Sep 26, 2024 By Mark Redfern

The Cure have shared “Alone,” which is the lead single from their forthcoming new album, Songs of a Lost World, which will be the iconic band’s first studio album in 16 years. More

Aug 02, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Toronto-based duo Ducks Ltd. have shared a cover of The Cure’s “In Between Days,” which features Jane Inc (the project of Carlyn Bezic). It is the second release in Ducks Ltd.’s ongoing cover series, The Sincerest Form of Flattery. More

Jul 28, 2022 By Joey Arnone

The Cure have announced a 30th anniversary deluxe edition reissue of their ninth studio album, Wish, which will be out on October 7. The reissue features 45 songs, including 24 unreleased tracks and four demos from 1990. The band’s 1993 EP Lost Wishes, originally only available as a mail-order-only cassette, is featured on the reissue, along with an array of instrumental demos. The band has shared a Dim-D mix of “Uyea Sound,” a song from the Lost Wishes EP, today upon the reissue’s announcement. More

Jul 14, 2022 By Joey Arnone

British record label Eat Your Own Ears has released a new EP today consisting of previously unreleased tracks from artists they have supported over the years. It is the first in a series of four EPs, released digitally alongside a set of limited-edition cassette tapes. The first EP features tracks by Four Tet, Ride (remixed by Robert Smith of The Cure), Sylvan Esso, Mount Kimbie, James Yorkston, and several other artists. More

May 04, 2022 By Austin Saalman

By 1982, highly influential English rockers The Cure’s collective wellbeing had entered into a state of disrepair, with each member seemingly engulfed in his own personal Hell. From drug abuse and mental illness to financial struggles and group in-fighting, hard times had befallen the band, leading it to explore far darker themes on its fourth album. More

Jun 25, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Screen Violence, on August 27 via Glassnote. Now they have shared a remix of recent single “How Not to Drown” by Robert Smith of The Cure, which is of particular interest because he also sings guest vocals on both the original version and his remix. More

Jun 04, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Emma Goad)

Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2021. We figured it would be a quiet week for new songs, with Monday being a holiday here in America, but we were wrong. More

Jun 04, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing a new album, Screen Violence, on August 27 via Glassnote. On Tuesday they shared a new song from it, “How Not to Drown,” which features Robert Smith of The Cure. Now the band has shared a video for the song. The atmospheric video features both the band and Smith. More

Jun 02, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have announced a new album, Screen Violence, and shared a new song from it, “How Not to Drown,” which features Robert Smith of The Cure. The band have also announced some tour dates. More

Sep 11, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 36th Songs of the Week of 2020. This week’s list is a supersized one, with 12 instead of 10 songs (and last week we only had eight), which is surprising considering Monday was the Labor Day holiday here in America, meaning few new songs were shared that day. More

Sep 09, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Damon Albarn’s virtual band Gorillaz have shared a new song, “Strange Timez,” via a video for it. The song and video features Robert Smith of The Cure. It’s episode six of their Song Machine video series. Gorillaz have also announced that all the songs from season one of Song Machine will be collected in a new album, Song Machine: Season One - Strange Timez. More

May 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

A new one-day festival, Pasadena Daydream Festival, has been announced. It is headlined by goth legends The Cure and the lineup was also curated by the band. More

Apr 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Austin City Limits have announced the lineup of their 2019 festival to go down in the Texas capitol this October. The event is headlined by Guns N’ Roses, The Cure, Tame Impala, Childish Gambino, Robyn, Mumford & Sons, Billie Eilish, and Cardi B. More

Dec 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Nominees for the 2019 induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced back in October. Today it has been announced who actually made the cut and is being inducted next year. More

Dec 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has done a session for Spotify where she has covered The Cure’s classic “Friday I’m in Love,” from their 1992 album Wish, turning it into a piano-backed ballad. She also performed her own song “Scott Street.” Listen below, followed by the video for The Cure’s original. More

Oct 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Nominees for the 2019 induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. They include Radiohead, The Cure, Devo, Janet Jackson, MC5, Rage Against the Machine, Roxy Music, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, Stevie Nicks, and more. More

Mar 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The full list of 2018 Record Store Day releases has been revealed. Record Store Day goes down on April 21 and just in case you don’t already know, the basic idea is to get music fans out to their local independent record store, with the bait being a slew of exclusive limited edition releases. More

Oct 26, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Frankie Rose released a sci-fi themed new album, Cage Tropical, back in August via Slumberland/Grey Market. Tomorrow she is releasing a new album in which she covers The Cure’s 1980-released album Seventeen Seconds in its entirety as part of Turntable Kitchen’s ongoing Sounds Delicious series of such albums. More

Aug 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Luna are releasing both a new covers album, A Sentimental Education, and an instrumental EP, A Place of Greater Safety, on September 22 via Double Feature. More

May 11, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Goth legends The Cure opened their U.S. tour last night in New Orleans and they performed two new songs that are being named as “Step Into the Light” and “It Can Never Be the Same” (who knows if those are the official or final titles). More

Jan 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2016 festival, their 15th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 30) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. It’s a stacked lineup, including The Cure, M83, Sufjan Stevens, Grimes, Florence and the Machine, Wolf Alice, Julia Holter, Jamie xx, Caribou, Yeasayer, Savages, Kurt Vile, Mac DeMarco, and others.

Nov 23, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Goth legends The Cure announced last month that they would be embarking on a 25-date U.S. tour in 2016 and that Scotland’s The Twilight Sad would support all dates and then confirmed all the dates earlier this month. Now the band have announced an extensive European tour for next October and November. More

Nov 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Goth legends The Cure announced last month that they would be embarking on a 25-date U.S. tour in 2016 and that Scotland’s The Twilight Sad would support all dates. The initial announcement only included three dates (Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City). But now the full tour has been announced on the band’s website and the dates are below. More

Oct 19, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

At the end of last month New Order released Music Complete, their excellent first studio album in a decade, their first for their new label Mute, and the first not to feature founding member Peter Hook (but it sees the return of founding member Gillian Gilbert). Now they have announced that the album’s next single will be “Tutti Frutti,” which features guest vocals from La Roux’s Elly Jackson, and they have shared a new remix of the song by Hot Chip, which you can stream below. More

Oct 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Goth legends The Cure have announced that they will be embarking on a 25-date U.S. tour in 2016 and that Scotland’s The Twilight Sad will support all dates. So far they’ve only announced three dates, which are below and include shows at the Hollywood Bowl and Madison Square Garden. More

Oct 05, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

British shoegazing icons Ride recently reformed and have been touring. They also recently announced Nowhere25, a 25th anniversary reissue of their 1990 released debut album Nowhere. Today the band has shared a new remix of their classic single “Vapour Trail” done by none other than Robert Smith of The Cure. More

May 22, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s The Twilight Sad have enlisted Robert Smith of The Cure to cover their song “There’s a Girl in the Corner.” More

Mar 31, 2014 By Laura Studarus

The Cure are known for their epic concerts. But even when their shows can go for several hours at a time, there are some tracks that just never see the light of day in a live setting. More

Feb 03, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

The Cure have announced the release of their first new album in six years. More

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

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

Aug 04, 2013 By Laura Ferreiro

Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau provided a gorgeous backdrop for the first day of the annual Osheaga Festival. The sold-out event, which is now in its eighth year, boasts a lineup that features some incredible indie-rock upstarts such as Alt-J and Palma Violets alongside renowned veterans including The Cure, Beck and New Order.

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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

Jun 09, 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

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