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Hello again fellow Helix creators. I’m always quite happy and honored to contribute to Model Citizens. In this post, I want to talk about how I use
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Oh no. Oh fuck. It’s really happening, isn’t it? The Cocteau Twins tried to warn us all along, but we were too foolish, and now it’s far too
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Greetings, fellow pagans! Ave Satanas, and all that jazz. Fall is creeping its way onto the scene in my neck of the woods, which provides the perfect
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Photo courtesy of the artist Hearing new music after a declaration of fandom is an exciting moment. For us at Grimy Goods, that moment has arrived in
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Not far from where I grew up lies Grangemouth, one of the ugliest places in the world. Home to an oil refinery that looks like a far Eastern
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Not far from where I grew up lies Grangemouth, one of the ugliest places in the world. Home to an oil refinery that looks like a far Eastern
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Have a listen to No Filter on CHUO 89.1 FM for February 24, 2020. Had a phone interview with Jenn Grant in the second hour of the show. Reminder that
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Dreampop and shoegaze are atmospheric subgenres of alternative rock that relies on sonic textures as much as melody. The genres were developed in
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Where pop meets shoegaze, often with ethereal, ghostly results. Daniel Dylan Wray gets deeply atmospheric… As a genre term, dreampop embodies some
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This month, our columnist looks back at his experiences creating and recording Cocteau Twins’ classic 1988 album, Blue Bell Knoll. It’s exactly
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Jason Pierce is back with a new Spiritualized album on Bella Union, and our columnist is impressed to say the least. Ladies and gentlemen, we are
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Tallies Tallies bring their brand of chilled Canadian summery pop to the Shipping Forecast, Getintothis’ Steven Doherty seeks out the good
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The magical music and the creative mechanics behind Simon Raymonde’s former band, Cocteau Twins, defy explanation – particularly by the band
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A family member’s passing reminds us that music plays a role in our lives far beyond entertainment – it’s a link to the past, a bond between
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1979 began a shapeshifting period for Simon Raymonde, during which he went from Selfridges to gigs with Bauhaus and The Birthday Party, to joining