Cocteau Twins News

Over at his MySpace, Joe Knight, aka San Francisco's Rangers, refers to his sound as "elevator psych." Clever, but not entirely accurate in this case.

As the mesmeric guitar virtuoso of defunct Scottish band Cocteau Twins, Robin Guthrie's celestial reverb merged with singer Elizabeth Fraser's angelic ululation to create one of the most memorable sounds of the last three decades.

Cocteau Twins - "Ella Megablast Buris 4Ever" . On the night of Erik Fforde's fortieth birthday, he looked out onto the silver city and he wondered where she was.

Last June, monthly party Violaine returned to its Chinatown digs after nearly a year-long hiatus, filling the void that had been left when host venue Roberto's temporarily stopped live entertainment.

A word of advice: you should probably smoke pot while listening to this. Or stare at a black velvet painting of a crying Jesus, or Jimi Hendrix.

A word of advice: you should probably smoke pot while listening to this. Or stare at a black velvet painting of a crying Jesus, or Jimi Hendrix.

The latest collaboration to come fresh out of the pressing oven over at Hydra Head Records will soon come thundering down the side of the mountain with a magnitude that's sure to tip the scales.

DOWNLOAD: Robin Guthrie - Some Sort of Paradise "When it comes to School of Seven Bells ' sound, they're frequently, very frequently, compared to My Bloody Valentine and the Cocteau Twins - but there is more to them than 'just' being shoegazers - there's an emphasis on electronically-created sounds that underpins each track, and on songs like ...

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Cocteau Twins founder and indie guitar demi-god Robin Guthrie has always been both reliable and respectable , but seldom surprising.

Cocteau Twins' ethereal classic Victorialand is one of five classics perfectly built for babies.

YouTube - The Cocteau Twins - Cico Buff >> Posted By eezzbeat 4 hours, 25 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment The Cocteau Twins were an innovative and very influential Scottish band.

BAND NAMES DON'T ALWAYS TELL you much. In the case of My Latest Novel, though, you at least get a glimpse of where the Greenock five-piece outfit are coming from.

Leaving a band is one thing, leaving your brother behind is another. But that's what Brandon Curtis, previously of prog-rockers Secret Machines, did when he formed School of Seven Bells in 2007.

I got an excellent early Christmas present the other day. You see, I had been dropping these really heavy hints to my lovely wife about a present I wanted.

You can read Erika Hobart's review of Asobi Seksu's last show at Chop Suey , and Michael Alan Goldberg's take on Yann Tiersen is below: Classically trained Frenchman Yann Tiersen is probably best known in the U.S. for composing the soundtrack for the movie Amelie.