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LCD Soundsystem covered Bauhaus‘ 1982 track ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ on the first night of their LA residency. You can watch some fan-caught footage below.The New York dance pioneers performed a gritty rendition of the spooky track at their show on Halloween (October 31).

The Cure have shared a snippet of their menacing new track ‘Drone:NoDrone’ from their forthcoming album ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘.The snippet of the song that was shared features a heavy and distorted bassline and pounding drums. Describing the track in a five-star review of ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘, NME‘s Andrew Trendell called it “A wailing, noir rocker with a devious earworm chorus that feels like the impish cousin of ‘One Hundred Years’, ‘Burn’ and ‘Killing An Arab’.”The clip of ‘Drone:NoDrone’ was sent via The Cure’s Whatsapp channel and can be accessed by unlocking this website, which can be done by entering the album’s release date (November 1st, 2024).Listen to a fan-grabbed screen recording of the new snippet below:Disponible Preview "Drone:NoDrone"https://t.co/WAmUL9Jyyr#THECUREenARGENTINA #thecure #songsofalostworld #Spotify #MTV #robertsmith pic.twitter.com/F0DM9RdBu3— The Cure Argentina (@CureenArgentina) October 24, 2024Elsewhere in the album review, NME shared: “Merciless? Yes, but there’s always enough heart in the darkness and opulence in the sound to hold you and place these songs alongside The Cure’s finest.

Geese‘s Cameron Winter has shared two new singles ‘Vines’ and ‘Take It With You’, marking the beginning of his solo era.The two tracks have been paired together under the title ‘Singles’. ‘Vines’ is a piano ballad that sees Winter tackle early-20’s self-reckoning, reminiscent of a confessional Harry Nilsson would create.

New Order, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Garbage are among the names leading the Cruel World Festival 2025 line-up.Next year’s edition is set to kick off on May 17 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Also on the line-up are The Go-Gos, Devo, Madness, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, ‘Til Tuesday, Alison Moyet, Death Cult, Mareux, She Wants Revenge, and Chelsea Wolfe.Tickets for Cruel World Festival will go on sale on Friday, October 25, at 11am PT, but fans can register now for early access.A post shared by Cruel World Festival (@cruelworldfest)Since its debut in 2022, previous editions of the rock, new wave and post-punk festival have included performances by Morrissey, Blondie, Iggy Pop and Billy Idol.The 2025 festival will be the final stop of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ North American Wild God Tour, celebrating their critically acclaimed 18th studio album of the same name.Meanwhile, earlier this year, Garbage were forced to cancel their remaining shows for 2024 due to an injury sustained by frontwoman Shirley Manson.Although details at the time were sparse, the statement shared at the time did say that the NME Icon Award-winner would “require surgery and rehabilitation to correct” her injury, and that the decision to cancel shows was not “taken lightly”.Manson recently took to social media and told fans that she has undergone a successful surgical procedure, and is on the road to recovery.In other New Order news, the band have marked World Mental Health Day by joining forces with CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) for a new suicide prevention video.

The Cure have released another snippet of a song from their upcoming album, ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.The bittersweet new song, titled ‘And Nothing Is Forever’, is the second track from the new record, which is due to be released next month. The snippet is an emotional instrumental segment of the track, featuring melodic keys and powerful strings.The clip has been sent via their Whatsapp channel and can be accessed by unlocking this website, which can be done by entering the album’s release date (November 1st, 2024).Listen to a fan-grabbed screen recording of the new snippet below:The Cure – And Nothing is Forever (fragment)#thecure #thecurepl #songsofalostworld pic.twitter.com/j63Rin9wDY— The Cure PL (@thecurepl) October 21, 2024In a five-star review of the upcoming album, NME compared the track to classics such as ‘Plainsong’ and ‘Pictures of You’.

The Cure have designed two limited edition guitars to raise funds for a cancer research charity.The guitars are released in collaboration with Schecter Guitars and feature artwork from Bunny Lake Designs. Proceeds will be donated to World Cancer Research Fund International, a charity that supports research and initiatives to fight cancer globally.Frontman Robert Smith will be donating $250 (£191) from each sale, with Schecter matching his contribution, bringing the total donation to $500 (£383) per guitar.

I Can Never Say Goodbye‘, featuring in their upcoming album ‘Songs Of A Lost World’.In a new and long-ranging interview filmed by the band for fans in conversation with Matt Everitt (shared via unlocking their ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ website), Smith has shared that writing about his brother’s death in his music helped him “enormously”.Speaking about how he approached addressing such a personal and emotional topic on ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’, he explained to Everitt that he decided to tackle it in a simple, narrative way. “I wrote this song a lot of different ways, until I hit on a very simple narrative of what actually happened on the night he died,” he said. “It went all around the houses and I went everywhere with this song to sum up how I felt.

