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Doing The Unstuck: The Cure’s Wish Finally Gets Expanded

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 Jason Perri 1 Comment 1992, Friday I'm In Love, High, Pearl Thompson, Perry Bamonte, Porl Thompson, Rhino Records, Robert Smith, Roger O’Donnell, Simon Gallup, The Cure, Wish

Digging into the band’s deluxe edition of their beloved 1992 LP

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Alternative Rock Dance Electronic Pop

Walking In His Shoes: Martin Gore at 60

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1981, 1988, 60th birthday, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Martin Gore, New Order, The Cure, Vince Clarke

The Depeche Mode guitar great defies age by always moving forward

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Zigzagging Down the East Coast with The Radiators

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Billy Sternberg 2 Comments Fish Heads, Law of the Fish, New Orleans, New York, The Cure, The Radiators, The Ritz, Tipitina’s

From New York City to New Orleans with four states in between, one devoted Fish Head dishes on his history of seeing the recently reunited swamp rock greats

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LISTEN: Ghost Of A Chance

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Ron Hart 1 Comment 2021, Gene Loves Jezebel, indie, John Carpenter, Lifeboat Candidate, Palm Ghosts, Palm Ghosts Lifeboat Candidate, The Cure, years--New Order

Nashville’s Palm Ghosts bring a different feel to Music City USA

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Music Journalism Radio

Pop Top 40: CMJ Radio Top 20, January 25, 1991

January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Buffalo Tom, Butthole Surfers, Daniel Ash, Danielle Dax, Happy Mondays, Jane's Addiction, KMFDM, Lush, Nine Inch Nails, Ride, Sisters of Mercy, The Blake Babies, The Charlatans, The Connells, The Cure, The Pogues, Trash Can Sinatras

As ‘91 began, these were the late-’90 records that college radio was spinning

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New Wave Power Pop Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores

Mixed-Up Kids: Times Square at 40

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment “Down in the Park, “Grinding Halt", “I Wanna Be Sedated, “Take This Town, “Walk on the Wild Side, ” Ramones, ” the Talking Heads, ” Tubeway Army, 1980, Allan Moyle, D.L. Byron, Garland Jeffreys, Lou Reed, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Times Square, Patti Smith Group, Robert Stigwood, Robin Johnson, Roxy Music, RSO, The Clash, The Cure, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, XTC

Looking back at the quintessential rock ‘n’ rebel experience of 1980

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Art Pop New Wave Post-Punk

Siouxsie Comes In Colors

August 30, 2020August 30, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1980, AC/DC, Budgie, Happy House, John McGeoch, Kaleidoscope, Robert Smith, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie Sioux, Steve Jones, The Cure, The Professionals, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Kaleidoscope

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Plastic Passions: The Cure’s Boys Don’t Cry at 40

February 15, 2020May 16, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1980, Boys Don't Cry, Lol Tolhurst, Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, The Cure

Looking back at the Goth giants’ first odds ‘n’ sods collection

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Alternative Rock

Pop Top 40 – Modern Rock Tracks: Week Ending October 14, 1989

October 14, 2019October 18, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments Big Audio Dynamite, Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks, Deborah Harry, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Exene Cervenka, Flesh For Lulu, Hoodoo Gurus, Max Q, Melissa Etheridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Squeeze, Tears For Fears, The B-52's, The Cure, The Innocence Mission, The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Ocean Blue, The Rolling Stones, The Sugarcubes, The The

Billboard’s Modern Rock chart was just 13 months old in October ‘89 and it was… well, kinda weird

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Alternative Rock

Both of Us Knew How the End Always Is: Disintegration at 30

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1989, Cureation 25, Disintegration, Ian Curtis, Robert Smith, The Cure

As their stunning new concert film comes to home video, one writer explores the importance of a goth-rock masterpiece to an 18-year-old Midwestern boy in the summer of 1989

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The Eternal Moonshine of Post Punk Music

September 4, 2019September 5, 2019 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Beatles, Glintshake, Holger Gzukay, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Krautrock, Love Will Tear us Apart Again, Pet Sounds, PiL, Post-Punk, Public Image, The Cure, Wire, Young Marble Giants, ГШ

Thanks to Moscow’s ГШ, 1979 has never sounded so good

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Robert Plant is 70

August 20, 2018October 2, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments 70, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, The Cure

Celebrating seven decades of the legendary Led Zeppelin frontman and rock’s original Golden God

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Hip Hop Punk Rock Soul

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Globe New Music Playlist: June 22, 2018

June 22, 2018June 25, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Creedence Clearwater Revival, Garbage, Kamasi Washington, New Music Fridays, Panic! At the Disco, Supergrass, The Cure

Highlights from the latest crop of new album releases in a handy Spotify playlist

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