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Saint Etienne

March 2023

  • In sickness and health … a still from Kingdom of the Sick, part of Full of Days: Hermione Burton and Andy Holden.

    Full of Days review – the wonderfully strange artist discovered in a charity shop haul

    Hermione Burton was an amateur painter with immaculate outfits but a turbulent life. Now artist Andy Holden has excavated her rollercoaster story in a film starring Saint Etienne’s Sarah Cracknell

September 2021

  • From left: Pete Wiggs, Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley.

    ‘The 90s seem like yesterday’: Saint Etienne on 30 years as pop auteurs

    Sarah, Bob and Pete talk about recording their mesmeric new album via Zoom, the reality of the 90s and the oddness of pop parenthood

December 2019

  • George Michael promoting Wham!’s 1984 single Last Christmas.

    Ranked
    The 50 greatest Christmas songs – ranked!

    From John Fahey, the Sonics and the Waitresses to Slade, Wizzard and Mariah Carey, we count down the best festive numbers

February 2018

  • ‘It’s hard to explain the effect this had on me precisely’ ... Miles Davis’s All Blue.

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend playlist: songs that made you fall in love with music

    Saint Etienne, Buddy Holly, the Pogues and Motörhead are among artists sparking stories of a lifelong passion formed

January 2018

  • Morrisey, Ramz, Ian Dury composite

    From Bow to Barking: the songs that champion unglamorous London

    London rapper Ramz’s single Barking has risen to No 2 in the Top 40, joining a historic seam of songs hymning the capital’s squalid tower blocks and sleepy suburbs

June 2017

  • Saint Etienne in 2017

    10 of the best
    Saint Etienne – 10 of the best

    In the early 90s, a trio from south-east England set out to fulfil pop’s potential. Nearly 30 years later, they’re still making bold, inventive music
  • Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell of Saint Etienne

    Saint Etienne: Home Counties review – a winningly witty paean

    (Heavenly Recordings)
  • Saint Etienne 2017 press image

    Saint Etienne: Home Counties review – finding Arcadia in the Brexit heartlands

February 2017

  • Flying the flag … Noel Gallagher of Oasis in 1996.

    10 of the best
    Britpop songs – 10 of the best

    For some it meant the arrogant swagger of Oasis and cheek of Blur, to others it stood for the perceptive wit of Pulp, but mostly the Britpop moment produced catchy tracks about youth on the move

January 2017

  • Beautiful refugees … Van Der Graaf Generator in 1974.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs present English Weather review – the sound of the post-60s hangover

    The Saint Etienne crate-diggers have unearthed some evocative obscurities from that moment in British rock between psych and prog

November 2016

  • Saint Etienne pop group 1991

    Music blog
    Pop art, fanzines and Channel 4 – the making of Saint Etienne's Foxbase Alpha

    With the band’s debut album having been given the 25th-anniversary treatment, founder member Bob Stanley explains how the record came about

October 2016

  • Dion Lisa Gerrard Laura Nyro Clark Sisters

    The lost albums loved by the stars – from ecstatic gospel to Italian prog

    What’s your favourite underrated LP? We asked Sean Paul, Hot Chip, Jarvis Cocker, Chase & Status, Petula Clark and more to reveal the records you really must hear

June 2016

  • PJ Harvey Performs In Berlin<br>BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 20: British singer PJ Harvey performs live during a concert at the Zitadelle Spandau on June 20, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns)

    Readers recommend
    Readers recommend playlist: songs about anticipation

    This week’s playlist is the one you’ve been waiting for and includes tracks from Arctic Monkeys, Buddy Holly and P J Harvey

December 2015

  • Sarah Cracknell of Saint Etienne.

    Saint Etienne review – cheesy and sentimental as a Christmas panto

    The band, beefed up for the occasion, opt for a festive greatest hits set as they caper into their hometown debut gig
  • Sarah Cracknell is of the band members of St Etienne Sarah talk to Jude today at the Queens Head Off Grays Inn Rd , in London 11/05/15 Photographer ; Sonja Horsman

    Christmas culture 2015
    Sarah Cracknell's Christmas Q&A: 'Someone played me in our village panto'

    The singer reveals her family’s festive customs, and which Christmas classic her band will cover live this year
  • The Courteeners

    Christmas culture 2015
    Five of the best gigs for Christmas 2015

    The festive season is a great time for live music around the UK, from hip electronica to mass arena singalongs

November 2015

  • New band of the week- MRCH (No 81)

    New band of the week
    New band of the week: MRCH (No 81)

    Arizona band dabbling in everything from 60s girl group pop to 80s shoegaze manage to create something very modern

September 2015

  • Alan Tarney

    Cult heroes
    Cult heroes: Alan Tarney, the greatest British pop producer you've never heard of

    Whether on A-ha’s Take on Me, Cliff Richard’s Wired for Sound or St Etienne’s You’re in a Bad Way, his signature sound, full of warm synths and smooth harmonies, deserves greater recognition
  • End Of The Road Festival 2015 - Day 3<br>SALISBURY, DORSET - SEPTEMBER 06: Laura Palmer performs on day 3 of End of the Road Festival at Larmer Tree Gardens on September 6, 2015 in Farnham, Dorset. (Photo by Burak Cingi/Redferns)

    End of the Road proves you can fill bills with women and still have a sellout music festival

    Nearly half the acts appearing at this year’s festival featured female artists – so why can’t the likes of V, Reading and Latitude do the same?
  • St Etienne and the Manics Street Preachers, two of the label's most celebrated bands.

    Heavenly records at 25: ‘There was never a plan … it was all about what was happening tonight’

    From Manic Street Preachers to the Chemical Brothers, some of the UK’s best acts have passed through the doors of Heavenly records. As it hits 25, Saint Etienne, Beth Orton and head honcho Jeff Barrett explain how the label pulled it off
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