Thursday, July 3, 2025
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Photos from Olivia
From Olivia Rodrigo on Instagram:
glasto. best weekend there ever was. so happy and grateful
Monday, June 30, 2025
Roger on Lymphoma Voices podcast
"In this podcast Roger O’Donnell, who is the keyboard player of the band The Cure, talks about his diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. He explains about the treatment he received and about coming to terms emotionally with his diagnosis."
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Robert joins Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury
Robert joined Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury tonight to do Friday I'm in Love and Just Like Heaven.
Friday, June 27, 2025
Gracie Abrams covering Just Like Heaven
Gracie Abrams covering Just Like Heaven at Glastonbury tonight. Video by the BBC, posted by gnationvideo.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
New band name and single for Reeves
BAND NAME CHANGE & RECORDING NEWS
GABRELS, KANE, PARKER WELLS is the NEW BAND NAME for the genre-free improv trio formerly known as "Doom Dogs." We have a single recording (self-titled) upcoming! And we joined the visionary artist platform TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS (TotE). Our single is part of a global relaunch of Tote (via Kickstarter) to include two dozen new experimental-music projects and revival of a fantastic back catalog.
PLEASE SIGN UP NOW for Kickstarter campaign info. You only provide an email at this point, to receive campaign emails including details of all music included. Find the page via the QR code (see image), or by searching Table of the Elements and Kickstarter together.
Deep thanks to all who've come out the past two years to hear us improvise in varied venues in New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. You made our single possible, plus further studio work in progress. Just last week, we played two improvisations for a pro-shot video to come out this fall on the Reverend Guitars channel on YouTube. Going forward, we'll book shows for late summer 2025 thru spring 2026.
First priority, meanwhile, is to share the Kickstarter link for Table of the Elements. Please sign up, and please share with friends!
With appreciation, Reeves, Jonathan and Jair-Rohm
GABRELS, KANE, PARKER WELLS
June 26, 2025
Monday, June 23, 2025
Win a signed MoaLW artcard
From The Cure:
ROBERT SIGNED A FEW “MIXES OF A LOST WORLD” ARTCARDS, AND WE ARE GIVING A HANDFUL AWAY TO 5 LUCKY FANS; ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ENTER YOUR DETAILS VIA THE FORM BELOW BEFORE 17: 00 ON 27TH JUNE 2025 FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ONE!
https://uk-umg.com/um-forms/48976-1234097.html
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Friday, June 20, 2025
How we remixed The Cure
From MusicTech:
How we remixed The Cure: Tips from Orbital, Trentmøller and more
The Cure just released their remix package, ‘Mixes Of A Lost World,’ with over 20 new tracks. Check out how five artists made their versions
Reeves interview on Friday
11am Eastern US time Fri Jun 20th — Reeves Gabrels chats live with Ken Haas, CEO of Reverend Guitars. Tune in at Reverend’s Facebook page, or their YouTube channel.
Monday, June 16, 2025
Secret 7" reveal
Secret 7" has revealed the identity of all of the artists behind the artwork of this year's auction. View the full gallery here.
Here's Robert Smith's (sold for £3,500) and Andy Vella's (sold for £610).
Friday, June 13, 2025
Bear Tree raffle
We’re raffling off The Cure MOALW acetate! This is your chance to win one of the rarest Cure records to exist. At the band’s request all proceeds will go to War Child. £5 a ticket, you can buy as many tickets as you like! UK only!
https://beartreerecords.com/products/the-cure-charity-raffle-ticket
Clash review of MoaLW
From Clash:
The Cure – Mixes Of A Lost World
A varied, refreshing look at the band's monolithic return to form...
For a band primarily known for their melancholic and immersive songs, a remix album might seem like an odd offering from The Cure. Those familiar with the group, however, will know they have a long-standing relationship with remix culture. From relatively early in their career, their tracks have occasionally been reworked—whether it’s the far superior single mix of ‘Close to Me’ (complete with the beloved trumpet section), or the ‘Mixed Up’ album, released at the height of the Baggy scene in 1990. That record is a mixed bag in terms of quality, but it showcased the flexibility of The Cure’s lush melodies and Robert Smith’s unmistakable vocals.
In the years since, artists as varied as Gorillaz, Faithless, and Crystal Castles have enlisted Smith to lend his signature angst and longing to their dancefloor-ready tracks. Still, an entire remix compilation reimagining the band’s monolithic return to form, ‘Songs of a Lost World’, is a curious proposition. But with all Cure royalties going to War Child UK, why not? Spurred on by a handful of unsolicited remixes he received over Christmas, Smith has managed to rally 24 artists to rework his songs of death and the passage of time.
The results are surprisingly sprightly and effective, with the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Orbital, Four Tet, and Sally C pushing the original album’s eight monochrome tracks into vibrant new territory. Sure, there’s something a little perverse about turning a song about the passing of Smith’s brother into a full-on rave anthem—but it only underscores the emotional power of the originals. Roger O’Donnell’s keys, in particular, are repeatedly used as the melodic backbone for these producers’ fresh interpretations.
Oakenfold’s take of the aforementioned track, ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye,’ goes for something cinematic and truly epic in scope. It’s a nice pivot and is practically begging to be used on a tense movie trailer. Cure superfan Trentemøller goes for a respectfully ethereal go at ‘And Nothing Is Forever’ before things go raucous at the midway point. Daybreakers disassemble ‘Warsong,’ using mere shadows of the original’s menacing guitar and organ to rebuild it into something darkly anthemic and fun.
With only one relatively short album used as a basis for the comp, there’s some repetition over the course of the deluxe edition’s tracklist. It’s a relatively small squabble, though, an unavoidable conceptual one. ‘Mixes Of A Lost World’, for the most part, is a varied, refreshing listen. The Cure have proven themselves to be one of the UK’s most beloved and influential acts. Their sound has stood the test of time and, in doing so, proves quite resilient to being twisted, trimmed, and smudged into other genres. There’s a spooky sincerity inherent in their music that will always defy trends.
Words: Sam Walker-Smart
7/10
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