Watch The Cure Cover Jimi Hendrix
The Cure recently performed two massive sets in two days at Sydney’s Vivid Fest, where they provided eager fans with a rare treat by performing their first three albums in their entirety. And to make things even sweeter, the English rockers tore through a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady,” which you can find below.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Cure to Perform First Three Albums for Vivid Live
The Cure are set to perform a rare two-night show at this year’s Vivid Live event at The Sydney Opera House.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsThe 50 Best British Artists of All Time
While all eyes are on the throne, we pay tribute to our 50 favorite British artists—a rock 'n roll royal family of sorts. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe Cure, Kiss and Billy Joel Contribute to Paul McCartney Covers Album
Paul McCartney is gathering up musicians to contribute to a covers album of songs from the former Beatle’s solo catalog and his work with Wings. The Cure, Kiss and Billy Joel are among the performers recruited for the project.... read more
Found in: Music, News10 Songs About Beds
We’re pooped today.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayUPDATE: David Bowie Birthday Celebration Live Album An Unauthorized Bootleg
Update: Turns out the new live album is nothing more than a bootleg), and it’s not authorized for release by the Bowie camp. Artistdirect reports the iconic David Bowie will release a new live album, Birthday Celebration – Live in NYC 1997, on April 26. The album has appearances by Foo Fighters, Billy Corgan, Lou Reed, The Cure’s Robert Smith and The Pixies’ Frank Black.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsChills, Thrills & SPILLS: 19 Great Songs About Spilling Stuff
When I reached for the glass I’d just hand-juiced, I clumsily knocked its contents all over the counter. My mind began to wander to all the great songs in which other substances are spilled... milk, blood, wine, oil, guts, the beans. Before long, I had a king-hell playlist, and now I’m sharing it with you. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayRobert Smith Auctions Off LPs to Raise Money for Death Row Inmate's Defense
Smith, of the Cure, offers up an autographed vinyl set of Disintegration in an effort to raise cash and free an innocent man.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsThe Cure: Disintegration (Deluxe Edition)
Mournful classic holds up Disintegration is less a collection of epically needy songs and more the distillation of a specific feeling, namely the one in which you lay around sobbing into your pillow, scrawling wretched poetry into a Composition Notebook and maybe wearing a cape, depending on how awesome your mall was in 1989. This spiffy 20th-anniversary edition is a reminder of the album’s delicate, droopy perfection—removed from The Cure’s late ’80s goth-takeover phase, it seems more approachable, even to people who now dress in color. That said, it’s odd to recall how little actually happens in these songs; for... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBeck, Robert Smith, The Swell Season Pay Tribute to John Martyn
Late British singer-songwriter John Martyn passed away last January before he could finish his latest album, Willing to Work. News surfaced that Martyn’s friends and producers Gary Pollitt and Jim Tullio are finishing the album for release sometime soon; Martyn’s official website has also released a partial tracklisting for a tribute album featuring several awesome artists rehashing Martyn songs that is shaping up.... read more
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