It seems the Cure are taking every precaution to unjinx the release of their 13th studio album. Fear of the number 13 is common news for airports and hotels, with gate 13 or floor 13 being omitted from many. But the Cure are looking "triskaidekaphobia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskaidekaphobia in the eye and releasing four A & B side singles each month up, the first on May 13th, up until t...
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Remembrance of Things Past: Friday Night The Cure at Madison Square Garden:1) Wake up to "Six Different Ways" set on my alarm2) Doodle Robert Smith on a spare scrap of the NY Post3) Re-read all his infamous interviews from Rollingstone looking for inspiration4) Think about how guilty all those major labels that first rejected the skinny kids from London's Crawley suburbs back in the day. Think ...
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Another 13th has passed and with it The Cure have released a video for the third single "Sleep When I'm Dead" off their forthcoming album. The untitled effort -- tentatively being called mix 13, is the band's 13th studio album -- is promised to be out September 13th. Hopefully by then it will also have a real title. The single was released yesterday with the b-side Down Under.Personally the vi...
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Did I miss this or something? Holy crap, the Cure are heading to the US this spring for a major tour. So major they are plying both Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall (where industrial electronica act"65 Days Of Static":http://www.myspace.com/sixtyfivedaysofstatic will be their special guest) when they come to New York. The band will even hit the land of my ancestors and pierogis o...
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From 'Pictures Of You', tribute to The Cure CD given away free with the NME;,......STOP!
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Robert Smith doesn't want you to buy the new Cure Hypnagogic States EP from iTunes. Says paying £7.99 for it is a rip off and "absurd"! In a blog post on Cure's Web site Smith not only sounded pissed about it ("For fuck sake!) but points out that it's "not a fucking album, it's a 5 track EP"! At least he's doing something about it. You can find out what he really feels the EP should go for bel..
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To be quite honest, I've only heard of like half of the 30+ bands that are on this new Cure tribute album that's coming out via Manimal Vinyl October 28th. Among the bands making it on Perfect as Cats: A Tribute To The Cure are The Dandy Warhols, the chick from Bat For Lashes, Kaki King and Wolfkin (Danish rockers including some playas from Junior Senior), but hey who doesn't like a good Cure c...
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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...
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The Cure is back in the studio working on a purported double album. The as-yet-untitled effort is due in October via Suretone/Geffen. Their last was the 2004 self titled release ??The Cure??(I AM/Geffen).The current album isn't quite in step with their ??release a new joint every four years??: ??Wish?? (1992), ??Wild Mood Swings?? (1996) and ??Bloodflowers?? (2000), but oh well."What will proba...
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The Cure have not only postponed the release of their first album in three years to spring 2008, but also the fall tour behind it. Via their official Web site, The Cure have announced their decision "to move the September/October 2007 North American Cure shows to April/May 2008" because they "want to remodel/rework the live show for North America, change things around, incorporate new songs."Ti...
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The Cure's 14th studio effort was first suppose to come out in April, then they said October, but now its looking more like spring of 2008!"The album got pushed to 2008," a Geffen Records spokeswoman told the Reuters, "more like an April/May release. Robert [Smith]is still recording." The Cure will play the US this fall after they finish their current tour of Australia.
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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 ...
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After rumours of a new studio album, and a recent dip down under for live performances, The Cure have announced a US tour schedule, as well as more dates in Australia and China. The tour reaches well into October and will be opened by 65 Days of Static. I cannot tell if this band will also open the Australian shows. I bet someone on mog knows and can leave a comment!The Eastern Dates:FRIDAY ...
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Hot on the heels of The Cure 's latest release "4:13 Dream", a flock of fans and admirers have compiled an album entitled "Just Like Heaven " and contains many fantastic reworkings of classic cure songs. The artists included are: Joy Zipper Tanya Donelly & Dylan In The Movies The Brunettes Kitty Carlisle Dean & Britta Luff The Submarines Elk City The Rosebuds Elizabeth Harper & The Mat...
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After two years of Isiah Thomas, its good to know there's going to be somthing worth watching in MSG(no offense to Ranger's fans.) On June 20th, The Cure will be performing in said venue. Still as great as ever. I know every fan probably has some favorite song of them that's more obscure than this one, but to me this one's just too good. From their Three Imaginary Boys Album, Boys Don't Cry.
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