Worst 10 TV theme songs: 'Dollhouse' to 'American Idol,' '90210' to 'Cleveland Show' Oct 29, 2009
If the unholy illegitimate musical love child of Enya and the Cocteau Twins recorded a soft-core porn lullaby, it might sound something like this. I find myself sitting up at the end of the titles and asking, "Was I asleep?". (FOX61, CT)
* [CD REVIEWS: TAIWAN] Jul 22, 2009
Only one track, Night Moves (]), is an absolute dud, when she strikes out into atmospheric Cocteau Twins territory and gets utterly lost. X IAN BARTHOLOMEW. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
'BCN remains the station others try to beat Jul 15, 2009
"WBCN and WFNX do seem to battle on the ideological front. Some Boston rock fans feel 'FNX has outflanked 'BCN on the progressive programming front. While rating points (and thus advertising dollars) are more important than image, WBCN has long cultivated a cutting-edge reputation; it broke many of the new wave acts, from the Cars to Costello to the Clash. And that's the thunder some radio listeners feel WFNX has stolen.WFNX can be criticized for an overly heady approach to new music - favoring,... (Boston Globe)
Entertainer Spotlight on Faye Davis and Mike Neal (17) May 27, 2009
After graduating, Davis joined a trip hop band playing music similar to the Cocteau Twins and Portishead. We weren t very successful but it got me on my feet in terms on knowing that I could do this and be successful. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Five music acts not to be missed May 22, 2009
Ex-Secret Machines guitarist Benjamin Curtis trades epic psychedelic-rock jams for beguiling ambient pop - think the Cocteau Twins in space - fronted by stunning twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza on the new outfit's album, "Alpinisms.". With Black Moth Super Rainbow. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
School Of Seven Bells Apr 17, 2009
"It's flattering. I mean, people really love the Cocteau Twins but they weren't really something I used to listen to before. As far as the shoegazing thing, I love My Bloody Valentine. I think they're incredible. I got to see them live, twice.". And she still has her hearing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Batwoman's back Apr 10, 2009
" Khan would rather see more coverage of "absolute geniuses" like Prince and Kate Bush - or even the 80s artists she's been listening to recently, The Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance and This Mortal Coil. "There's this whole kind of middle-aged man fascination with the Beatles and Bob Dylan, and it's like, 'come on, that was 50 years ago'". "There are so many more artists in the archive who we could celebrate. " Alter-ego The same music monthlies have "been very slow to catch on" to Bat For... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Review: Asobi Seksu, "Hush" Feb 18, 2009
Chikudate, who sounds like an auto-tuned version of the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser, gives you track after track of quarantined boredom ... The band's sound is an amalgam of late '80s Cocteau Twins and in particular, two My Bloody Valentine records: "Ecstasy and Wine" and "Loveless.". (Daily Orange, NY)
Louis Pattison has a tip for white folks doing hip-hop: don't try ... Feb 7, 2009
Oddest of all, take Salem, a Michigan trio who inhabit a realm somewhere between the cotton-wool bliss of the Cocteau Twins and DJ Screw - the southern hip-hop producer known for slowing down records to sound better when high on codeine syrup. The video to their song Dirt is a waking nightmare of strobes, strippers, dry ice and close-ups of people weeping in cars to be watched through your fingers - except, unlike the clip of Joaquin Phoenix busting out some half-assed rhymes, in a good way. (guardian.co.uk)
