Former Cocteau Twins vocalist Elizabeth Fraser now has an asteroid named after her, courtesy of the International Astronomical Union in Paris, France. Originally discovered on August 31, 2013, by ...

The post Cocteau Twins Announce Vinyl Reissues of Final Two Albums appeared first on Consequence. Cocteau Twins have announced vinyl reissues of their final two albums, 1993’s Four-Calendar Café and ...

Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde has announced a new memoir. It’s called In One Ear – Cocteau Twins, Ivor and Me, and it’ll be out in September. “So I wrote a book. You know, like a big grown up kinda ...

When Cocteau Twins broke up in 1998, it came as a surprise to virtually no one. Five years earlier, guitarist Robin Guthrie and vocalist Liz Fraser ended their 13-year romance, leaving the band to ...

Cocteau Twins reissued most of their album discography on vinyl in the late 2010s, but one record that hadn’t been yet was 1986’s The Moon and the Melodies, their collaboration with ambient composer ...

The Cocteau Twins and composer Harold Budd joined forces in 1986 to put out a collaborative studio album entitled The Moon and the Melodies. Nearly forty years later, the project is receiving a vinyl ...

Robin Guthrie is in what appears to be his kitchen, a Welsh dresser against the light-blue wall behind him, and a rustic-style table with a collection of odds to his right. His cozy, modest home is in ...

John Grant came of age in the ’80s and he’s surrounded himself with the sounds of his youth on his excellent sixth album. Working with producer Ivor Guest (Grace Jones, Bomb the Bass, Lana Del Rey) ...

According to Isabella van Elferen, a professor of musicology at Kingston University in London, the term “darkwave” originated in the 1980s as “an indicator of the dark counterpart of new wave.” Van ...

The post Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser Gets Asteroid Named After Her appeared first on Consequence. It’s neither heaven nor Las Vegas — it’s outer space. The International Astronomical Union has ...

Elizabeth Fraser has always had an astral quality about her singing, and it seems the scientists agree. The Cocteau Twins singer, who recently returned to music with the new band Sun’s Signature, now ...

Cocteau Twins lead singer Elizabeth Fraser now has an asteroid named after her, courtesy of the International Astronomical Union. The band’s label, 4AD, shared the news today on social media, ...