Justin Hawkins has shared his admiration for The Cure and the band’s new material, despite Robert Smith previously saying he isn’t a fan of The Darkness.The comments from The Darkness’ frontman come as The Cure are preparing for the upcoming release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’. It’ll be their first album in 16 years, following on from 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’, and has already been previewed by the lead single ‘Alone’.On Sunday night (October 6), the post-punk icons dropped a teaser of the second single ‘A Fragile Thing’ via the group’s fan WhatsApp channel and mailing list.

The Cure have announced details of their upcoming single, ‘A Fragile Thing’ – confirming that it’ll arrive later this week.The promise of new music comes as the post-punk legends have been preparing for the release of ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ in recent weeks. It’ll be their first album in 16 years, following on from 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’, and has already been previewed by the lead single ‘Alone’.Yesterday (October 6), Robert Smith and co.

The Murder Capital have shared a new single called ‘Can’t Pretend To Know’ and announced a UK headline tour for 2025.The Dublin band’s first track of 2024 is an intense burst of energy, containing electrifying guitar riffs and pummeling drums.Recorded in LA with producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten), the song ushers in a “new era” for the group – which promises newfound “focus and clarity”, according to a press release.In a statement, frontman James McGovern explained: “‘Can’t Pretend To Know’ is a whip of a tune that we made to feel like a hurricane of colour and breathlessness.“A surreal look at childhood innocence and all its replacers, those delicate bridges we burn as we move through the strangeways of our youth.

The Twilight Sad have announced a stripped-back winter 2024 UK tour.The band’s James Graham and Andy MacFarlane are set to perform a series of intimate shows across the UK this December.Per a press release, fans on their mailing list will have got access to pre-sale tickets yesterday (September 12) “as a thank you” for their support, and tickets will go on general sale here from 10am BST today (September 13).James and Andy are heading out on the road to perform a series of intimate, stripped back shows across the UK this December.

The Cure have sent fans postcards seemingly confirming their new album title and release date.Some fans have taken to social media to share videos and speculate after receiving black postcards embossed to read ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ in scattered letting. At the bottom of the cryptic cards is the date 1/11/24 in Roman numerals, suggesting that their long-awaited album should be set to arrive on November 1.Earlier this week (September 9), it looked like The Cure were finally teasing a new album, after the band took to their official social media pages, swapping out their previous profile picture for a new one comprised of a different new logo with an all-black background.Guitarist Reeves Gabrels also shared a link directing fans to the band’s redesigned website and urged them to sign up for the mailing list.

Warmduscher have shared a new single featuring Confidence Man‘s Janet Planet – listen to ‘Pure At The Heart’ below.The collaborative song is the latest preview of the London post-punk band’s fifth studio album ‘Too Cold To Hold’, which will be released on November 15 (pre-order/pre-save here).“‘Pure At The Heart’ was an idea I’ve had knocking around for years. I wanted to make something with emotional weight but sparkly and fun,” explained Warmduscher’s Ben Romans-Hopcraft.As for how the team-up with the Confidence Man singer came about, he recalled: “I was at a party with Janet Planet and played it to her, she immediately started jumping around and singing the bridge melody that is on the track which reinvigorated the song and [lead singer] Clams [Baker Jr.] created the lyrical concept that offset the sweetness of the music.”Baker Jr.

Kamala Harris, has showed off his new vinyl record haul – which includes classic LPs by The Stone Roses and New Order.Ahead of yesterday’s Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, the latter’s husband Doug Emhoff and the Governor of California Gavin Newsom made a surprise visit at the Latchkey record store in Philadelphia.The pair each bought two LPs, showing off their haul in a video posted to Emhoff’s social media. In the video – which you can see below – Doug said while unveiling the two records he had purchased: “These are two records that I still listen to, to this day.”The records he pulled out of the bag turned out to be The Stone Roses’ self-titled 1989 debut album and New Order’s ‘Brotherhood’, released in 1986.

