411 Mania — In Sweden and Germany... more info

Gigwise — Band will play three festivals... more info

Big Stereo — One of my favorite bands get’s covered in gravy by :Papercutz. Really into this cover and reminds me of the days and days and days I would spend locked up in my room listening to The Cure in the ’90s. Thank goth I didn’t take it too seriously. more info

Here Comes The Flood — Brooklyn shoegazers Elika have done it again. Their album Always The Light puts the computerized percussion on center stage, with the vocals of Evagelia Maravelias sounding aloof and lazy. Brian Wenckebach drops in guitar flourishes one-at-time and... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Elton John is putting pen to paper to share his experiences of the global Aids epidemic in his first book The singer will write about losing friends including Queen frontman Freddie Mercury to the disease in Love Is The Cure Ending The Global Aid... more info

KEXP Seattle — I just realized on my last visit to the KEXP vinyl stacks that I have made a grievous error. I’ve been doing this column for years now (wait, that’s not the error; there’s more) and I have somehow neglected to cover even one album by The Cure! ... more info

Time — Last year was a bad one for the movie business, with the fewest tickets sold since 1995and revenues that dropped 4.5% from the previous year. Analysts foresee a better year ahead in 2012, and what is it that’s expected to turn things around? Yep, h... more info

411 Mania — Linkin Park, The Cure and more... more info

Stereogum — As previously reported, the Cure have a new live album called Bestival Live 2011 out now. The double-CD set captures the band’s headlining performance at the British festival this year. And below, we’ve got crispy professional video of them perfo... more info

DrownedInSound — Here it is. A playlist of ten carefully selected tracks, hand-picked from the week of whatever has gone up on the website. Here you'll find tracks by Sacred Harp, The Cure, Dan Mangan, Death Grips, When Saints Go Machine plus a few more. Read ... more info