In May, one of the UK’s classic ’90s electro-pop groups Saint Etienne will release their eighth LP, with the rather legally descriptive title Words And Music By Saint Etienne. The first single “Tonight” had an ebullient “the lights are going down” techno lift; today we have “A...

My third Flaming Lips post in a row, but this one surprisingly has nothing to do with Record Store Day. In celebration of the Beach Boys’ 50th anniversary, UK music mag MOJO has compiled an original track-for-track Pet Sounds tribute album featuring folks like Saint Etienne, Gaz Coombes, Here We Go Magic, and those ever-busy [...]

The Damned, Nouvelle Vague, Lianne La Havas are also on the bill for the Northamptonshire bash

For Record Store Day, the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart will put out a four-track remix EP called Acid Reflex, from which we’ve already heard reinterpretations from the likes of Violens. A few of the other remixes on the EP — tracks by Saint Etienne and Twin Shadow — have already made the rounds, [...]

'Words And Music By Saint Etienne' is released on May 21