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Anthony Hegarty confirms Meltdown line-up

5309 days ago
Gigwise — Planningtorock and Cocteau Twins' Liz Fraser on London festival bill more info

Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser to perform at Meltdown festival

5310 days ago
Guardian Music — Exclusive: Singer with 1980s band who has 'the voice of God' persuaded to play two dates at Royal Festival Hall She has not performed solo since the Cocteau Twins split in 1998, but Elizabeth Fraser, whose spectral voice was once described as "the v... more info

Grimes: nine days without food, sleep or company gave me Visions

5313 days ago
Guardian Music — Lo-fi R&B melodies meet new age atmospherics in Montreal-based artist's hypnotic weirdo popThree weeks barricaded inside a room without food, sleep or company. It sounds like the kind of thing you'd only put yourself through if you were quitting hero... more info

How Soon Is Now? by Richard King - review

5336 days ago
Guardian Music — A group biography of independent labelsBack when I should have been studying for my O-levels, I, like a lot of earnest teenagers and bedroom bards in the 1980s, spent much of my free time writing and assembling badly photocopied fanzines. They had La... more info

4AD records - a label that's still made with love

5355 days ago
Guardian Music — Late-80s home of the Cocteau Twins and Pixies has "a certain class", and a host of new artists faithful to its aestheticWhat is it about a record label that makes it the sort of place you want to spend time in? When it first emerged in the 1980s, 4AD... more info

New band of the day – No 1,221: Main Attrakionz

5366 days ago
Guardian Music — This Oakland rap duo's free mixtapes are so good, we can't wait to hear what they sound like when they get paidHometown: North Oakland, California.The lineup: Squadda B and MondreM.A.N.The background: Main Attrakionz were on the December 2011 cover o... more info

Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline (album stream)

5413 days ago
Totally Fuzzy — Darkness-looming Italian gothic metal belters Lacuna Coil are back for their sixth go-round, Dark Adrenaline. Dropping January 24 via their longtime home Century Media, the album matches their timeless, ever-bombastic, black-clad swoon with some o... more info

The arts in 2012: pop

5433 days ago
Guardian Music — Alexis Petridis picks his highlights of the year aheadKing Creosote and Jon HopkinsOne of 2011's low-key delights was Diamond Mine, the Mercury-nominated collaboration between Fife singer-songwriter King Creosote and electronic musician Jon Hopkins: ... more info

New band of the day – No 1,169: Paper Dollhouse

5449 days ago
Guardian Music — This 'gnarly version of Enya' veers between acoustica and atmospherica – but it's definitely a case of the weirder the betterHometown: London.The lineup: Astrud Steehouder (vocals, music).The background: Paper Dollhouse is the adopted name of Astru... more info

Albums of 2011, No 8: The Weeknd – House of Balloons

5455 days ago
Guardian Music — This free download was anything but throwaway. The chillwave-tinged R&B spoke of codeine, cold sex and pills … and invited you to luxuriate in Abel Tesfaye's heartacheHouse of Balloons was the debut album by this Toronto-based artist, and was so hi... more info

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