Simon Raymonde had for years refused to write a memoir about his life in Cocteau Twins, the dreamy British post-punk group he’d been in with Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie from 1983 to 1997. “I’m ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Santo Sospir is, and was, neither mansion nor palace. Nestled at the tip of Cap Ferrat, between Nice and Monaco, the villa merely seems one among many large houses on the peninsula—not the kind that ...

The term “dreampop” covers a lot of territory these days, from electronic music to acoustic guitars, but one thing’s for certain: the influence of the Cocteau Twins cannot be overstated. Robin Guthrie ...

Jean Cocteau, the French poet, novelist, artist, playwright, actor, critic, scenario writer, and motion-picture director, flew here recently to attend the Manhattan première of “The Eagle with Two ...

Surrealist writer, artist and filmmaker Jean Cocteau first showed up on my radar in 2009 while I was researching a book about eccentric French decorator and antiquaire Madeleine Castaing. Her radical ...

It is not altogether surprising to learn that the dominant feeling of Cocteau’s life was unhappiness, at least as it unfolds in Claude Arnaud’s massive biography. His Cocteau is a vain, self-seeking, ...