Cocteau Twins have announced vinyl reissues of their final two albums, 1993’s Four-Calendar Café and 1996’s Milk & Kisses. The fresh pressings are out January 12th via 4Ad.
With 24-bit remasters by guitarist Robin Guthrie, the reissues mark the first time both Four-Calendar Café and Milk & Kisses have been released on vinyl in the United States. It also reunites Cocteau Twins with 4Ad after the band left the storied London label for Capitol Records for US distribution in 1988.
Recorded at Cocteau Twins’ September Sound studio in West London, Four-Calendar Café was a departure for the band — in that you could actually sort of understand what Elizabeth Fraser was singing. The record spawned two moderate hits, “Evangeline” and “Bluebeard.”
Its follow-up (and ultimately the band’s swan song), Milk & Kisses, was recorded between September Sound and Pors Poulhan, France. It features the singles “Violaine” and “Tishbite.” Pre-orders for both reissues, which will also be available on CD,...
With 24-bit remasters by guitarist Robin Guthrie, the reissues mark the first time both Four-Calendar Café and Milk & Kisses have been released on vinyl in the United States. It also reunites Cocteau Twins with 4Ad after the band left the storied London label for Capitol Records for US distribution in 1988.
Recorded at Cocteau Twins’ September Sound studio in West London, Four-Calendar Café was a departure for the band — in that you could actually sort of understand what Elizabeth Fraser was singing. The record spawned two moderate hits, “Evangeline” and “Bluebeard.”
Its follow-up (and ultimately the band’s swan song), Milk & Kisses, was recorded between September Sound and Pors Poulhan, France. It features the singles “Violaine” and “Tishbite.” Pre-orders for both reissues, which will also be available on CD,...
- 10/18/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
With U.K. dream-pop pioneers Cocteau Twins, singer Elizabeth Fraser’s appeal had more to do with the way she projected raw emotions (joy, worry, uneasiness) than the songs she sang. Instead of attempting poetry, she sang in tongues, shaping her feelings with crude but often beautiful vocal sounds, and a few occasional words in English, which entwined themselves around her bandmates Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde’s fantasias. (Did she really say “silly, silly saliva”?) You didn’t listen to Cocteau Twins so much as you felt them. Fraser...
- 6/20/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
A version of this story about Judi Dench first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Dame Judi Dench and and Sir Kenneth Branagh’s twelfth collaboration since they met in 1987 was a auspicious one: Playing her longtime friend’s grandmother in his autobiographical coming-of-age drama “Belfast” earned Dench her eighth Oscar nomination.
“It is good, always, to know somebody so well that you have a kind of shorthand with them, which I have with Ken because we’ve worked together for such a long time,” Dench told TheWrap. “But this was a very personal story to him and we all, I think, felt a tremendous responsibility to him to get it right. And I hope that’s what we did.”
Dench’s career, of course, was thriving for decades before she and Branagh crossed paths. She spent years in the London theater beginning in the 1950s,...
Dame Judi Dench and and Sir Kenneth Branagh’s twelfth collaboration since they met in 1987 was a auspicious one: Playing her longtime friend’s grandmother in his autobiographical coming-of-age drama “Belfast” earned Dench her eighth Oscar nomination.
“It is good, always, to know somebody so well that you have a kind of shorthand with them, which I have with Ken because we’ve worked together for such a long time,” Dench told TheWrap. “But this was a very personal story to him and we all, I think, felt a tremendous responsibility to him to get it right. And I hope that’s what we did.”
Dench’s career, of course, was thriving for decades before she and Branagh crossed paths. She spent years in the London theater beginning in the 1950s,...
- 3/15/2022
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
Jónsi and Robyn have shared a dizzying blast of future pop, “Salt Licorice,” set to appear on the Sigur Rós frontman’s next solo album, Shiver, out October 2nd on Krunk.
