"I was almost murdered two or three times," says Rose McDowall, formerly one half of Strawberry Switchblade, Spell and Sorrow, as well as a recurrent singer with Current 93, Coil, Death in June and ...

Fortunately, none of these matters surface on Cut With the Cake Knife, which McDowall recorded in various locations around the UK in the 1980s, shortly after Strawberry Switchblade’s breakup ...

What’s in a name? For Rose McDowall, it’s about finally striking out with her own identity following a string of nom-de-plumes and collaborations. Over the years, the singer, best known as one ...

In 1985, Glasgow-based new wave duo Strawberry Switchblade released their eponymous debut full-length, their first and only studio record; by 1986, Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson had gone their ...

Rose McDowall is enshrined in the popular imagination – the one that stretches back to the mid-80s at any rate – as the petite, raven-haired goth girl with the polka dot mini-dresses who sang ...

This week: more Fall reissues; Jarvis Cocker-approved teenagers Honey Has; Montreal chanteuse Munya; Irish power-poppers Music City; synthpop duo Landline; and a reissue of Rose McDowall's Sorrow LP.

One half of the duo, Rose McDowall, points out that ‘Since Yesterday’ wasn’t the wistful love song that everyone thought, but actually a rather prophetic meditation on nuclear war.

The prospect of a revival of interest in the work of pop star turned underground artist Rose McDowall was something rather like that of a Jeremy Corbyn Labour leadership campaign – too much to hope ...

What’s in a name? For Rose McDowall, it’s about finally striking out with her own identity following a string of nom-de-plumes and collaborations. Over the years, the singer, best known as one ...