Cocteau Twins

ContactMusic — Former Cocteau Twins star Elizabeth Fraser has revealed shes still not on speaking terms with former lover and bandmate Robin Guthrie 15 years after the group split The Pearly Dewdrops Drops singer is preparing to launch her li... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonAt the height of the Cocteau Twins' fame, when they were one of the bands upon whom the very notion of indie music in the 80s rested, it would have seemed unimaginable for Elizabeth Fraser to become any more enigmatic than ... more info

Guardian Music — We get in the mood for Elizabeth Fraser's upcoming Meltdown performance with a trip to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – for an 80s interview with the Cocteau TwinsSo I spent a Friday afternoon eating... more info

Guardian Music — Joan Wasser on playing violin with Antony and the Johnsons, and the new songs she's writing for Meltdown What does Antony mean to you? I walked into an Antony and the Johnsons rehearsal in 1999 to cover for a violinist and I felt instantly at home. A... more info

Guardian Music — The Midas touch was on display with this week's topicLast week, with a nod to the London 2012 Olympics, we asked you to nominate your favourite songs about gold, with the glittering prize of inclusion in this playlist enough to get the RR faithful su... more info

Guardian Music — (4AD)In this Montreal indie electro duo, Megan James sings while Corin Roddick plays an instrument shaped like a tree of lights. The latter is an appropriate metaphor for their eccentric, fairytale world, which mixes 80s synthesiser pop swirls withÂ... more info

Guardian Music — Since the Cocteau Twins split 15 years ago, their otherworldly singer has lived a quiet life in Bristol. But in August, as part of Antony Hegarty's Meltdown festival, the one-time darling of the music press will sing her own songs for the first time... more info

ContactMusic — Former Cocteau Twins singer Elizabeth Fraser is returning to the spotlight with a trio of upcoming summer 12 gigs in England The Pearly Dewdrops Drops singer will perform her first full set since 1998 at Bath Pavillion on 4 August 12 two weeks before... more info

Guardian Music — Village Underground, LondonThe early 1990s shoegaze scene is not widely regarded as British music's finest moment. Peopled by bands such as Lush and Slowdive – who crafted sumptuous, serene art-rock that was heavy on non-specific introspection and ... more info

Guardian Music — Scratch any literate songwriter – Win Butler, David Bowie, PJ Harvey – and beneath the surface you will find a debt to TS EliotThe New Yorker critic Louis Menand, reflecting on TS Eliot's transition from radical modernist to arch-conservative, wr... more info