MINOR VICTORIES

Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell says the word ‘supergroup’ “sits very uncomfortably with her.” She’s talking about her new project Minor Victories, which, as the term implies, also includes members of other noted bands—Editors’ Justin Lockey, his brother James, and Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite. “It sounds cocky and none of us are like that,” she explains. “So [the name] ‘Minor Victories’ attenuates that and keeps it low-key…. The phrase itself