Just four months ago, The Cure played one of MySpace's secret shows at the Troubadour in LA. Yesterday, several songs from that show were pieced together for a free stream through MySpace. Included in the live stream are: "Underneath the Stars," "Pictures of You," "Lullaby," "The Reasons Why," "The End of the World," "Lovesong," "Friday I'm In Love," "One Hundred Years," "Boys Don't Cry," and ...
MUSIC NEWS - Over 500 fans of rockers,THE CURE , were stuck recently without concert tickets and their money when UK ticket broker, Trinity Street, shut down. Now, the band and promoter, AEG have been assured they can attend the upcoming "Big Gig" concert at London's O2 Arena on February 26, 2009 (the gig also feature Franz Ferdinand and Crystal Castles). Promoters AEG negiotiated a dea...
While promoting the forthcoming album from The Cure, 4:13 Dream, singer Robert Smith spoke out on the subject of illegal music downloads and Radiohead's "pay what you want" for In Rainbows experiment. "The Radiohead experiment of paying what you... There's more on this story at the following link...
Finally after many months of speculation the real line-up for the tenth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. The event will take place on held April 17-19 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, California. So far the headliners for the three nights include Paul McCartney, The Killers and the Cure. Other confirmed acts include Morrissey, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Beirut, TV on the Radio...
Bottom line...this is my favorite record ever made! I have always thought so, and was even floored, when I heard on the famous Robert Smith Southpark episode, that Matt and Trey had to add in the end "...Disintegration is the best album ever!!!" I couldn't agree more! Now there is a way that I think it could be better, but it's still the best...and that would be to add the b-side "Babble" after...
The Cure: 80s. Hairspray. Black make up. Ally Sheedy in the Breakfast Club. New wave but old. Recently awarded godlike genius status at the NME awards, the Cure headlined another NME awards show at the O2 Arena.The line-up was as random as the actual NME awards themselves, Oasis having won best band, when they haven’t been since nineteen ninety fucking six. It’s the Emperor's new clothes. Some
Close To Me [Original 12" Extended Mix] - The CureThere are many versions of this classic little tune around. There is the album version available on The Head On The Door. The remix edit on Standing On A Beach and The Greatest Hits, then there's a live version on Paris, the Closer Remix on Mixed Up and also a studio demo of the song on The Head On The Door - Deluxe Edition.However, the best ver...
I just have a thing for extended mixes for some reason, so here's another one.This is off the North American 12" release for In Between Days by The Cure (yea I'm a massive Cure fan too). The N. American release had an extended mix of this song, while the rest of the world just got the short mix plus two different songs on the B-side (The Exploding Boy and A few Hours After This; the B-side of t...
I always love stumbling across cool and interesting stuff that you'd probably otherwise never hear about. The chains of links that make up modern life are extraordinarily convoluted. Are they not.So why am I writing about an oak tree? And not even a physically present one at that, as far as appearances are concerned, but one present in substance, though really present. (Dedicated Roman Catholic...
December 13 14th KROQ will be hosting the Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Gibson Ampitheatre. Here's the line up: Saturday: The Offspring Stone Temple Pilots Rise Against AFI Staind Three Days Grace Slightly Stoopid Hollywood Undead Sunday: The Cure The Killers Death Cab for Cutie Paramore Franz Ferdinand Scott Weiland Snow Patrol Vampire Weekend Here's some songs from the bands: The Ki...
In the course of conversation the other night, the subject shifted to opera - a musical form that has never garnered much of my attention. I don't go to operas. I don't proactively listen to opera. I'm not a big fan of the genre. The only "Magic Flute" that I care about is my own, if you get my drift. But my friend was going on and on about how hearing the late Luciano Pavarotti sing the exquis...
Yup, it's here. I'm officially too old to even leave a good-looking corpse. Although my wife would beg to differ, haha.To be honest, last year I was quite depressed about my birthday. Work wasn't going well, there were lots of things going on in and around the family that made the prospect of being 39 not very appealing. I was kicking against the pricks, so to speak. I even left my own birthday...
Go ahead, put that red button in your Post-Punk Friday and smoke it.There was a time, a long time ago, when I didn't have every Cure album readily available to me. I hadn't delved into the back catalog beyond the Japanese Whispers mini-album, didn't have that desire to have every song Robert Smith committed to tape/vinyl/plastic/whatever.Taking a chance and picking up the Concert casette change...
last night i was listening (on shuffle) when this song came on.ok i am torn about deleting it off my machine.it is hard to cover hendrix for ANYBODY.but this one kinda struck me as....say odd vote nowa keeper?sucks/blows/kill the cure?