It took the Cure 16 years to release a studio album after 2008’s 4:13 Dream, but it seems that Robert Smith and company are working much more quickly in its wake. In an updated band biography posted on the Cure’s web site, it is revealed that the musicians spent time this March at Wales’ Rockfield […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. On later Cure albums, Robert Smith’s songs started getting longer, and so did the instrumental intros, with the band frequently establishing a groove for a minute or two before Smith begins to […]
The Cure, Doja Cat, the xx, Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Addison Rae and My Bloody Valentine lead another drool-worthy lineup for the Primavera Sound festival, which will take place June 4-6 at Parc del Forum alongside the Atlantic Ocean in Barcelona. Both the xx and My Bloody Valentine have been inactive since 2018, while the Cure […]
Eddie Vedder wrapped a short run of dates with his solo band Earthlings last night (Oct. 7) at Las Vegas’ Dolby Live at Park MGM, and saved a special treat for the encore: he and his mates’ debut live cover of The Cure’s classic “Just Like Heaven.” Beforehand, Vedder told the audience about the COVID-era […]
Looking back at 1982 in music, the headline is obvious: Thriller Sells A Bajillion Copies, Becomes World’s Biggest Album. But is it the year’s best album? Funny enough, Michael Jackson‘s sixth LP hardly even affected the charts that year — it snuck out in late November, just as Men at Work’s 1981 blockbuster, Business as […]
At the BandLab NME Awards on Wednesday night, Robert Smith unveiled the title of the long-awaited, upcoming The Cure album. The Cure frontman spoke to NME backstage at the show and said that one of two forthcoming The Cure records is set to be released “real very soon.” “So I’ve been working on two Cure albums, […]
Simon Gallup has announced he’s left the Cure. The bassist shared the news in a succinct Facebook post that read: “With a slightly heavy heart I am no longer a member of the Cure ! Good luck to them all …” The band has yet to address his departure; however, Stereogum pointed out a tweet […]
Making out is timeless — kisses rev up the romantic mood and stir the spirit, if not the loins. Make-out songs contain multitudes too, like the one playing when you sync with that special someone, or the tune that nano-second sucks you right back to high school when you held your teenage crush in a […]
Not all love songs are romantic. Not all love songs are even happy. It all depends on your definition of the term. For every “My Girl” or “Your Song,” there’s at least one track with a nuanced take on the darker, more complicated sides of love — the drama of a long-term relationship, the fear […]
Christmas means that it’s time for the Poverty Alleviation Charity’s 24 Hour Improv fundraiser. Hosted online this year, the event featured a solo set by Robert Smith of The Cure. The goth rocker performed songs from Faith to celebrate its forthcoming 40th anniversary. In black and white, Smith shared renditions of “The Holy Hour,” “The Funeral […]