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Poet Christina Pugh invokes Cocteau Twins in new work
- NEWS
- 23 Aug 2021
Prize-winning American poet Christina Pugh has published a new volume of poems, Stardust Media (University of Massachusetts Press). The eponymous poem invokes Elizabeth Fraser…
Read moreSimon Raymonde appears on “The SuperSwell Podcast”
- The SuperSwell Podcast
- 29 Jul 2021
Your host, Paul Cheetham, is joined by one of his absolute musical and music business heroes, Simon Raymonde.
Simon found fame as bass player with the Cocteau Twins, one of the most innovative and inspirational bands of the ’80s & ’90s. …
Read moreMiley Cyrus Performs Cover of “Heaven or Las Vegas” … in Las Vegas
- NEWS
- 06 Jul 2021
In perhaps one of the more surprising intersections of Cocteau Twins music with pop culture, the American pop singer Miley Cyrus surprised—or possibly bewildered—her fans in a recent outdoor performance in Las Vegas,…
Read moreSix Definitive Songs: The ultimate beginner’s guide to Cocteau Twins
- Far Out
- 01 Jul 2021
UK culture and travel magazine Far Out has thrown its hat into the ring of ‘definitive beginner’s guides’ to Cocteau Twins music.
This time, writer Tom Taylor mixes in some surprises, like “Sea, Swallow Me” from the 1986 collaboration…
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BBC Radio 6 Inducts Heaven or Las Vegas Into Music Album Club
- BBC Radio 6
- 30 Jun 2021
BBC Radio 6’s Steve Lamacq selected Heaven or Las Vegas (4AD, 1990) as the latest inductee for its Sounds Music Album Club.
The retrospective honors keep coming for Cocteau Twins’ sixth studio album, which was originally released…
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