“Salt Licorice” was produced by Avant-pop favorite A.G. Cook, who takes a grinding industrial intro and shapes it into a jagged, propulsive but always engrossing pop stomp. Robyn and Jónsi split vocal duties, coming together on the track’s hook, “You spread your wings, T-shirt, shoulder blades/Your skinny waist is making me throw up/Ooh my Scandinavian pain.
“Salt Licorice” was produced by Avant-pop favorite A.G. Cook, who takes a grinding industrial intro and shapes it into a jagged, propulsive but always engrossing pop stomp. Robyn and Jónsi split vocal duties, coming together on the track’s hook, “You spread your wings, T-shirt, shoulder blades/Your skinny waist is making me throw up/Ooh my Scandinavian pain.
- 9/30/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Jónsi has recruited Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser for “Cannibal,” his latest offering from his upcoming solo album Shiver, out October 2nd via Krunk.
The song is accompanied by a video directed by the Sigur Rós frontman and Giovanni Ribisi; it features a figure in a hazy, heavenly abyss dancing as Jónsi and Fraser’s vocals begin. Just beyond the three-minute mark, the song increases in tempo and erupts into new sonic territory. “You know it’s only out of love,” Jónsi sings, Fraser echoing him.
“When Sigur Rós was starting,...
The song is accompanied by a video directed by the Sigur Rós frontman and Giovanni Ribisi; it features a figure in a hazy, heavenly abyss dancing as Jónsi and Fraser’s vocals begin. Just beyond the three-minute mark, the song increases in tempo and erupts into new sonic territory. “You know it’s only out of love,” Jónsi sings, Fraser echoing him.
“When Sigur Rós was starting,...
- 8/14/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Following the release of his new single “Exhale,” Jónsi Birgisson has announced Shiver, his first new solo album in a decade, out October 2nd via Krunk.
The Sigur Rós frontman also dropped a stark new song, “Swill,” accompanied by surreal new video directed by Barnaby Roper and animated by Pandagunda. “I strap lace around your skinny waist,” he sings across a set of ooh ooh’s. “It might as well have been/My neck that’s hanging in.”
Speaking with Rolling Stone about the track, Jónsi said, “It’s basically...
The Sigur Rós frontman also dropped a stark new song, “Swill,” accompanied by surreal new video directed by Barnaby Roper and animated by Pandagunda. “I strap lace around your skinny waist,” he sings across a set of ooh ooh’s. “It might as well have been/My neck that’s hanging in.”
Speaking with Rolling Stone about the track, Jónsi said, “It’s basically...
- 6/24/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Stage and screen actor best known for her roles in the Carry On films and as Cynthia Kite in the 1959 classic I’m All Right Jack
The actor Liz Fraser, who has died aged 88, specialised in comedy in a career that stretched from cough and spit parts in 1950s Ealing Studios films to a guest star suspect in the latest series of Midsomer Murders (2018). She also worked with Tony Hancock and Sid James, and starred in the classic I’m All Right Jack (1959) with Peter Sellers, but her long and varied career was almost inevitably overshadowed by her membership of the Carry On team.
The slap and tickle British film institution of innuendo and pratfall, awash with music hall one-liners, Carry On celebrates its 60th anniversary this year and remains as popular as ever, a reassuring never-never land of off-colourjokes, whose occasional sexism, racism and homophobia is somehow muted by...
The actor Liz Fraser, who has died aged 88, specialised in comedy in a career that stretched from cough and spit parts in 1950s Ealing Studios films to a guest star suspect in the latest series of Midsomer Murders (2018). She also worked with Tony Hancock and Sid James, and starred in the classic I’m All Right Jack (1959) with Peter Sellers, but her long and varied career was almost inevitably overshadowed by her membership of the Carry On team.
The slap and tickle British film institution of innuendo and pratfall, awash with music hall one-liners, Carry On celebrates its 60th anniversary this year and remains as popular as ever, a reassuring never-never land of off-colourjokes, whose occasional sexism, racism and homophobia is somehow muted by...
