News
The Cure: Bestival Live 2011 Out Now
Dec 13, 2011
By Laura Studarus
The Cure recently released Bestival Live 2011—a live album culled from their recent performance at Bestival.We've got live video of them doing "A Forest." More
Bestival Live 2011 Out December 5
Nov 02, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Just in time for Christmas, the Godfathers of Goth Rock, The Cure, are releasing a live album. We have the details. More
Reviews
Bestival Live 2011
Fontana/PIAS America
Dec 15, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Bestival Live 2011 (recorded live at England’s Bestival festival in September—hence the clever title) is an overwhelming 32 tracks of classic Cure. More
Disintegration (Deluxe Edition)
Rhino
Jun 08, 2010
By Laura Studarus
In 1989, The Cure turned mope up to 11 for their eighth studio album, Disintegration, creating a landmark, melancholy, synth-filled haze. Now, 21 years later Rhino is reissuing the goth-lite primer. The Robert Smith curated three-disc set includes the original 12-track album, live versions, and rarities—all demonstrating that the West Sussex quartet can still teach the kids a thing or two. More
Apr 23, 2009
By Mark Redfern
On day three of Coachella My Bloody Valentine threatened to burst a thousand eardrums. As we entered the festival site around 12:30 PM they were handing out complimentary earplugs in anticipation for the aural attack. Other highlights included a blood-splattered Fucked Up, an energetic Friendly Fires, and the incredibly strange Throbbing Gristle. More
4:13 Dream
Suretone/Geffen
Nov 01, 2008
By Jim Scott
The Cure’s thirteenth album, released after yet another four-year wait (since 1992’s Wish, they’ve been following the same schedule as the Summer Olympics—probably not intentionally) begins with a wonderful one-two punch. More