'Beautiful Noise' at Reckless Records Chicago

Beautiful Noise Blu-ray & DVD now in stock at RECKLESS RECORDS, CHICAGO!! www.beautifulnoisedocumentary.com

Posted by Beautiful Noise on Saturday, June 20, 2015

Reeves Meet & Greet in Wisconsin

Reeves will be doing a Meet & Greet and Reverend Guitars demo at Cascio Interstate Music in Wisconsin on Aug. 3rd.

Cascio also has contests to win tickets to Reeves' show at Shank Hall later that night, and for an autographed Spacehawk guitar.

Andy Anderson update

From Jenn Vix on Facebook: "Happy to announce that I've recorded a track with Andy Anderson, who played drums in The Cure, The Glove, and with many other bands and musicians. I'm now mixing this first track, and we have plans to record a second one over the next few weeks. This new music will be on my upcoming EP, scheduled for a late Oct/early November release. Publicity will happen ahead of the release date."

Update (03/15/15): From Jenn Vix - "Here is my new track, 'Eyes Roll Back', featuring Andy Anderson on drums."

Update (06/17/15): 2nd track from Jenn & Andy, 'I Don't Trust You'.

Perry joins Love Amongst Ruin

Original story (09/27/12): Perry Bamonte is back! He's been announced as the new bass player for Love Amongst Ruins. Welcome back, Perry! We've missed you! Can't wait to see you playing live again. (Thanks Adam)

Update (04/09/15):  Listen to their first track, 'Swan Killer', which is Q's Song of the Day:

Name: Love Amongst Ruin
Track name: Swan Killer
Hometown: London
Who? The group fronted by former Placebo man and sometime drummer for The Boo Radleys, Steve Hewitt.
Why now? This the first track to emerge from forthcoming album Lose Your Way (out 1 June) and features The Cure’s Perry Bamonte on bass.
Hear more: Loveamongstruin.com
(Thanks @DaniHe82)

Update (05/11/15): 'Lose Your Way' EP is now available on iTunes UK, Amazon UK, Amazon US.

Update (05/12/15): 'Lose Your Way Revision' posted at Substream.

Update (06/07/15): New interview with Steve seems to indicate that Perry does NOT play on the new album, but will join them for live shows and will write with Steve for the next album:

Arena: On this record, you worked with Perry Bamonte from The Cure, which is pretty wicked. How did he enter the fold, and how has he contributed to Love Amongst Ruin and the band's music?

Steve Hewitt: I first met Perry in Paris when The Cure and Placebo played at French radio station NRJ's birthday show in some French theatre. We have stayed in touch pretty much from there. When we found ourselves no longer in bands, I thought it a good idea to get Perry involved with LAR. Perry actually got involved after the album was finished, but we will be writing together for the next album, and he will be playing live with us as a full time member.

Just checked with Daryl Bamonte, and here's what he said: "Perry did not play on the LYW album but is in the band now, will play live and also write/perform for the next album."

Update (06/17/15): Billboard has premiered the new video for 'Modern War Song'.

'There's a Girl in the Corner'

Robert Smith's excellent cover of The Twilight Sad's 'There's a Girl in the Corner' will be available on a limited edition 7" and a digital download on June 15th. You can pre-order the 7" via The Twilight Sad's website and at Rough Trade.

Robert's share of the proceeds from the single will be donated to Amaze.

Credits: Lyrics James Alexander Graham. Music Andy MacFarlane. Voices & instruments by Robert Smith. Engineered, Produced, and Mixed by Robert Smith at Homestudio. Assisted by Bunny Lake.

Update (05/29/15): From The Twilight Sad on Twitter  "We've Sold Out of our new 7" feat Robert Smith of @thecure on our website but you'll still be able to get them from Independent Record Shops"

Update (06/11/15): From The Twilight Sad on Facebook - "Unfortunately, due to issues at the manufacturing plant, we're sorry to say the 7” of ‘It Never Was The Same’ / ‘There’s A Girl In The Corner’ (RS cover) has been delayed.
We hope to have these delivered to pre order customers and in stores around 30th June but will keep you informed if that changes.
Please accept our apologies on this: we understand it must be frustrating, we are frustrated too.

Thank you if you have already pre-ordered, it means a lot, and we hope you enjoy the single when it arrives."

Update (06/15/15): The digital version of the single is now available at Amazon (US / UK), iTunes (US / UK), and most of the usual places.

Update (06/16/15): The vinyl has arrived.

Finally they've arrived. I have 1 in my hand. Still cant quite believe its happened. Sending them out to every1 ASAP pic.twitter.com/M6gIxaz1qV

— the twilight sad (@thetwilightsad) June 16, 2015

While the 7" is sold out at the Twilight Sad website, you can still order it at Banquet Records, Fat Cat or Rough Trade. If you find it at other stores, please let me know. Thanks!

Reviews: Soundblab

Articles: God is in the TV / The Guardian / Paste / Consequence of Sound / MXDWN / Death & Taxes / Diffuser / Exclaim / NME / Under The Radar / XFM / Pitchfork

Reeves' Rock Inside Out guitar course

Expected Release Date: 06/03/2015

Update (06/17/15): Now available here.

Win a copy of 'Love and Other Tragedies'

Music-News will be giving away 5 copies of Roger and Julia's 'Love and Other Tragedies'. The page originally said it would be CDs, now it says vinyl. But Roger says it will be rare CDs: "Actually we are going to make 5 CDs burnt straight from the original digital mastering files. You actually can't get a higher quality file on a physical format so... This is now quite interesting, so ENTER!" 

Another Twilight Sad Cure mention

This one's from an interview at Quiffed Owl:

QO: Tell me about the Robert Smith (The Cure) thing?