- 9/10/2018
- by Robert Ross
- The Guardian - Film News
Liz Fraser, the British comic actress best known for her role in several of the bawdy Carry On series of films in the 1960s, has died. She was 88.
The actress passed away on Thursday in a London hospital, with the British Comedy Society tweeting that it was "very sad to learn that the wonderful Liz Fraser has died. She was a delight."
Born in the central London district of Southwark in 1930, Fraser's first film appearance was in 1955's Touch and Go, followed by The Smallest Show on Earth in 1957, which saw her work with Peter Sellers ...
The actress passed away on Thursday in a London hospital, with the British Comedy Society tweeting that it was "very sad to learn that the wonderful Liz Fraser has died. She was a delight."
Born in the central London district of Southwark in 1930, Fraser's first film appearance was in 1955's Touch and Go, followed by The Smallest Show on Earth in 1957, which saw her work with Peter Sellers ...
Liz Fraser, the British comic actress best known for her role in several of the bawdy Carry On series of films in the 1960s, has died. She was 88.
The actress passed away on Thursday in a London hospital, with the British Comedy Society tweeting that it was "very sad to learn that the wonderful Liz Fraser has died. She was a delight."
Born in the central London district of Southwark in 1930, Fraser's first film appearance was in 1955's Touch and Go, followed by The Smallest Show on Earth in 1957, which saw her work with Peter Sellers ...
The actress passed away on Thursday in a London hospital, with the British Comedy Society tweeting that it was "very sad to learn that the wonderful Liz Fraser has died. She was a delight."
Born in the central London district of Southwark in 1930, Fraser's first film appearance was in 1955's Touch and Go, followed by The Smallest Show on Earth in 1957, which saw her work with Peter Sellers ...
Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell has an ethereal voice akin to Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser, one that would be in danger of drifting away were it not tethered to the might of her band. That lacy dreaminess is balanced by a ferociously heavy sonic wall, making for a sound that defies easy categorization. It’s made even more…
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- 9/28/2017
- by Gwen Ihnat
- avclub.com
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Episode one of handsome new BBC supernatural period drama The Living And The Dead feat. Colin Morgan ends on a gripping hook…
This review contains episode 1 spoilers.
Ashley Pharoah, the creator of The Living And The Dead, made his name writing genre TV with a twist. He and Matthew Graham added a time travel mystery to the police procedural in Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes, then spliced the supernatural with court drama in Eternal Law.
Pharoah’s new series The Living And The Dead plays the same game. It’s a traditional Victorian ghost story with Something Else Going On. Two events in the first episode alert viewers to this fact – the vapour trail of a modern airplane in the 1894 Somerset sky and the closing sight of a twenty-first century woman, iPad in hand, walking around the nineteenth-century farmhouse in which the story is set.
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Episode one of handsome new BBC supernatural period drama The Living And The Dead feat. Colin Morgan ends on a gripping hook…
This review contains episode 1 spoilers.
Ashley Pharoah, the creator of The Living And The Dead, made his name writing genre TV with a twist. He and Matthew Graham added a time travel mystery to the police procedural in Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes, then spliced the supernatural with court drama in Eternal Law.
Pharoah’s new series The Living And The Dead plays the same game. It’s a traditional Victorian ghost story with Something Else Going On. Two events in the first episode alert viewers to this fact – the vapour trail of a modern airplane in the 1894 Somerset sky and the closing sight of a twenty-first century woman, iPad in hand, walking around the nineteenth-century farmhouse in which the story is set.
- 6/28/2016
- Den of Geek
ITV3 has announced that it will celebrate the Carry On films with a new documentary series.
The channel will air three-part documentary Carry On Forever across Easter Bank Holiday weekend, with some of the best-loved Carry On films also being aired back to back.
Martin Clunes will narrate the documentary, which features interviews with stars Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor.
