Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Daniel's Troxy APs now shipping

Songs of a Lost World on Top Albums of 2024 lists

Vive Le Rock - #2

Line of Best Fit - #47

Vulture - #1

Alternative Press Readers Poll - #3

Pitchfork Readers Poll - #10

NME - #6

New York Times - #9

Louder Than War - #2

NPR - One of their top 50, but not in their top 13

Glide - One of their top 20

Rolling Stone - #48

Paste - #11

Stereogum - #29

Consequence - #20

The Quietus - #62

The Independent - #8

Time Out - #5

Rough Trade - #23

MOJO - #31

Uncut - #69

Monday, December 9, 2024

More Robert on the radio this weekend

Sat. from 10pm with John Kennedy on Radio X.

Sun. from 8pm with Danielle Perry on Absolute Radio.

From the email they sent out today.

More Robert on Absolute Radio

From The Cure: YOU CAN LISTEN TO @ROBERTSMITH IN CONVERSATION WITH @DANIELLEPERRY THIS SUNDAY ON ABSOLUTE RADIO’S ‘SUNDAY MUSIC CLUB’ FROM 8PM VIA ABSOLUTERADIO.CO.UK

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Tim's Listening Party

Another preview of tonight

Lost World Listening Party

Reminder for non-UK friends, you CAN listen to The Cure Listening Party tonight. You don't need the app or to be physically in the UK

Listen on the website. All you need is a UK postcode (RH10 6AA, W11 1PG, E1 0HX, BN1 4AL) or a VPN.

hellorayo.co.uk/absolute-radio/

Either way, you do need to have an account (it's free) and be logged in.

Start times in the US are 5pm eastern, 4pm central, 3pm mountain, 2pm pacific and noon in Hawaii.


Friday, December 6, 2024

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Pittsburgh Plays: The Cure

From Trib Live:

Pittsburgh Plays: The Cure will take place on Dec. 14 at the Roxian Theatre in McKees Rocks, where more than 30 Pittsburgh area musicians will pay tribute to the English gothic rock band.

Music Prizes for the Planet

Enter the Earth/Percent Music Prizes for the Planet drawing for a chance to win one of sixteen prizes, including a copy of The Cure's Novembre vinyl single signed by Robert.

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Lost World in the dark

From The Cure:

WE'RE CELEBRATING 'SONGS OF A LOST WORLD' WITH SEVERAL @PITCHBLACKPLAY LISTENING SESSIONS IN THE UK, EUROPE, CHILE & NEW ZEALAND ON DEC 21. HEAR THE ALBUM IN ALL ITS GLORY IN THE DARK - NO DISTRACTIONS, NO TALKING, NO SINGING, NO PHONES.
TICKETS VIA bit.ly/curepb


Monday, December 2, 2024

Robert Smith to talk through The Cure’s ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ on Tim’s Listening Party

From NME:

Tune in to hear The Cure icon go deep, track-by-track, on the their latest Number One album

By Andrew Trendell

The Cure's Robert Smith will be joining Tim Burgess for Tim's Listening Party to talk through 'Songs Of A Lost World'. Credit: Tim Burgess/supplied to NME

The Cure's Robert Smith will be joining Tim Burgess for Tim's Listening Party to talk through 'Songs Of A Lost World'. Credit: Tim Burgess/supplied to NME

Robert Smith will join Tim Burgess for a special run-through of The Cure‘s acclaimed ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘ on an upcoming edition of Tims Listening Party, NME can exclusively reveal.

Becoming a favourite among music fans on social media during lockdown as Tim’s Twitter Listening Parties, the format of The Charlatans frontman talking through new and classic albums with the artists behind them found a new home as a podcast and show on Absolute Radio last year.

Now, it has been confirmed that Smith has recorded a special version of the show that will be broadcast from 10pm this weekend on Sunday December 8 on Absolute Radio before becoming available on the Rayo app shortly after and being made into a podcast early in the new year.

“I’m looking forward very much to my second Listening Party,” Smith told NME, “running through ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ with Tim – this time together in a ‘real life space’ – should be good?”

This comes after Smith hosted a run-through of Tim’s Twitter Listening Party for their classic album ‘Wish’ back in November 2022, done from the dressing room after The Cure played the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. It became the third most replayed Listening Party with over 40,000 so far (with Iron Maiden occupying the top two places). Revisit the ‘Wish’ playback here.

Since Burgess took it to Absolute Radio, The Listening Party has won Gold as best newcomer at The Arias, The Radio Academy earlier this year. The show has featured the likes of U2, Texas, The Kinks, Fall Out Boy, The Libertines and more.



Sunday, December 1, 2024

From the Cure emails



Songs of a Lost World (Blood Red Moon 2 x vinyl includes instrumentals)

Songs of a Live World (Vinyl, CD, Cassette)

Songs of a Lost & Live World bundles (Vinyl, CD, Cassette)


‘SONGS OF A LIVE WORLD :
TROXY LONDON MMXXlV’

NEW AUDIO MIX BY ROBERT SMITH
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL, CD & CASSETTE
RELEASED DECEMBER 13TH

ALL CURE RECORD ROYALTIES FROM THIS LIVE RELEASE WILL BE DONATED TO ‘WAR CHILD’ https://www.warchild.org.uk/

SOME EDITIONS ALSO FEATURE THE ORIGINAL ‘SONGS OF A LOST WORLD’ ALBUM

THE FULL TROXY SHOW REMAINS AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON YOUTUBE

ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE ‘SONGS OF A LOST WORLD’ STORE & ‘PROCUREMENTS’ STORE

SEE STORES FOR FINAL CHRISTMAS ORDER DATES

Songs of a Live World

Roger on Do You

From Roger on Bluesky:

Tomorrow morning December 2nd, 9:00 GMT I will be on Do You Radio with host Charlie and my friend Ian who I met at the first day of art school 50 years ago. Talking about a lifetime of creativity, music, art and friendship. You can listen live or to the stream X doyou.world