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Dream-pop at its most divine: Cocteau Twins’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Forty years on from the release of their Victorialand album, we rank the Scottish band’s 20 best tracks, from goth beginnings to weightless masterpieces

The Guardian - UK

‘Have sex to my own music? That sounds repugnant’: KT Tunstall’s honest playlist

The Scots singer thought Kim Wilde was cool and got talked into buying a Cocteau Twins record but which song gives her a slap in the face?

The Guardian - UK

10 Reunions That Went Wrong

They don't all go as smooth and successfully as Oasis, as The Verve, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Cocteau Twins and more will tell you...

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“You could take everything away from me but leave the laptop and I'm confident I could make interesting music quite happily for the rest of my life”: Lone on the gear behind his technicolour, rave-adjacent electronica

We spoke to the producer about his unique approach to shaping sound and the tech he can't live without

MusicRadar

Indie legend Miki Berenyi: ‘There was a falling out in Lush. And, if I’m honest, it still hurts’

Ahead of her trio’s new album, the indie star answers your questions on the harsh 90s music press, her harrowing memoir, and the joy of Spurs walloping Arsenal

The Guardian - UK

It’s Spotify Wrapped season: a reminder of how incredibly dull streaming services have made us

I had long Covid and Spotify was my solace – until I realised the algorithm had killed off all my curiosity about music, says writer Jochan Embley

The Guardian - UK

SampleRadar: 139 free dream pop samples

Sound like Cocteau Twins and Beach House with these dreamy and melodic loops and one-shots

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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

“I couldn’t do all the licks and Jimmy Page stuff. By not being able to play properly and discovering echo units, I came upon some monstrous sounds, purely by accident”: Robin Guthrie on how he conjured the haunting tones of Cocteau Twins

With The Moon and the Melodies remastered and reissued, the architect of the lushest sounds committed to tape reflects on the effects experimentation and accidental magic of the quintessential 4AD band

Guitar World

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

"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

“Restraint was something other bands did… with little precedent, they were a progressive band to their very core”: Revisiting Cocteau Twins’ Treasure

1984 release led the way for countless bands who’d be labelled shoegaze and dream-pop – but trio’s motivation was to find their own direction

Louder

Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd's The Moon And The Melodies to be reissued on vinyl in August

Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd's collaboration The Moon And The Melodies to be reissued on vinyl for the very first time since 1986

Louder

‘Every Cocteau Twins song sounds like an orgasm’: Perry Farrell’s honest playlist

The Jane’s Addiction man grew up on the Beatles and has played Led Zeppelin to Trump, but who can he no longer listen to?

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A beginner's guide to shoegaze in five essential albums

Music industry in-joke or one of the most influential sub-genres in alternative history? Here's the story of shoegaze in five must-hear albums

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Sun’s Signature by Sun’s Signature review – swoonworthy sounds from a mighty pop partnership

The Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser and Massive Attack’s Damon Reece deliver a sensual five-track EP that is destined to go the distance

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