Saturday, November 4, 2023

Curepedia events

CUREPEDIA EVENTS

7/11 @Spiritland DJ set
9/11 @BrightonWstones w Alexis Petridis
12/11 @LThanWordsfest Manchester
18/11 @SpellboundClub
29/11 @RoughTrade w @andyvelladesign
30/11 @ResidentMusic Brighton
3/12 @Monorail_Music Glasgow w @Plasmatron

Tickets: linktr.ee/simonprice



Friday, November 3, 2023

New video from Lol x Budgie x Jacknife Lee

Kill Scenes cover Short Term Effect

Debut album from LolxBudgiexJacknifeLee is out

Johnny Marr on The Cure

From NME:

Johnny Marr: “Bangers? They’re not to be sniffed at”

As he releases his first ever solo Best Of compilation, the icon speaks to NME about finding his own voice, what Billie Eilish has in common with The Cure and the stars that haunt his guitars.

We once spoke of your admiration for The Cure’s Robert Smith too. Would you put him in that category too?

“So much of The Cure stuff that appears to be dark is very beautiful. ‘Disintegration’ is an amazing record. But I saw them as a kid when ‘Seventeen Seconds’ [1980] came out. I just thought it was beautiful and modern. It’s funny, Billie is definitely coming from a similar sensibility but I think it has a similar vibe to it, in a way. A modern version. I can imagine being really into her records when I was 16 or 17.”

Anonymous HeART Project is live

The Heart Research UK's Anonymous HeART Project is live.

Underneath the Stars
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266462386160?hash=item3e0a6557f0:g:FwQAAOSwXbZlJ9h6

Alone
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266462377371?hash=item3e0a65359b:g:YB8AAOSwUgZlJ-eW

And Nothing Is Forever
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266462371799?hash=item3e0a651fd7:g:JjkAAOSwWRxlJ9WP

Endsong
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266462371199?hash=item3e0a651d7f:g:c5QAAOSwlRNlJ9Qw

This is all anonymous, so no idea who the artist is. 😉






Thursday, October 26, 2023

On this week's Curious Creatures...

"On this week's @curecreatures we're taking a deep dive into one of the tracks, Ghosted at Home feat. Bobby Gillespie, from our new @LolBudgieJCKNF album, Los Angeles, which comes out next week!

Find this week's episode or wherever you get your podcasts!"

Curepedia event in Manchester

"Over the past 5 decades, @thecure have created a musical mythology & canonical body of work straddling the worlds of music, film & art. Find out more with @simon_price01 & @johnrobb77 talking A-Z of The Cure

Sun 12 Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester "

Tix: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curepedia-an-a-z-of-the-cure-with-simon-price-tickets-695198646867?aff=oddtdtcreator

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Lima show moved

From The Cure:

NEXT MONTH'S SHOW IN LIMA WITH @thetwilightsad, @justmustard & RESPLANDOR WILL NOW TAKE PLACE AT ESTADIO SAN MARCOS ON NOV 22ND. ALL PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED TICKETS REMAIN VALID FOR THE NEW VENUE & FINAL TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT teleticket.com.pe/the-cure-2023



Rolling Stone Argentina special

"Before their third visit to Argentina, Rolling Stone launches a #bookazine with the story and work of #TheCure, in the voice of Robert Smith and company. Don't miss this collectible with interviews, the complete discography, keys and secrets of the band. Now on kiosks."


'Like the Three Tenors, but with drummers’

Budgie, Lol Tolhurst and Jacknife Lee on their supergroup rebirth.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/25/budgie-lol-tolhurst-jacknife-lee-banshees-cure



Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Friday, October 20, 2023

Book discussion & signing for Lol in San Francisco

We are thrilled to announce co-founder of The Cure, Lol Tolhurst in conversation with Josh Cheon (Dark Entries Records) discussing his book, GOTH: A History, and signing your copies. Saturday October 28 5pm 910 Larkin St.


Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!

In Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz an artist on their own career to see how much they can remember – and find out if the booze, loud music and/or tour sweeties has knocked the knowledge out of them. This week: musician and former Cure drummer/keyboardist Lol Tolhurst takes on the ultimate test!


Another Robert print for sale

https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/heartresearchuk_shop

New Simon bass available

"the 2023 version of Simon’s Ultra Spitfire bass is now in-stock and shopping."





Thursday, October 19, 2023

More from Chino on working with Robert

From 105.7:

Donny: All right, so on this album, you have two of my very favorite human beings, outside of you two, of course. And that is the brilliance that is El-P from Run the Jewels, and then also Robert Smith from The Cure are both on this record. When you have them on the album, do you have an idea at first that that’s who you want to do this part, or do you just kind of make a call? How do those kind of things come together, gentlemen?

Chino: Well, both were pretty done pretty late in the game. I mean, we had both songs already sort of 85, 90% finished. and it was towards the end of sort of our recording this record. And, for instance, the Robert Smith thing was, something that I just thought, this would be really cool if we can obviously, I have a friendship with him, so it wasn’t like just a complete cold call. I hit him up and said, hey, I have this idea, I have this lyric and this song, I’ll send it to you, but it’d be really neat if you would be down to just sing over it and sort of surprise people. As far as, like I mean, I know the news is out now, but my initial idea was, like, wouldn’t it be awesome to just be hearing the song? And you get a quarter of the way through it, all of a sudden, his voice comes out. his unmistakable voice is sort of in there, and then people start to question it. So, I mentioned that to him, and he was totally down to do it. And at that point, I told Shaun because I actually wanted to surprise him, too. And, yeah, he came through. it turned out wonderful just to hear his voice, especially singing something, a phrase that I wrote was just insane. one of those things where if I was a kid and you told me that, I would not have believed you at all.

Donny: He just sounds beautiful on that track, too. Holy cow.

Chino: Right on. Thanks. Yeah, I mean, to me, it’s probably one of the saddest songs on the record. So I just feel like that vibe is just like it just sort of is the perfect marriage of his voice and the vibe of that song, for sure.

1st edition Riot Fest poster available again

Sister Hyde's 1st edition Cure Riot Fest poster is available from Collectionzz.