Tag: The Cure

Sirius XM's 1st Wave to pay tribute to The Cure over Memorial Day weekend

Sirius XM’s 1st Wave to pay tribute to The Cure over Memorial Day weekend

Better late than never: Plans to turn over Sirius XM’s 1st Wave to Robert Smith and The Cure for a full week in April apparently […]

Coachella pulls the plug on The Cure’s curfew-busting set mid-song

  Perhaps The Cure were on to something after all when they abruptly ended Friday night’s warm-up gig in Las Vegas. Practice for the main […]

The Cure warms up for Coachella in Las Vegas, cuts show short

The Cure warms up for Coachella in Las Vegas, cuts show short

Robert Smith took the The Cure out to a Las Vegas casino last night to warm up for the band’s Sunday night headlining slot at […]

Coachella Webcast to feature sets by The Cure, Morrissey, Bob Mould

Coachella Webcast to feature sets by The Cure, Morrissey, Bob Mould

For those not able to make it out to this weekend’s 10th anniversary Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the fine folks […]

Pixies' Black Francis teams up with wife for Grand Duchy album, warm-up tour

Pixies’ Black Francis teams up with wife for Grand Duchy album, warm-up tour

Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV is a man of many monikers: Black Francis, Frank Black, Frank Black Francis. Now comes the Pixies frontman’s latest musical […]

The Cure’s Robert Smith rails against ‘free music.’ Again

  A little over a month after his last all-caps, double-spaced rant against “THIS ‘ART FOR FREE’ IDEA,” The Cure’s sourpuss of a frontman, Robert […]

'Adventureland' anchored by pitch-perfect '80s college-rock soundtrack

‘Adventureland’ anchored by pitch-perfect ’80s college-rock soundtrack

This past weekend saw the release of “Adventureland,” a sweet and very funny coming-of-age tale set in 1987 that’s as notable for its ample cinematic […]