Carry On Forever will also feature never-before-seen footage from behind the scenes of the movies. The cast will reunite as well in some of the film series's most iconic locations.
Amanda Barrie, Liz Fraser, Bernard Cribbins, Juliet Mills, Sally Geeson, June Whitfield, Shirley Eaton, Fenella Fielding and Jim Dale will also feature in the three-part series.
Mark Robinson, executive producer at Shiver, said: "Carry On is the most successful and best-loved brand in British movie comedy history, influencing generations of comedians.
"Stars like Sid James,...
The channel will air three-part documentary Carry On Forever across Easter Bank Holiday weekend, with some of the best-loved Carry On films also being aired back to back.
Martin Clunes will narrate the documentary, which features interviews with stars Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor.
Carry On Forever will also feature never-before-seen footage from behind the scenes of the movies. The cast will reunite as well in some of the film series's most iconic locations.
Amanda Barrie, Liz Fraser, Bernard Cribbins, Juliet Mills, Sally Geeson, June Whitfield, Shirley Eaton, Fenella Fielding and Jim Dale will also feature in the three-part series.
Mark Robinson, executive producer at Shiver, said: "Carry On is the most successful and best-loved brand in British movie comedy history, influencing generations of comedians.
"Stars like Sid James,...
- 3/12/2015
- Digital Spy
ITV3 has announced that it will celebrate the Carry On films with a new documentary series.
The channel will air three-part documentary Carry On Forever across Easter Bank Holiday weekend, with some of the best-loved Carry On films also being aired back to back.
Martin Clunes will narrate the documentary, which features interviews with stars Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor.
Carry On Forever will also feature never-before-seen footage from behind the scenes of the movies. The cast will reunite as well in some of the film series's most iconic locations.
Amanda Barrie, Liz Fraser, Bernard Cribbins, Juliet Mills, Sally Geeson, June Whitfield, Shirley Eaton, Fenella Fielding and Jim Dale will also feature in the three-part series.
Mark Robinson, executive producer at Shiver, said: "Carry On is the most successful and best-loved brand in British movie comedy history, influencing generations of comedians.
"Stars like Sid James,...
The channel will air three-part documentary Carry On Forever across Easter Bank Holiday weekend, with some of the best-loved Carry On films also being aired back to back.
Martin Clunes will narrate the documentary, which features interviews with stars Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor.
Carry On Forever will also feature never-before-seen footage from behind the scenes of the movies. The cast will reunite as well in some of the film series's most iconic locations.
Amanda Barrie, Liz Fraser, Bernard Cribbins, Juliet Mills, Sally Geeson, June Whitfield, Shirley Eaton, Fenella Fielding and Jim Dale will also feature in the three-part series.
Mark Robinson, executive producer at Shiver, said: "Carry On is the most successful and best-loved brand in British movie comedy history, influencing generations of comedians.
"Stars like Sid James,...
- 3/12/2015
- Digital Spy
James Garner movies on TCM: ‘Grand Prix,’ ‘Victor Victoria’ among highlights (photo: James Garner ca. 1960) James Garner, whose film and television career spanned more than five decades, died of "natural causes" at age 86 on July 19, 2014, in the Los Angeles suburb of Brentwood. On Monday, July 28, Turner Classic Movies will present an all-day marathon of James Garner movies (see below) as a tribute to the Oscar-nominated star of Murphy’s Romance and Emmy-winning star of the television series The Rockford Files. Among the highlights in TCM’s James Garner film lineup is John Frankenheimer’s Monaco-set Grand Prix (1966), an all-star, race-car drama featuring Garner as a Formula One driver who has an affair with the wife (Jessica Walter) of his former teammate (Brian Bedford). Among the other Grand Prix drivers facing their own personal issues are Yves Montand and Antonio Sabato, while Akira Kurosawa’s (male) muse Toshiro Mifune plays a...
