Belle and Sebastian hit the studio

By Alex Young on March 4th, 2010

Best news of the day!

Snow Patrol frontman rounds up R.E.M., Belle and Sebastian members for side-project

By Alex Young on January 11th, 2010

We’re sensing a new trend…

A new Belle & Sebastian album might be coming?

By Alex Young on November 18th, 2009

Maybe. Hopefully. Please!

CoS Top 100 Albums of the Decade: 80-61

By Michael Roffman on November 17th, 2009

80. Gorillaz – Gorillaz

Wait, hold on a second… did that dude from Britpop band Blur start a virtual band called Gorillaz that took hip hop, punk rock, electronica, dub and other miscellaneous genres he felt like digesting, squeeze them into a trash culture blender and push the button as if he hadn’t done anything else [...]

Album Review: God Help the Girl – God Help the Girl

By Justin Gerber on June 23rd, 2009

God Help the Girl is only the first part of a two-part project. Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch sees it as the soundtrack to a film he intends to make next year, the songs forming “the backbone of a musical narrative.” Whether or not this comes to fruition does not affect the material on the album, which can easily stand on its own without the aid of visuals.

Stuart Murdoch details God Help the Girl

By Alex Young on April 2nd, 2009

Last August, we first detailed Stuart Murdoch brand new adventure – with Belle and Sebastian on a hiatus, the Scottish frontman had hard at work on a musical entitled God Help the Girl. Eight months, a massive talent hunt, and some serious recording time later, Murdoch has finally completed his project, and come June 23rd [...]

Belle & Sebastian frontman gets into movie business

By Alex Young on November 10th, 2008

With Belle and Sebastian on a hiatus, Stuart Murdoch has had plenty of extra time on his hands to work on other creative endeavors. In fact, the Scottish frontman has even go as far to dabble in a whole new medium. Well, kind of.
Since early this year, Murdoch has been hard at work penning a [...]