Guardian. 7-Aug 2012.
• “New Songs from the Siren”. David Sheppard. MOJO. Sep 2012.

2013

• “30 Years On: Cocteau Twins’ Head Over Heels Revisited”. John Doran. The Quietus. 11-Nov 2013.

2014

• “Review Blue Bell Knoll and Heaven or Las Vegas”. Danny Riley. The Quietus. 1-Aug 2014.
• “Divine Rapture: Simon Raymonde revisits Cocteau Twins’ purple patch”. Colm McAuliffe. The Skinny. 1-Jul 2014.
• “Cocteau Twins: The Complete Guide”. Jack Scourfield. Clash. 14-Jul 2014.
• “Dreaming in the pussy: Cult rapper Antwon’s guide to Cocteau Twins”. Antwon. FACT. 15-Jan 2014.
• Reviews of Blue Bell Knoll and Heaven or Las Vegas. Stephen Deusner. Pitchfork. 16-Jul 2014.
• “Cocteau Twins on Blue Bell Knoll: Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie on the Band’s ‘Golden Era’”. Laura Studarus. Under the Radar. 21-Jan 2014.
• Interview with Robin Guthrie. Post-Punk.com. 23-Sep 2014.
• “Twin Peaks”. Keith Cameron. Q. Aug 2014.
• “The Byline: Simon Raymonde On A Love Affair With Spurs”. Andrew Fenwick. The Quietus. Aug 2014.
• “Perfect Calibrations: Simon Raymonde’s Favourite Albums”. Colm McAuliffe. The Quietus. Feb 2014.
• “Simon Raymonde: Five Essential Albums”. Kara Manning. WFUV.com. Jan 2014.

2015

• “I’m suffering from old git syndrome”. Michael Bonner. Uncut. 20-May 2015.
• Reviews of Treasure and Blue Bell Knoll. The New Perfect Collection. 21-Feb 2015.
• “Overlooked Albums #42: Cocteau Twins Blue Bell Knoll”. Angel Aguilar. No Ripcord: Independent Music and Film Magazine. 22-Aug 2015.
• “Cocteau Twins: Garlands”. Wilhelm Black. Sputnik Music. 22-Nov 2015.
• “The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s”. Pitchfork. 24-Aug 2015.
• “Writing Something Complete: An Interview With Robin Guthrie”. Kevin Korber. Pop Matters. 7-Jan 2015.
• “Simon Raymonde’s Record Box”. JohnPeelArchive.com. Dec 2015.
• “Pearly Years: Dream Pop Godparents”. Martin Aston. MOJO. Oct 2015.

2016

• Interview with Simon Raymonde. Josh Jones. Le Cool London. 2016.
• “Cocteau Twins: Treasure”. Sputnik Music. 16-Apr 2016.
• “Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser Scores H.G. Wells Miniseries”. Evan Minsker. Pitchfork. 20-Jan 2016.
• “Some thoughts on the welcome return of Elizabeth Fraser”. Michael Bonner. Uncut. 21-Jan 2016.
• “Cocteau Twins Singer Elizabeth Fraser Announces First Full-Length Music Project in 20 Years”. Gabi Gimson. Paste. 21-Jan 2016.
• “The 50 Best Holiday Songs of All Time”. Pitchfork. 21-Nov 2016.
• “The Life of a Song: ‘Song to the Siren’”. David Cheal. Financial Times. 22-Apr 2016.
• “Cocteau Twins: Victorialand”. Sputnik Music. 22-May 2016.
• “Have Yourself a Very Punk Rock Christmas”. Simon Raymonde. Pitchfork. 22-Nov 2016.
• “Cocteau Twins: 10 of the Best”. Ned Raggett. The Guardian. 24-Feb 2016.
• “Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser Contributes Song to BBC Drama”. Evan Minsker. Pitchfork. 27-Jun 2016.
• “Cocteau Twins: Head Over Heels”. Wilhelm Black. Sputnik Music. 5-May 2016.
• “8 Songs That Sample Cocteau Twins, From Arca to The Weeknd”. Philip Sherburne. Pitchfork. 6-Jul 2016.
• “TRIBUTE: Celebrating 20 Years of Cocteau Twins’ Final Studio Album Milk & Kisses”. Justin Chadwick. Albumism. 9 Mar 2016.
• “Bella Union: ‘We only sign artists that we like as people.’”. Kenny Gates. PIAS. Mar 2016.

2017

• Interview with Simon Raymonde. Gillian Driscoll. Culture Collide. 2017.
• “Simon Says #11: Nostalgia for the Cocteau Twins era”. LongLiveVinyl.com. 2017.
• “John Grant and Elizabeth Fraser in Conversation at Royal Albert Hall”. Billy Campbell. Drowned in Sound. 10-Aug 2017.
• “Heaven or Las Vegas is 26 today”. Form Design Blog. 16-Sep 2017.
• “The Fangasm: Garlands by Cocteau Twins”. Brian Coney. Drowned in Sound. 22-Sep 2017.
• “The Story of Goth in 33 Songs”. Pitchfork. 25-Oct 2017.
• “Elizabeth Fraser and John Grant Talk Blue Bell Knoll”. Patrick Clarke. The Quietus. 26-Jul 2017.
• “Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde Shares and Talks About His First New Music in 20 Years”. National Public Radio (USA). 26-Oct 2017.
• “Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde and Richie Thomas of Dif Juz announce debut album as Lost Horizons”. Laurence Day. The Line of Best Fit. Jul 2017.
• Interview with Simon Raymonde. Lauren Laverne. BBC Radio 6. Jul 2017.
• “Lost Horizons (Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins) - ‘Frenzy, Fear (Feat. Hilang Child)’”. Christopher Roberts. Under the Radar. Jul 2017.
• “Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde Says He Didn’t Know About His Band’s Record Store Day Reissues”. Matthew Strauss. Pitchfork. Mar 2017.
• “Making Your Noise: Bella Union Founder Simon Raymonde on His New Band and the Future of Indie Labels”. Zane Warman. Billboard. Oct 2017.
• “Simon Raymonde talks about his first musical project in two decades”. Steve Lamacq. BBC Radio 6. Oct 2017.

2018

• Interview with Simon Raymonde (Four parts). Chris Madden. Chinwag (Video). Jan 2018.
• “Cocteau Twins Announce Treasure and Head Over Heels Reissues”. Jazz Monroe. Pitchfork. 17-Jan 2018.
• “The Strange World of… Cocteau Twins”. Lottie Brazier. The Quietus. 5-Mar 2018.
• Interview with Simon Raymonde. Jon Southcoasting. The Brighton Source. Apr 2018.
• “The 30 Best Dream Pop Albums”. Pitchfork. 16-Apr 2018.
• “The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s”. Pitchfork. 10-Sep 2018.
• Review of Treasure Hiding: The Fontana Years. Jesse Dorris. Pitchfork. 18-Oct 2018.

2019

• Radio Interview. C86 Radio Show/Podcast. 17-Jan 2019.

2020

• “Cocteau Twins Announce Garlands and Victorialand Reissues”. Noah Yoo. Pitchfork. 30-Jan 2020.