The British instrumental post-rock band 65Daysofstatic managed to wrangle a guest vocal from the Cure's Robert Smith for their eight-minute churn "Come To Me." But rather than allowing Smith to…   Read Story »

British folk-rock singer/songwriter/acclaimed Echoplex-toting guitarist John Martyn passed away a couple years ago as the result of double pneumonia. A 30-song tribute called Johnny Boy Would Love…   Read Story »

Florence Welsh brought her breakout single "Dog Days Are Over" and her cover of The Source's "You've Got The Love" to Saturday Night Live this weekend. The microphone in her hands could have been a…   Read Story »

Back again with another monthly mix which, per its title, you should continue to expect monthly. We're glad you guys enjoyed the last installment, and thoroughly appreciate the feedback. In case you…   Read Story »

I surprise myself (repeatedly) by how much I like Crystal Castles's second album. (It'll be on that endless year-end list of mine, surrounded by metal, sludge, noise, various bleak, icy things.) But…   Read Story »

As mentioned at the start of the year, Robert Smith has turned his attention away from 4:13 Dream to Almost Alice, a collection of songs inspired by Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. He's joined by…   Read Story »

The first solo recording from the Cure singer comes for Tim Burton's forthcoming take on Alice. He'll be covering this. Cute! Here's the tracklist, featuring fellow iconic trailblazers Owl City.   Read Story »

Coachella is already the most fashionable of the summer festivals by virtue of its proximity to Los Angeles, so this year the NYT ran with the glam, taking a bagful of high fashion garments and…   Read Story »

In a Kanye-locked post, the Godlike Genius clarifies calling Radiohead's In Rainbows strategy, aka "marketing ruse," an "idiot plan," taking a moment to address the "idiot critics": "I AM NOT…   Read Story »

As promised, the Cure's emo-friendly Hypnagogic States EP -- complete with remixes of those LP13 pre-release singles by 30 Seconds To Mars, AFI, 65 Days Of Static, and Fall Out Boy -- is out. The…   Read Story »