UNBELIEVABLE: Bella union - The Untold Story

"My entire life I've wanted to write a symphony. Now I have." Divide and Dissolve's Takiaya Reed has jumped from doom/drone to classical

Divide And Dissolve’s Takiaya Reed has made the leap tocomposing symphonies – with some help from the BBC

Metal Hammer · Mar 13, 2025

In One Ear by Simon Raymonde review – life with the magical, mysterious Cocteau Twins

The bassist with the singular 80s band reflects on his contribution to their timeless music – and his years as boss of record label Bella Union – in a diplomatic but chatty memoir

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024

Nell Smith dies aged 17: The Flaming Lips collaborator killed in car accident

Nell Smith and The Flaming Lips released Where The Viaduct Looms, an album of Nick Cave covers, in 2021

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2024

Simon Raymonde: ‘I started to hate who I was becoming’

The musician and label boss has released his first memoir, ‘In One Ear’, in which he reflects on his career with the Cocteau Twins, a brain tumour diagnosis and navigating the music industry as a manager

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2024

"If Cocteau Twins counts as a ‘job’ then of course that was the best": former Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde on the magic of his old band and being a record label chief

The former Cocteau Twin has written a memoir looking back on his life and career

Louder · Sep 21, 2024

“If you can play a song on the piano or guitar and make people feel something then that’s great... If it doesn’t pass that test, then it’s not good enough”: Conchúr White on going solo, McNally guitars and finding a new voice with fingerpicking

White's debut album, Swirling Violets, finds the former Silences guitarist exploring the outer reaches of his imagination and changing his approach because this time out, the set all hangs on him

Guitar World · Jul 23, 2024

R&B nearly man Ural Thomas: ‘My best shot is to just live and be what I am’

He crossed paths with James Brown and Quincy Jones but hated playing fame’s game, and shrank into obscurity. Now 82, the Portland singer is thriving once more

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2022