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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 45: June 2023

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian, David Bowie, Dean Wareham, Famous Quotes, Guns 'N' Roses, Jim Sullivan, Love Spit Love, Luna, Pretty In Pink, Reeves Gabrels, Richard Butler, Robert Smith, Sheryl Crow, Squeeze, The Cure, The Damned, The Psychedelic Furs, The Velvet Underground, Tin Machine

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Alternative Rock Garage Rock New Wave Punk Rock Rockabilly Roots 

Meet “The Brains” of Modern Psychobilly

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 Steve Kirwan 0 Comments Billy Idol, Colin Irvine, Colin the Dead, Depeche Mode, Gui Kitty, Montreal, Psychobilly, Quebec, Rene De La Muerte, Rene Garcia, Soft Cell, The Brains, The Cure

Digging the untamed sounds of the renowned Montreal trio

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Alternative Rock Dance Dance Rock New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

We All Stand: New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies at 40

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Age of Consent, Bernard Sumner, Depeche Mode, Gillian Gilbert, Ian Curtis, Interpol, Joy Division, LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Hook, Power Corruption & Lies, Stephen Morris, The Cure, The Killers

Looking back on the Manchester greats’ transitional second album

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Remembrance 

Music Industry Titan Seymour Stein Gone at 80

April 2, 2023April 3, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Against Me!, Aphex Twin, Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Echo & The Bunnymen, Ice-T, k.d. lang, Madness, Madonna, Ministry, RIP, Seal, Seymour Stein, Sire Records, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Pretenders, The Ramones, The Smiths, Wilco

Remembering the Sire Records co-founder who gave us Madonna, The Ramones, Talking Heads and so much more

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Alternative Rock Rock 

The Cure Announce U.S. Tour

March 13, 2023March 14, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, 4:13 Dream, Reeves Gabrels, Robert Smith, Shows Of A Lost World, Simon Gallup, Songs Of A Lost World, The Cure, U.S. Tour

Shows Of A Lost World kicks off May 10th in New Orleans

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 41: February 2023

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Clint Conley, Famous Quotes, Give a Little Bit, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Sullivan, Mission of Burma, Peter Prescott, Robert Smith, Roger Hodgson, Roger Miller, Simon Gallup, Supertramp, The Cure

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Rock 

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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Rock 

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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New Wave 

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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New Wave 

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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