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Interview with Robin Guthrie
- Post-Punk.com
- 23 Sep 2014
In 2014 we interviewed Cocteau Twins’ Founder/Maestro/Guitarist Robin Guthrie.
Robin was a pleasure to talk to, and we discussed 4AD and their recent reissue campaigns, plus Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil. We also spoke about his scoring…
Read moreThe Byline: Simon Raymonde On A Love Affair With Spurs
- The Quietus
- 18 Aug 2014
“And David Seaman will be very disappointed about that…
Despite living my own relatively rock & roll existence in the Cocteau Twins, even back in the 80s and 90s I was more interested in catching a passing glance into the blacked-out…
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Twin Peaks
- Q
- 01 Aug 2014
The Cocteau Twins created their own soundworld, one that 25 years on still defies imitation.
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Reviews of ‘Blue Bell Knoll’ and ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’
- Pitchfork
- 16 Jul 2014
Cocteau Twins’ fifth and sixth albums are seeing deluxe vinyl reissues this week. These two releases—which were their last for 4AD—present the boundary-pushing innovators as first and foremost a pop band. And pop rarely sounds as transformative and…
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Cocteau Twins: The Complete Guide
- Clash
- 14 Jul 2014
As two classic LPs are reissued…
Two of the most bewitching entries in 4AD’s back catalogue have been repressed on vinyl for the first time since their original release—and as Blue Bell Knoll and Heaven Or Las Vegas…
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Divine Rapture: Simon Raymonde revisits Cocteau Twins’ purple patch
- The Skinny
- 01 Jul 2014
As 4AD re-release Cocteau Twins’ seminal albums Blue Bell Knoll and Heaven or Las Vegas, Simon Raymonde tells us what life in the fold was like during the band’s commercial peak
Ever since Liz Fraser and Robin Guthrie…
Read morePerfect Calibrations: Simon Raymonde’s Favourite Albums
- The Quietus
- 15 Feb 2014
Following the release of his new album with Snowbird, the former Cocteau Twins man and Bella Union boss gives us his rundown of his all-time (on this given day) favourite records.
Simon Raymonde has spent the past seventeen years in a state…
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Cocteau Twins on ‘Blue Bell Knoll’: Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie on the Band’s ‘Golden Era’
- Under the Radar
- 21 Jan 2014
When Cocteau Twins released their sixth album, Blue Bell Knoll, in 1988, critics hailed it as a major step forward for the abstract pop trio. But to hear members Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie tell it, the record wasn’t so much a quantum…
Read moreDreaming in the pussy: Cult rapper Antwon’s guide to Cocteau Twins
- FACT
- 15 Jan 2014
Schooled on punk and hardcore, Antwon broke through on 2012’s End of Earth mixtape — a moody, glowering set of industrial rap.
The San Jose rapper’s follow-up releases, including last year’s In Dark Denim, have seen him diversify,…
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