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The Dandy Warhols' version of 'Primary' existed before our Cure covers campaign, but Robert Smith was keen we... The Portland band make good on a song-lyric promise The Dandy Warhols are beginning work on a cover of The Beatles ' song 'Blackbird' , in keeping with a promise they made in one of their famous song lyrics.

Valentine's Day is the ideal time of year for a mixtape. Almost every band has at least a few songs devoted to love, heartache or gettin' intimate.

Manikin 'Stop the Sirens' Grade: A- One of the most annoying things about the post-punk revival from a few years ago was some bands' conviction that Gang of Four was a genre.

It wouldn't be summer without a muddy festival on Citadel Hill. This past weekend Halifax hosted the inaugural Virgin Festival Nova Scotia, free of charge due to The Tragically Hip's last minute cancellation .

A Change Of Skin Even with the boundary-less World Wide Web, most of us music lovers go about our listening business unaware there are beloved hit-makers across the oceans who are blips on the radar or completely unknown to us.

Public Address - Hard News .... and the Rock 'n' Roll Jul 03, 2009 12:12 To the enormous amusement of everyone who knows him , Karl from CactusLab inadvertently got himself caught up the mystifying business of Vodafone's disappearing HTC Magic "Google phone". That's Karl, there, with the candy floss and the topless body-painted models .

"Trophy Wife" - the Winter Sounds An intent, energetic rocker with an underlying Cure-ishness at its core, from its ringing, two-part guitar melody and mobile bass line to its yelpy-voiced front man, Patrick Keenan, who edges pleasantly towards the almost hysterical in his upper register.

Atlantic Canadian female singer/songwriters have been a hallmark of the musical heritage of our area.

Best Buy is to promote Roxio's Napster as its 'leading digital music service' and market a co-branded version of the music download site through Bestbuy.com. The US electronics retailer, the country's largest, said it will receive up to $10m in Roxio stock over the life of the 'multiyear' pact.

Cursive has been one of the darlings of the indie rock scene for more than a decade.

1990 - The Cure's Roger O'Donnell was replaced by Perry Bamonte. 2000 - KISS held an auction in which they sold off memorabilia from their touring days.

First-time director Peter Strickland explains how he came to make a revenge movie in a language he didn t speak with little money and no experience By Ronald Bergan THE GUARDIAN, LONDON Sunday, Jun 21, 2009, Page 14 Earlier this year, at the Berlin film festival, the starry directorial lineup included Theo Angelopoulos, Chen Kaige , Lukas ...

Birmingham loves its native sons and indie rockers Wild Sweet Orange. Not even microphone amd guitar problems, as well as a drum-heavy sound mix, could generate so much as a murmur of discontent from the crowd at the Boost Mobile Discovery Stage.

Two weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary, riffing from a bootlegged tape my wife has somewhere in storage of a concert The Cure gave 20 years ago in which lead singer Robert Smith improvised a bunch of weird, emotional lyrics during the song "A Forest," culminating with the repeated line "We will never ...

What's on your iPod? Reading Eagle Name: Tanya Seidel Local residence: West Reading Playlist summary: "You Better, You Bet," The Who "Layla," Eric Clapton "Summer Breeze," Jason Mraz "Everlong," Foo Fighters "So I Need You," 3 Doors Down "Sex on Fire," Kings of Leon "Spacemen," The Killers "Pictures of You," The Cure "Sweet Child O Mine," Guns N' ...

Music blog Cosmic Boogie's latest podcast features none other than the ex-Hacienda DJ Greg Wilson on the decks .

Kat Edmonson may be a young jazz singer, but she is already a confident interpreter of song.

"Primary Colours" On the band's second LP, The Horrors manage to imitate The Cure, Joy Division and Interpol while creating a sound and ambience of its own.

A tribute to blues great Koko Taylor, who died this week at age 80, began the resumption of the three hour show.

Geoff Spencer was born to nomadic baby boomers in Chicago. He attended high school in the Dominican Republic before finishing at Nogales High School.