- 7/25/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
In comparison to the last artist I wrote about – Lana Del Rey – Florence Welch isn’t dismissed as a manufactured act. However, I still don’t think that she is taken as remotely seriously as she deserves to be, she is one of our most weirdly wonderful musical talents but sometimes it’s easy to forget that.
Collaborating with the likes of Dizzy Rascal and Calvin Harris has been viewed in certain quarters with some cynicism, but I don’t think she’s remotely calculated, she just enjoys making music with artists she likes. I genuinely believe Florence is the weirdest star the UK has seen since Morrissey. But let’s start at the beginning.
The first time I encountered Florence the story I read was simple, here’s a new artist that we should all adore – literate, sassy, ethereal and classic. It was at a time when we needed...
Collaborating with the likes of Dizzy Rascal and Calvin Harris has been viewed in certain quarters with some cynicism, but I don’t think she’s remotely calculated, she just enjoys making music with artists she likes. I genuinely believe Florence is the weirdest star the UK has seen since Morrissey. But let’s start at the beginning.
The first time I encountered Florence the story I read was simple, here’s a new artist that we should all adore – literate, sassy, ethereal and classic. It was at a time when we needed...
- 11/25/2013
- by Ed Nash
- Obsessed with Film
Mayfield Depot, Manchester
It's an irony, given his obsession with our surveillance culture, that if you were to cast the voice of Orwell's Big Brother, Adam Curtis would be hard to beat. The BBC documentary-maker – justly celebrated for series that include The Century of the Self, The Power of Nightmares and All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace – speaks with such paternal conviction, such stylish wisdom, that given half a day in a film archive you suspect he could have you believe pretty much anything. This Manchester international festival collaboration with Bristol-based trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack is billed as a playful showdown, a versus, in the manner of a rap contest or a prize fight; the vast derelict train depot in which this battle is being staged over 10 nights offers a suitably raw-boned backdrop for the high-decibel stand-off – earplugs are given out at the door – but it quickly becomes...
It's an irony, given his obsession with our surveillance culture, that if you were to cast the voice of Orwell's Big Brother, Adam Curtis would be hard to beat. The BBC documentary-maker – justly celebrated for series that include The Century of the Self, The Power of Nightmares and All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace – speaks with such paternal conviction, such stylish wisdom, that given half a day in a film archive you suspect he could have you believe pretty much anything. This Manchester international festival collaboration with Bristol-based trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack is billed as a playful showdown, a versus, in the manner of a rap contest or a prize fight; the vast derelict train depot in which this battle is being staged over 10 nights offers a suitably raw-boned backdrop for the high-decibel stand-off – earplugs are given out at the door – but it quickly becomes...
- 7/6/2013
- by Tim Adams
- The Guardian - Film News
Director releases trailer for show with Robert del Naja of Massive Attack that will premiere at the Manchester International Festival, and feature Elizabeth Fraser and Horace Andy
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The film-maker Adam Curtis has provided a glimpse of the new work he is prepating with Robert del Naja of Massive Attack for the Manchester International Festival – a piece that he calls "a Glim – a new way of integrating a gig with a film".
It has also been revealed that the show, titled "Massive Attack v Adam Curtis", will feature two guest performers: Elizabeth Fraser, formerly of the Cocteau Twins, and reggae singer Horace Andy. Massive Attack will also play live.
"The show will be a bit of a total experience. You will be surrounded by all kinds of images and sounds," said Curtis, director of films including The Century of the Self and The Power of Nightmares.
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The film-maker Adam Curtis has provided a glimpse of the new work he is prepating with Robert del Naja of Massive Attack for the Manchester International Festival – a piece that he calls "a Glim – a new way of integrating a gig with a film".
It has also been revealed that the show, titled "Massive Attack v Adam Curtis", will feature two guest performers: Elizabeth Fraser, formerly of the Cocteau Twins, and reggae singer Horace Andy. Massive Attack will also play live.
"The show will be a bit of a total experience. You will be surrounded by all kinds of images and sounds," said Curtis, director of films including The Century of the Self and The Power of Nightmares.