JG: Aye, Robert Smith of The Cure has covered There Is A Girl In The Corner, the first song off our new record and that is a double A side. I will play you that now
(Plays song from his phone).

I cannot believe that The Cure like our band, it’s fucking mental.

The Cure and The Smiths are my biggest influences. I love the Smiths, I have actually done a few sessions with Mike Joyce, he’s a really nice bloke. The Cure to me though, progressively are a band that have always tried new things.

Andy Vella's new website

Andy Vella launched his new website, www.velladesign.com, today, and as you might guess, there's lots of Cure stuff there.

"one of the original adverts for the charlotte sometimes single, 1981. shame robert bit a chunk out of it!"

The Cure at MOMA

 
"One week sightseeing in The Big Apple I see my Band at MoMA (The Museum Of Modern Art ) New York, wow" (Thanks Fred)

MOMA is obviously hinting at those 'Head on the Door' 30th anniversary shows at the Beacon in November. ;)

Jessy J. covers 'Lovesong'

Latin Jazz saxophonist Jessy J. does a great instrumental cover of 'Lovesong'. It's from her new album 'My One and Only One', which is out now. (Thanks Rob)

'In Orange' 35mm in Kansas City tonight

The Alamo Drafthouse in Kansas City will be showing a 35mm print of 'The Cure In Orange' on June 8th at 7PM. Tickets are $8. (Thanks Gary)

New interviews with Roger

Nice interview with Roger at Tomatrax.

And Roger interviews Roger.

Reeves birthday special on KMUW

From Reeves on Facebook: "If you missed the Reeves Gabrels Birthday feature on Strange Currency, KMUW radio, it is available for listening in the show's Archive (Thur 4 Jun) at kmuw.org/programs/strange-currency."

Happy Birthday, Reeves! Hope you had a great day!

10 Iconic Androgynous Moments

From High Snobiety: "While there are myriad rock stars who pushed androgynous aesthetics – from KISS’s outrageous circus of hair and leather to Alice Cooper’s out and out gender bending, it’s cult Goth figurehead Robert Smith whose legacy in androgynous dressing that still echoes today. Smith’s trademark image of smeared lipstick, eyeliner, pale skin, messy black hair and all-black getup would define the Goth aesthetic and matched the Cure’s gloomy, sombre music perfectly, and while the Cure frontman hated his band’s connotations with the Goth movement, designers are still drawing on the Goth aesthetic to this day." (Thanks @godwinafaith)

Memorabilia from 1980

#memorabilia6music 1980 Cure setlist, Edinburgh. Robert, Simon, Lol & Matthieu signed my cheque book. Fire in Cairo? pic.twitter.com/EuYReOl4XW

— Caroline Binnie (@caroline_binnie) May 31, 2015

Cure Night in Cologne on May 30th

A Night Like This
The Cure Party

May 30th, 2015

The Blue Shell 

Cologne, Germany

As in the years before, we are doing our annual cure all nighter again. Before the party, we have the great dutch wave rock outfit dead guitars playing live.

here are the links to the facebook events:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1581084862171084/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1379659282361629

(Thanks Mike)

'Love and Other Tragedies' videos

Roger will be posting 9 videos to accompany 'Love and Other Tragedies'. Will update this as they are released.

'Marke'
'Il Regno Dei MortiI'
'La Ninfa'
'Tristan'

'Love and Other Tragedies' digital release today

From Roger on Facebook: "Well finally my new album Love and Other Tragedies recorded with the amazing Julia Kent on cello is finished. I mastered it last week in London and the lacquers are on their way to Holland to press the double white vinyl. We have a release date of May 29th on 99X/10 Records and Tapes and a premiere in London at St Leonards Church on May 30th. Performers are yet to be finalised but it will be a very beautiful concert whoever is playing! More details to follow....

Just to clarify, there will be only one (minute possibility of an LA show) show in London on May 30th and I will post pre order details as soon as I have them. Its a limited edition of 250 double white vinyl. Thanks for the interest, this is a very emotional record for me and I very much hope everyone connects with it."

Update (03/11/15): You can get T-shirts, too.

Update (03/19/15): From Roger on Facebook - "OK, so the launch date and concert have been put back due to the pressing plant in Holland being very busy. The release date of Love and Other Tragedies is now June 26th with a pre sale on May 26th. The concert An Exquisite and Tragic Evening The Music of Roger O'Donnell at St Leonards in Shoreditch London will be June 26th. The concert will be free but you will need to register for tickets, this will also be launched on May 26th, tickets will be limited and available by email. Sorry for any confusion!"

Update (05/07/15): From Roger on Twitter: "Love and Other Tragedies my new album featuring @juliakent will premiere in London June 26th at St Leonards Shoreditch pre order June 19th. The concert will be free and include some very very special guests!"

And more: "Pre sale date is June 19th, ship on the week of June 29th. Limited edition of 250 copies £25 + shipping. Concert at St Leonards 8pm June 26th, Shoreditch, London 8pm free admission. With @hannahinthewars + @FeralAndStray"

Update (05/15/15): The album will be released on iTunes May 29th. Vinyl on June 26th.

Update (05/29/15): Out now on iTunes UK and US, and also available to listen to on Spotify. Roger has also updated his website with lots of great details on the recording and production of the album, and about the upcoming live show, which sounds like it will be quite a special evening.

Album reviews: Pure M Zine / Essentially Pop / Tomatrax / Two Guys Metal Reviews

Cure on BBC4 today

"Sounds of the 80s BBC4 7.30pm today features The Cure… oh, and The Smiths, Jesus & Mary Chain, Pixies and Echo and the Bunnymen." (Thanks @waswasere)

Update: "In Between Days on 'Sounds of the Eighties' was a live version from the Whistle Test gig at Camden Palace 19th November 1985." (Thanks @waswasere)