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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,…
Read moreSimon Raymonde: Five Essential Albums
- WFUV.com
- 01 Jan 2014
Since the dissolution of Cocteau Twins in 1997, Simon Raymonde has focused on running his Bella Union label, the UK home of eclectic bands and artists like John Grant, Beach House and Midlake.
Considering the many years that have passed since…
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30 Years On: Cocteau Twins’ ‘Head Over Heels’ Revisited
- The Quietus
- 11 Nov 2013
Such has been the long shadow of influence cast by the Cocteau Twins that it seems strange to think that even they had heroes who’d made a profound and indelible effect on them.
Even more curious an idea to consider is that their primary…
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Old Music: Cocteau Twins’ “Crushed”
- The Guardian
- 21 Mar 2013
The Cocteau Twins were not a band to be understood—instead they invited you to fly into the mystery
Created for record label 4AD’s compilation of some of its finest artists circa 1987—Lonely is An Eyesore—Cocteau Twins’ “Crushed”…
Read more‘Sometimes it feels like I’m still having to justify my existence’: DiS Meets Robin Guthrie
- Drowned in Sound
- 06 Feb 2013
With over thirty years as a recording artist under his belt, Robin Guthrie’s iconic status is well and truly justified. Born in the Stirlingshire town of Grangemouth fifty-one years ago, Guthrie was one of the founder members of the…
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New Songs from the Siren
- MOJO
- 01 Sep 2012
She’s back! Elizabeth Fraser talks new music, the Cocteau Twins, and the appeal of prog rock.
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