Tag: The Cure

Kristin Hersh Among First Names Announced For Robert Smith Curated Meltdown Festival

March 12, 2018

Kristin Hersh is one of the first names to be announced as part of the Robert Smith-curated Meltdown Festival to be held this June at London’s Southbank Centre.

MNNQNS Release New Music Video For ‘Next Time I Try’

March 29, 2017

MNNQNS are back with the video for their new track, ‘Next Time I Try, from the EP ‘CAPITAL’.

It’s ‘Life As We Know It’ For West London Electro Punks Calling All Astronauts

November 25, 2016

Calling All Astronauts are back with their followup to their critically acclaimed second album, ‘Anti-Social Network’. New single, ‘Life As We Know It’ is a four track release, comprising the original song and three remixes. It’s set to come out on December 23 via Supersonic Media.

Slow Down Molasses – ‘100% Sunshine’

August 18, 2016

An album that calls to mind the very best of the 80s and 90s (we’re thinking New World Order and The Cure), ‘100% Sunshine’ is 100% guitars and rock rhythms.

The Essential Weekly Playlist of: Penny Bridges

April 8, 2016

Wolverhampton singer songwriter Penny Bridges gives us her Essential Weekly Playlist.

The Open Feel – ‘Retrofire’

November 20, 2015

Los Angeles Dream Rock duo, The Open Feel, released ‘Retrofire’ in January this year. The sixth in a series of digital single releases, the song has an early 80s flavour about it – part Punk part New Romantic part New Wave – all parts very agreeable.

Lisa Ronson: ‘Emperors of Medieval Japan’

August 28, 2015

Growing up the daughter of legendary guitarist Mick Ronson, it was clear Lisa Ronson wasn’t going to stay away from the music industry for long.

Introducing: Cfit – ‘Throwaway Survival Machine’

August 24, 2015

CFIT is an aviation term standing for ‘Controlled Flight Into Terrain’. It’s an apt name for a band whose music lifts you up and crashes you without you realising.

Hannah In The Wars – ‘Only Wanna Be’

August 2, 2015

Hannah Curwood wrote ‘Only Wanna Be’ after a breakup which saw her move from the stark, remote region of Central Otago, New Zealand, to London – literally the other side of the world.

Hannah In The Wars

June 19, 2015

The celebrated alternative folk singer from New Zealand, Hannah Curwood, releases a new album while continuing her work as an amazing songwriter under her new project name, ‘Hannah In The Wars’.

Videos: Roger O’Donnell and Julia Kent – Videos from ‘Tristan and Isolde’ and ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’

June 4, 2015

Following on from our piece about Roger O’Donnell and Julia Kent a few weeks back, and also our more recent piece about the Post Romantic Empire Album, come the following videos for Roger and Julia’s pieces, ‘Marke’ and ‘Tristan’ (both from ‘Tristan and Isolde’), and ‘Il Regno Dei Morti’ and ‘La Ninfa’, from ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’.

Roger O’Donnell and Julia Kent – ‘Love And Other Tragedies’

May 8, 2015

If you recognise the name Roger O’Donnell, it’s probably because he was formally a keyboard player with the alternative rock band The Cure. It may come as some surprise then to learn that he has spent most of the last five years composing for orchestral strings.