LargeHeartedBoy — Björk's Utopia is the lone new album I can recommend this week. Vinyl reissues are the real highlight this week, including four from Saint Etienne (Finisterre, Good Humor Sound of water, Tales From Turnpike House), two from Throbbing Gristle... more info

KEXP Seattle — Influential British trio and longtime KEXP favorites Saint Etienne released a wonderful cover of Neil Young’s song “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” as their breakout debut single nearly 30 years ago, and they’re still going strong today. With... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Reading back contemporary overviews of music from the end of 1993 it's striking how US rock was grouped together as one intransigent whole, which means that Nirvana, in the year of In Utero and the recording of Unplugged In New York, are usually ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — So now we've covered the best tracks of the year so far on a month by month basis, let's move on to the longform stuff. Feel free to remind us of these come the end of the year when something else from these six months overtakes the lot. Algi... more info

Allmusic Blog — ​Singer Sarah Cracknell of the veteran indie-pop band offers her insight behind the making of the band’s warm and inviting new album, which arrives 25 years after their debut and focuses thematically on where the trio’s members grew up. more info

Popdose — It is the sound of a band acting their age, while making fun of it at the same time. more info

The Quietus — This weekend sees both the release of Saint Etienne's eighth album, Home Counties, and the long-awaited premiere of the new series of Twin Peaks. Below, the band's Pete Wiggs talk to tQ about the parallels between the two, and the lasting influence o... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Christian Fitness - Bees ModeReminder of STN policy: you don't write about Christian Fitness songs, you let them happen. Seems the next album's going to be called Slap Bass Hunks. Girlpool - It Gets More BlueWhen we first met Cleo and Harmony... more info

Stereogum — English indie-dance outfit Saint Etienne released their last album Words And Music By Saint Etienne all the way back in 2012. Thankfully, the trio are finally set to return this year with their first new full-length since then, entitled Home Counti... more info

Consequence of Sound — UK outfit will come stateside to support new album Home Counties. more info