Cinematical loves Burn

Cinematical says 'Burn' in 'The Crow' is one of their Scenes (Songs) We Love. (Thanks John)

Never Enough on Brits CD

'Never Enough' is included on the 'BRIT Awards 2010' CD.
(Thanks Aaron)

Almost Alice reviews

BBC, USA Today, Denver Post, IGN, Entertainment Weekly, Houston Chronicle, The Scotsman, 411 Mania, The Trades, Shakefire, Now Public, Culch, Pioneer Press, Toronto Star, Pittsburgh Post. If you find others, please post them in the comments or email them to me. Thanks!

Reminder: Almost Alice is out

The 'Almost Alice' CD, featuring Robert Smith's cover of 'Very Good Advice', is out today.

Update: While not connected to the new movie, Barnes & Noble are selling a better Alice album, 'Under the Influence of Alice: Music Inspired by the Classic Tale', which includes 'The Caterpillar' by The Cure and 'Looking Glass Girl' by The Glove. (Thanks Sofia)

Roger plays the Ship of Fools

From Roger: "I have a, very rare these days, show this Sunday in London. If you are around it would be nice to see you. Im playing a new piece that I wrote for the show and I will only play it once...."
Sunday 7 March 2010
Ship of Fools @ Bar & Co, Temple Pier
ROGER O'DONNELL / MADAM
plus a selection of relaxing and obscure tunes by Dj Hornpipe...
Get tickets here

Reminder: Levinhurst European tour

Sonic Seducer presents LEVINHURST
"Wednesday in Warsaw" European Dates 2010
04.03.2010 NL-Amstelveen, P 60
05.03.2010 D-Iserlohn, Jazzclub Henkelmann
07.03.2010 D-Aachen, Musikbunker Aachen
10.03.2010 PL-Warsaw, Progresja Club
12.03.2010 D-Berlin, MusicHall
13.03.2010 D-Rostock, Mau Club (early show)
14.03.2010 D-Hamburg, Grüner Jäger (Canceled)
16.03.2010 D-Frankfurt, Sinkkasten
18.03.2010 I-Turin, Spazio 211
19.03.2010 I-Rom, Blackout
20.03.2010 I-Vicenza/Bassano del Grappa, Vinile
(Thanks to Julia @ Wings of Destiny)

Disintegration remaster delayed again

Looks like we'll have to wait a little longer for the Disintegration remastered set. From a source at Universal: "seems like the Disintegration remaster will be postponed again, sometime late May seems to be more likely for a release".

Amazon (Germany) now has it listed for May 28th, Amazon (Canada) says May 4th now, and Best Buy removed their listing for it, and sent out an email to customers who pre-ordered it, saying it had been delayed until Dec. 31st, 2025. Don't worry, that just means they got word of the delay and don't have a new date to give out just yet.
(Thanks Walter, Muldfeld, and Ben)

Mogwai talks about The Cure

"Just returned from seeing the UK premiere of the Mogwai live movie "Burning" which was filmed in Brooklyn. During the Q&A session I asked Stuart how the band enjoyed the Curiosa tour. He loved playing with The Cure but found the whole thing a bit odd. Barry then recounted a hilarious story of the San Francisco date where a female spent the whole Mogwai set stood up giving them the finger. Any one want to admit to this?

Stuart was also asked if any live films had influenced him and he said that "In Orange" had been a massive influence - he had really enjoyed it. So he was very happy when I told him afterwards about its imminent dvd release He also said that he had contributed to the Disintegration reissue sleeve notes."
(Thanks Hugh)

Spanish interview with Roger

For those who speak Spanish, here's a new interview with Roger. Also, for those who want to read his Disintegration memories in French or Slovak, there you go.

Free Levinhurst track

From Levinhurst on Twitter: "Ok go to Amazon.com look for our special pre tour gift to you all! Download MAU MAU for free! Hurry! wont last forever!"
Note: This is US only. I've asked Lol for a link for fans not in the US. Will post as soon as I hear something.
Update: Here's the answer from Lol - "Not at the moment ;-( it's a special deal done with Amazon US I'm working on getting it worldwide!" (Thanks Lol)

Two/Three rehearsal videos

Roger has posted some videos from the Two/Three rehearsals and performance in Toronto last week.

Daryl Bamonte update

Update: We Collect Enemies first release - 'Slew' by Das Shadow featuring mixes by DJ Wool, Jaimie Fanatic and Tobias Enhus - available 22nd March

Daryl has started a new blog for the label he has created with Andrew Phillpott and Glen Brady - We Collect Enemies. (Thanks, congratulations, and good luck, Daryl)

Very Good Advice credits

- Played and Sung by Robert Smith
- Engineered and Produced by Robert Smith
- Recorded and Mixed by RS@Home
- Robert Smith appears courtesy of “Lost Music”
Mentions yet again a mysterious character named Bunny Lake in helping recording “voices from beyond” on this project.
(Thanks Friend of CoF)

Robert photos in new book

"There are some nice pics of Robert on the site of the famous photographer Richard Bellia and in his new book 'Un Oeil sur la musique' ('an eye on music')". (Thanks Steven)

Almost Alice listening parties

Not sure why I'm posting about this, but just in case some of you are interested, Hot Topic will be hosting Almost Alice listening parties this Friday, Feb. 26th at 7pm.

Cure Tattoos

New Cure ink for Dizz, Elly and Meagan.

Cure Covers

Reflectionsmeet have covered A Night Like This. (Thanks Phil)

"Kill Hannah covered "Just Like Heaven" at their annual show, New Heart For Xmas." (Thanks notdeadyet)

JES covers Lovesong. Here's the video, and you can get the 8 track EP at Amazon and iTunes. You can also read an article about it, with Robert's comment on the song, here.
(Thanks AndrewV127, Justin, Andy, Monghi, and Heron)

Official site update

There's a small update at TheCure.com. A graphic promoting the Almost Alice soundtrack and website, and the 30 second preview clip. But you can hear the entire song at Stereogum.

A Forest (Schwarzwald Mix)

Update: Get it at iTunes and Amazon. (Thanks Brad)

"Remember that mediocre dancefloor version of "A Forest" by german duo Blank & Jones? They just released a new (September 2009) remix album entitled "Reordered" which also contains a new remix of "A Forest". Suprisingly it's a slowed down, trip-hop like version with Robert's vocals on it. Definitely worth checking out." (Thanks Ingmar)

Cure game

How quickly can you name The Cure's studio albums?
(Thanks Sara B)