- 6/20/2013
- by Caspar Llewellyn Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
From Batman to Spider-Man, Wireless to Green Man and Carousel to Götterdämmerung, the Observer's critics pick the season's highlights. What are you most looking forward to? Post your comments below
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1 Pop The Stone Roses
The third resurrection of the Roses has already swung from thrill to farce. Fans gibbered with joy at their surprise Warrington gig in May, but by Amsterdam Ian Brown and Reni were at loggerheads. This last of three homecoming gigs at Manchester's Heaton Park will not be uneventful.
3 Film The Amazing Spider-Man
Marvel Comics' flagship superhero, the red-and-blue clad "web-slinger" Spider-Man, gets a Hollywood reboot not 10 years after the character was last blockbuster-ised. Impressive Brit Andrew Garfield plays Spidey this time; Marc (500 Days of Summer) Webb directs. Early reviews: amazing.
4 Dance Dance Gb
English National Ballet, Scottish Ballet and National Dance Company Wales join forces in a high-velocity...
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July
1 Pop The Stone Roses
The third resurrection of the Roses has already swung from thrill to farce. Fans gibbered with joy at their surprise Warrington gig in May, but by Amsterdam Ian Brown and Reni were at loggerheads. This last of three homecoming gigs at Manchester's Heaton Park will not be uneventful.
3 Film The Amazing Spider-Man
Marvel Comics' flagship superhero, the red-and-blue clad "web-slinger" Spider-Man, gets a Hollywood reboot not 10 years after the character was last blockbuster-ised. Impressive Brit Andrew Garfield plays Spidey this time; Marc (500 Days of Summer) Webb directs. Early reviews: amazing.
4 Dance Dance Gb
English National Ballet, Scottish Ballet and National Dance Company Wales join forces in a high-velocity...
- 7/2/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Gabriella Cilmi has said that she would love to work with ex-Eurythmics star Annie Lennox. The 'On A Mission' singer praised several Scottish acts for their ability and integrity. Cilmi said: "There are so many great Scottish artists and they can all really sing. I obviously love Annie Lennox and Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins. "My bandmate is a massive Cocteau Twins fan and ever since then they've been really intriguing to watch. I also love KT Tunstall and I learned a lot (more)...
- 10/14/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Cocteau Twins The Cocteau Twins are the trio of extraordinary Scots founded by vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist/producer Robin Guthrie, and bassist Will Heggie. Simon Raymonde took on bass duties in 1983. The group has been graced by Ben Blakeman, Benny Di Massa, Lincoln Fong, Dave Palfreeman, and Mitsuo Tate. The Cocteau Twins have been making records since the early '80s and have over a score of original releases to date. Although the unit disbanded by 1998, a steady flow of reissues carries on its legacy with distinction. Remember "Alice," originally recorded in 1996, from their 2006 release Lullabies to Violaine, Vol. 2 (Remastered). Buy: Lala.com Genre: Alternative Artist: Cocteau Twins Song: Alice Album: Lullabies to Violaine, Vol. 2 (Remastered) Tim Buckley Psych-folk-rock-jazz singer/songwriter Tim Buckley came out of the '60s Orange County music scene as a gentle-voiced phenom. Born in postwar Washington, D.C., he relocated to California...
- 5/7/2010
- by Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin
- Huffington Post
Robert '3D' Del Naja has said that Massive Attack would never intentionally plan to make a star-filled album. The band's upcoming LP Heligoland features a number of guest singers, including Damon Albarn, Tunde Adebimpe, Guy Garvey, Martina Topley-Bird and long-time collaborator Horace Andy. Massive Attack's previous records have also boasted vocals from artists including Shara Nelson, Tricky, Tracey Thorn, Elizabeth Fraser and Sinéad O'Connor. Del Naja told Metro: "We'd never make a deliberately star-studded album but when you (more)...
- 2/3/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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