New Order have announced a deluxe box set reissue of their 1986 studio album ‘Brotherhood’.Originally released via Factory Records, New Order’s fourth album saw them further delve into both post-punk and electronic, dividing each side of the record with two distinctively different sonic atmospheres.Now, a limited-edition box set — called ‘Brotherhood (Definitive Edition) — will celebrate the seminal album, and is set to be released via Warner Music on November 22.A post shared by New Order (@neworderofficial)The reissue includes a vinyl LP of the original album, as well as two CDs — one featuring a re-mastered version of the original album and one containing nine unreleased tracks and demos from a 1985 recording session in Japan.Fans will also have access to two DVDs with TV appearances, including a 1987 performance on Top Of The Pops, and live sets from Brixton Academy in 1987, G-Mex in Manchester in 1986 and Glastonbury in 1987, among others.The band have also included 12″ singles of hits ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ ‘State of the Nation’ and ‘Touched by the Hand of God’.1 – ‘Paradise’ (2024 Digital Master)2 – ‘Weirdo’ (2024 Digital Master)3 – ‘As It Is When It Was’ (2024 Digital Master)4 – ‘Broken Promise’ (2024 Digital Master)5 – ‘Way of Life’ (2024 Digital Master)6 – ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ (2024 Digital Master)7 – ‘All Day Long’ (2024 Digital Master)8 – ‘Angel Dust’ (2024 Digital Master)9 – ‘Every Little Counts’ (2024 Digital Master)10 – ‘State of the Nation’ (2024 Digital Master)11 – ‘Shellshock’ (AOR Version)12 – ‘State of the Nation’ (Japan Demo)13 – ‘Paradise’ (Robert Racic Remix) (2024 Digital Master)14 – ‘As It Is When It Was’ (Japan Demo)15 – ‘Broken Promise’ (Instrumental)16 – ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ (Stephen

Viagra Boys have revealed to NME that they have a new album on the way, with its release expected “maybe next year”, according to frontman Sebastian Murphy.The Swedish post-punk band met NME backstage at Reading Festival, with Murphy joined by the band’s bassist Henrik ‘Benke’ Höckert.Viagra Boy’s previous album, 2022’s ‘Cave World’, saw them incorporate electronic elements into their sound, while its predecessor, 2021’s ‘Welfare Jazz’, bore a distinct country flavour. This time, explained Murphy, the band will include “a little bit of everything, hopefully”.He added: “We’re gonna see where it ends up.

The Cure’s ‘A Forest’ – check out the footage below.Tolhurst was a founding member of The Cure, originally playing drums from 1978 to 1982 before switching to keyboards. He played on all of the band’s first eight albums before leaving the band in 1989.Last year, he released ‘Los Angeles’, a full-length album with Budgie, one of the most acclaimed drummers of the post-punk generation, known for his work with Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Slits and The Creatures.

Black Midi’s Geordie Greep and Cameron Picton have confirmed the “indefinite” end to the band.On an Instagram live last night (August 10), Greep responded to fans asking when the band would be releasing a new album by typing “no more black midi” and “it’s over” into the chat.He continued, writing: “Black Midi was an interesting band that’s now indefinitely over”.Initially, fans couldn’t tell if Greep was serious, however, Black Midi’s bassist Cameron Picton confirmed the news this morning (August 11) on Twitter/X, and it appears the announcement came as a surprise to the rest of the band.“We’d agreed not to say anything about ‘breaking up’ so I was as blindsided as everyone else last night but maybe in a different way,” Picton wrote. “I guess sometimes all you can say is lol.”Picton then confirmed he’d be working on his own music, saying: “Anyway! Starting sessions for my own record soon, looking forward — should be good, hopefully great!”We’d agreed not to say anything about ‘breaking up’ so I was as blindsided as everyone else last night but maybe in a different way.

The Jesus And Mary Chain, Robyn Hitchcock, The Wonderstuff, Katrina And The Waves and X-Ray Spex.Hitchcock himself shared the news on social media in the early hours of Monday (July 29), writing: “I heard the sad news today that Pat Collier passed away last night. Pat produced the bulk of the Soft Boys’ [1980 album] ‘Underwater Moonlight’ and went on to co-produce and engineer much of my solo work, from ‘Black Snake Diamond Rôle’ [in 1981] to ‘Jewels For Sophia’ [in 1999]”.I heard the sad news today that Pat Collier passed away last night.

The Chills, has died aged 61.The band confirmed on their official social media accounts that he died “unexpectedly”. No cause of death has been given.“It is with broken hearts that the family and friends of Martin Phillipps wish to advise Martin has died unexpectedly,” the statement began.“The family ask for privacy at this time.“Funeral arrangements will be advised in due course.”As the band’s vocalist and guitarist, Phillipps fronted one of the key bands in the New Zealand post-punk movement.

Warmduscher have announced details of a new album, ‘Too Cold To Hold’. Pre-order the LP and check out their lead single ‘Fashion Week’ below.Announced today (July 9), the project marks the fifth full length album from the British post-punk band, and will be their frist release since signing to Strap Originals.