Guardian Music — Five readers tell us why they love the band, and our Twitter followers recommend the best tracks for newcomersFormer Cocteau Twins singer Elizabeth Fraser announced this week she is to play two dates at the Royal Festival Hall as part of Antony Hegar... more info

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

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

KEXP Seattle — KEXP DJ El Toro recently hosted a night of music he dubbed 4AD 4VR, a one-two punch of live in-studio performances from Robin Guthrie (of Cocteau Twins) and Brendan Perry (of Dead Can Dance), both musical luminaries from iconic independent record lab... more info

KEXP Seattle — Tonight I’m thrilled to be hosting in-studio performances by two influential artists: At 9 PM we’ll be broadcasting a session with Robin Guthrie (formerly of Cocteau Twins), followed by another from Brendan Perry (formerly of Dead Can Dance) at 1... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brendan Perry / Robin Guthrie Deach Cab For Cutie @ the Woodies in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) Tragedy @ MDF 2011 (more by BBG) today in NYC * Zeitgeist @ The Stone * George Clinton @ BB King's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brendan Perry / Robin Guthrie Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard [not pictured above] are set to commence work on a new album later this year. To coincide with the albums release in 2012, Dead Can Dance will embark upon an... more info

The Vinyl Villain — She dropped a snowstorm. Smashed and broken on a cold stone floor.Still, after all these years, one of my favourite opening couplets – so visual, so intoned with bitter-sweet sentiment (as, of course, is the rest of the song).Hamish MacKintosh, who... 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

Totally Fuzzy — VINYL OBSCURITY said... obscure indie alternative new wave band FABEL - Songs Of The Spheres LP (1987) just reviewed and sampled at http://vinylobscurity.blogspot.com Deaf, Dumb, Blind said... Ölga - > (2005) Robin Guthrie - Imperial (2003) Robin G... more info