From Hot Press:
With The Cure reissuing their classic live album Paris, ex-drummer Lol Tolhurst discusses the band's storied career, as well as his fascinating book Goth: A History.
Saturday, March 30, 2024
30 years of Burn and The Crow soundtrack
From Mashable:
The Crow' soundtrack turns 30: Looking back on the album that defined an era
The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, and the bands who almost made the cut.
The iconic English rock band The Cure seemed a no-brainer for inclusion on The Crow soundtrack, as their songs were quoted through O'Barr's comics. Most anticipated this would make it easy to get frontman Robert Smith onboard, as he'd clearly approved the lyrics' use and therefore must be familiar with Eric Draven's story. So, it was quite a shock when Smith's rep said he'd never heard of The Crow.
"I went back [to] O'Barr," Most shared, "And I said, 'James, you know, you've got 'used by permission' all over the place [in the comics] and Robert Smith [has] never heard the comics.' And he goes, 'Well, yeah. Every time I'd ever seen lyrics used [in comics], it has 'used by permission,' so I just added that.'"
Despite this copyright confusion, Smith liked the comics — once he did see them — and the script. So, for the first time in his storied career, the legendary British rocker wrote a song specifically for a movie.
While some acts wrote songs purely based on the screenplay, some of the film’s footage was transported to London for Smith to see. The resulting track, "Burn," is 6:39 seconds of scorching hot yearning. The song kicks off the album, and is given a place of prominence in the film; it plays over Eric's macabre makeover early in the movie. Lee's physicality is on full display as his Eric is rattled with flashbacks in the abandoned apartment he once shared with his late fiancée; he frenziedly applies the now-iconic black-and-white face paint in a shattered mirror while Smith sings, "Just paint your face, the shadows smile / Slipping me away from you."
And just like that, The Crow is born.
Friday, March 22, 2024
Daniel Kessler (Interpol) on the Curiosa tour
From NME:
That ‘Curiosa’ tour sounds like a once-in-a-lifetime event. What was the vibe of that like?
“It was great. Sometimes you do those tours and it sounds amazing on paper but then all the bands live very separately, but there was an amazing camaraderie. It was like a travelling circus. Everyone got along really great and hung out. There would be these really intense football matches between all the bands; just wherever made sense like behind the stage. I remember one of the guys from Muse hurt himself really bad during one of the matches and had to leave the tour.
“The Cure guys were just the best: really hospitable and friendly and welcoming.”
The Cure have a similar problem as Interpol – people think they’re miserable and goth, when they’re actually quite romantic and human.
“Oh, 100 per cent. Their music has that quality, plus Robert Smith and the rest of the band are such great people to hang out, shoot the shit and have a drink with. I have wonderful memories of hanging out with those guys.”
Friday, March 8, 2024
Teenage Cancer Trust posters for sale
"New in! A series of exclusive gig posters celebrating a History Of Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall.
Designed and printed by incredibly talented creatives and autographed by some of the worlds greatest musicians."
All 4 of these prints are a limited edition of 25 each, and the autographed editions are signed by Robert Smith and Andy Vella.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
A Conversation With Alison Shaw of Cranes
From Post-Punk:
Well, since we’re hinting at some vague things here – what’s the scoop on returning to America? Is that something we can look forward to in the coming years?
Ahh, well, I can’t say much at the moment, but I’ll give you a hint. Just recently we have been offered something in America and it’s looking very positive…
Well, I accept that you can’t tell us more, but that’s very promising news! We’ll stay tuned for some more details on that, if and when the time is right! So, here’s a more open ended question – do you have a favorite moment throughout all the years you’ve been together as a band?
Favorite moment? Well, I mean obviously the tour with The Cure was completely awesome for us. I remember especially on the American leg of that tour, I remember just being happy every day, like every moment of every day, driving from city to city and playing these incredible arenas and auditoriums and stadiums, even…
How did that come about – how were you first approached by the band?
Apparently, Robert, and Simon had heard the Wings of Joy album, and they liked it. We had an agent at the time, and I think that’s how they approached us. We met them around that time, they did a few warm up shows before the tour, playing in much smaller venues in the UK. They played in our local town hall, which is called the Guild Hall in Portsmouth. We were invited to the show, and that’s where we met the band and that’s when they invited us on the tour.
Well, it was a perfect match, and obviously they’ve invited you back regularly since then, for the Trilogy shows and some other one-offs over the years. It seems like the door is always open!
Well, they’ve been so amazing to us over the years. Every few years we’ll get a call. I’ve chatted to Robert a few times recently, over email, and he’s really supportive of what we’re doing now. They’ll always be a really important part of our journey.
I’m so glad it’s still be so positive over the years. It seems like it’s a lifelong friendship with the two of you, and some of the other bands they’ve been friends with over the years, like And Also the Trees…
Yeah, he’s pretty amazing…as you might imagine.
Monday, March 4, 2024
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Health update from Roger
From Roger on Facebook:
"Thanks for all the kind messages of support just a quick update, Im about 60% through treatment and everything is going very well. I feel pretty good and looking forward to the Spring when I will be done. Working on lots of new musical projects with lots of interesting new people and instruments... X"
This is great to hear and I sincerely hope everything continues to go well. Can't wait to hear the new projects!
Michael Timmons covers Trust
My cover of 'Trust' by The Cure is out now. I recorded it live for a radio session (The Radio Off) in January. It's a beautiful song & a favourite of mine, I hope I've captured some of that beauty, and hope some of you like it 🩷 find it here: linktr.ee/MichaelTimmons
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Nocturne for RSD too
As part of Record Store Day 2024 Nocturne is being reissued for the first time on 140g black vinyl. This limited edition release features new artwork, has been remastered from the original source tapes & cut at half speed at Abbey Road, all overseen by Siouxsie and Severin.
The Top picture disc for Record Store Day
OUT 20TH APRIL FOR RECORD STORE DAY. THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY VERSION OF 'THE TOP', REMASTERED BY ROBERT SMITH AND AVAILABLE ON PICTURE DISC FOR THE FIRST TIME. RELEASED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WARCHILD INITIATIVE. SEE ALL THE RELEASES AT recordstoreday.lnk.to/RSD24-GLB #RSD24
Friday, February 9, 2024
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