Cocteau Twins

NME - The Daily Download — Slowdive, Cocteau Twins and Ride - three names most musicians would give their right arm to sound like. Stockholm singer Maria Lindén, AKA I Break Horses, is one of the lucky ones has been likened to all three of those legends already. Her album... more info

Guardian Music — A Scandinavian singer who eschews Sweden's veritable history of pop for a touch of effects-laden shoegazeI Break Horses, aka Maria Lindén, hails from Sweden but, unlike most Swedish female singers that appear on this blog, she doesn't make slightly ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ice said... Santiago a Capella - The Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner - 2004, 2010. Santiago a Capella Llibre Vermell de Montserrat Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599) Alonso Lobo (1555-1617) John IV of Portugal (1604-1656) Tomas Luis de Victoria (1... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Today's guest posting is from a new Sunday Correspondent....but someone who has posted before.Readers from way back will hopefully recall that all of May 2009 and part of June 2009 was handed over to 40 different contributors from all parts of the g... more info

XLR8R — When it comes to the creating the gauzy, otherworldly guitar atmospheres of the shoegaze and proto-Brit-pop scenes, Robin Guthrie has probably had his hand in a greater number of iconic records than even Kevin Shields. With a list of production credi... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Another beautiful mixtape from Sweden’s Korallreven, featuring Julianna Barwick, Cocteau Twins, Gucci Mane, The Radio... Read more » more info

Guardian Music — 10 December: Another day closer to Christmas and Domino's latest signing unveils a playlist with a story-telling themeWe love Anna Calvi even if our New Band of the Day writer wasn't so keen. Her playlist features everything from the Cocteau Twins to... more info

Guardian Music — 6 December: From Lil Wayne to African shangaan electro, the Count & Sinden provide you with a festive playlistThe Count & Sinden are next up on our 24 Plays of Christmas feature, one of several Domino and Warp acts to bring you a festive list of song... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mihai Vancea said... Of Montreal - False Priest (2010) - Review - It’s weird rather than spectacular; the band is all over the place here. Of Montreal has created a world in which we can all loose ourselves - a naive, theatrical and playful world. ... more info

Guardian Music — RNCM, ManchesterIn the late 1980s, the cult record label home to spiky guitar bands like Bauhaus and Pixies suddenly signed a choir of Bulgarian women in traditional national costume. 4AD boss Ivo Watts-Russell had become entranced by the former Bulg... more info