Tag Archives: The Cure

10 Great British Bands Get Shredded

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 4th, 2013

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Let’s not spoil this with too much talk. Suffice to say there are 10 videos here, featuring some of the greatest musicans that Britain has produced. Only, they don’t really sound all that magnificent here.

The Great British Songbook #10: ‘The Lovecats’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 7th, 2012

I went to school in the ’80s. It was a time of polarisation, of tribalism, of ganging up and lashing out.

Five Songwriters Who Deserve The Comic Book Treatment

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 5th, 2011

This November, at the Tucson Comic-Con, a new comic will be launched, called Unite and Take Over: Comic Book Stories Inspired by The Smiths. It’s the 78-page brainchild of publisher Shawn Demumbrum, who brought in artists like ...

Music Roundup: Jessie J Looks to Spread the ‘L.O.V.E.’ on U.S. Debut

By MacKenzie Wilson | Posted on April 12th, 2011

She is inescapable, that Jessie J. And today (April 12), the English pop maven finally brings her UK chart-topping debut, Who You Are, to the States.

Roundup: Robert Pattinson Says No to Simon Cowell’s Help

By MacKenzie Wilson | Posted on October 25th, 2010

Twilight star Robert Pattinson is so much more than just a fantastic head of hair and a set of fangs. The English actor is also an accomplished musician and singer, but don't expect him to seek out music magnate Simon Cowell for ...

Anglo For Your Ear: The Cure’s “Caterpillar”

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on August 22nd, 2007

One of the most eccentric and euphoric Cure songs. The tune’s hook is frontman Robert Smith‘s imitation of caterpillar noises (“Flickaflickaflickaflickaflickaflicka…here you are!”).

The Cure’s Robert Smith Collaborating with Ashlee Simpson?

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on April 3rd, 2007

In news that would only signal The Cure frontman’s sad decline into pancake-faced irrelevance, Robert Smith is rumored to be producing tracks for Ashlee Simpson‘s next album, says The Guardian. Supposedly, Pete Wentz from ...