Readers' panel: Cocteau Twins The Guardian (blog) Former Cocteau Twins singer Elizabeth Fraser announced this week she is to play two dates at the Royal Festival Hall as part of Antony Hegarty's Meltdown festival – her first live appearances in six years. To celebrate the news, we turn this week's ... Antony Hegarty Revives A Cocteau TwintheMusic
The Dust Bin: old Cocteau Twins news report on WBNS Death and Taxes Such is the case with this archival gem from WBNS on ethereal post-punk group the Cocteau Twins. In 1985, the Cocteaus were making some waves in the UK, but like many indie bands in the mid-80s, an American breakthrough was near impossible, ...
NiteTalk: Yann Tiersen Skylines into Grand Central NBC 6 Miami (blog) He's sounded with the likes of Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser, Tindersticks' Stuart A. Staples and The Divine Comedy. He makes music that can be at once sweeping and soarful, spectral and sublime. He is the fine-minded Frenchman named Yann Tiersen and ...
Music preview: Austra Prague Post With further listening, it becomes quite evident Austra have borrowed certain sounds and ideas from bands like Bat For Lashes, The Knife, The Cocteau Twins (especially the vocal on "The Choke") and even early Depeche Mode. Feel It Break made the NME's ...
Star Slinger SFStation.com His rogue re-workings of the Cocteau Twins and Nicki Minaj are perfect examples of his talent for completely transforming the mood and tone of the original source. The talent didn't go unnoticed and SS has since officially been hired to remix notorious ...
Matt Haimovitz ranges far and wide Boston Globe Listen,” whose tracklist ranges from Janacek and Stravinsky to arrangements of Blonde Redhead and Cocteau Twins. In March he gave the world premiere of Philip Glass's Second Cello Concerto with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. When not on the road, ...
