Dum Dum Girls (more by Tim Griffin)

Dum Dum Girls (#40 on Rough Trade's favorite albums of 2011) may have their New Year's planned in Australia, but not before the band hits a very-recently-announced show at Brooklyn Bowl on December 1st with DIVE and Xray Eyeballs. The band will also play Late Night with Jimmy Fallon that night (actually technically earlier that day). Tickets are still available OR you can roll the dice and try to win a MEGA prize pack featuring "EIGHT free tickets and two hours of free bowling & shoes for up to 8 people!". Details on how you can enter to win are below.

Maybe Dee Dee is sticking around town too, because the Dum Dum Girl is also scheduled to bless Brooklyn Bowl with a DJ set on 12/17 as part of a reunion show for Stylofone (mems Amazing Baby, MGMT and Standing Nudes). Tickets are still available. She is also playing solo acoustic at Glasslands that same night along with an acoustic Crocodiles set. Tickets are on sale.

In related "news" a video below shows Dee Dee gushing about The Cure's great Disintegration. The Cure did NOT play that LP at Beacon Theater as part of their three night stay over the weekend. They instead focused on earlier material. The setlist from their third Beacon Theater show and all DDG tour dates and some videos and the contest below...

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photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin

The Cure conclude their three-night run at Beacon Theater in NYC tonight (Sunday, 11/27). Like on Friday (pictures in this post) and Saturday, they'll be reflecting back on their career, like this:

SET 1 (approx 40 minutes)
'THREE IMAGINARY BOYS' (1979)
The Cure Trio - ROBERT SMITH: Voice & Guitar / SIMON GALLUP: Bass / JASON COOPER: Drums

SET 2 (approx 40 minutes)
'SEVENTEEN SECONDS' (1980)
The Cure Quartet - ROBERT SMITH: Voice & Guitar / SIMON GALLUP: Bass / JASON COOPER: Drums / ROGER O'DONNELL: Keys

SET 3 (approx 40 minutes)
'FAITH' (1981)
The Cure Quintet - ROBERT SMITH: Voice & Guitar / SIMON GALLUP: Bass / JASON COOPER: Drums / ROGER O'DONNELL: Keys & Percussion / LAURENCE TOLHURST: Keys & Percussion

SET 4 (approx 30 minutes)
'ENCORES' of the period...

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The Cure at Coachella 2009 (more by Darren Kim)

Back in May, The Cure performed their "Reflections" show at Vivid Live in Sydney, Australia. The show included a performance of their first 3 albums (Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds, and Faith) in their entirety. The Cure are now planning to bring their "Reflections" show to other cities including, New York, London, and Los Angeles. Each album will be performed by different lineups of the band, as they were done at Vivid Live. Those lineups are listed at The Cure's website. NYC will get their shows at Beacon Theatre on November 25, 26, and 27. Tickets are not on sale yet but check ticketmaster for updates.

The Cure were also nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2012 induction. Other nominees include Eric B. & Rakim, The Small Faces/The Faces, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Guns 'N Roses, Donovan, War, Laura Nyro. The induction ceremony will be held at the Rock Roll Hall of Fame on April 14, 2012.

All dates, some videos of The Cure at Vivid Live, and a full list of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees below...

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Polyphonic Spree...

Southern Comfort will host a series of free shows beginning this August. The tour's two main headliners will be Ghostland Observatory and the Polyphonic Spree. DJ Lord of Public Enemy is set to open. The tour will bring the Polyphonic Spree to NYC's Webster Hall on October 1st.

What's the catch? You'll have to sign up for Soco's text messaging list to receive a ticket code.

SoCo is also involved in a new video series on Playboy.com called "Uncovered." That features musicians performing acoustic covers of their favorite artists -- the first edition, up now, is Dinosaur Jr. playing The Cure's "Just Like Heaven." Upcoming acts include Black Lips, A Camp, The Dears, Patterson Hood and Phosphorescent (who just announced a Brooklyn show). A partial list of who's playing what, with the SoCo tour's schedule and all upcoming Ghostland Observatory dates, below...

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photos by Darren Kim

It's impossible to see everything at Coachella. Here's more of what one photographer saw (on Sunday, April 19, 2009)...

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Headliners Paul McCartney, The Killers and The Cure are among the 130-plus acts set for the tenth COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL (APRIL 17, 18 AND 19) at the beautiful Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, the same grounds where the COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL debuted in 1999. Other artists confirmed for America's most critically acclaimed music festival include Morrissey, Amy Winehouse, Franz Ferdinand, My Bloody Valentine, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Thievery Corporation, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (the complete line-up is listed below).

This marks the first ever U.S. festival appearance for McCartney who is currently supporting his latest release ELECTRIC ARGUMENTS.

"I have heard that Coachella is one of the greatest festivals in the world. I'm really excited to get out there and rock!" McCartney says.

Throbbing Gristle and the rest of the full (real) line-up (as of 1/30) is below:

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Kevin Barnes @ Music Hall of Williamsburg last night (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)

Boss Hog @ Maxwell's (more by Tim Griffin)

today in NYC
* DANCE
* Anticon @ Knitting Factory
* CSS @ Webster Hall
* The Weight @ Union Pool
* Leona Naess @ Pianos
* Variety Shac @ Knitting Factory
* Jay Reatard @ Wired Store
* The Say Sos @ the Living Room
* Power Plant & Talibam! @ Zebulon
* Peasant @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Boss Hog, Those Darlins @ Bowery Ballroom
* Suckers & Twi The Humble Feather @ Glasslands
* Vetiver, Crystal Stilts & Silver Summit @ (le) poisson rouge
* Oasis & Ryan Adams & The Cardinals @ Madison Square Garden
* The Night Marchers, Obits & Two Tears @ Santos Party House
* DJ List Christee (Kevin Barnes) & karaoke @ the Bell House

Mike Mills was born today in 1958.

There will be no Gene Ween Band show tonight.

There will be no Aimee Mann holiday show tonight at Nokia, but there will be one tomorrow.

Anticon will be at Knitting Factory tomorrow too.

The Say Sos play their first-ever show at the Living Room tonight. The Say Sos are ex-BV writer, ex-Undisputed Heavyweights' Wes's new band.

Quasi curates three floors at the Knitting Factory this Saturday.

Some tickets went on sale today.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs put a new Christmas song on their MySpace.

The Cure performed "Freakshow" on Kimmel last night. Video below...

What else?

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...featuring Pete 'The Pete' Steinkop and Michael McDermot of Bouncing Souls, DJ Values of Let It Burn, Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance, Andrew Everding of Thursday and Matt Scara of Pitch Black Blonde. Theyre playing Highline Ballroom in NYC tonight (June 27) with Bee Gees tribute band Tragedy and God Saves The Queen ("New York's Ultimate Sex Pistols Tribute")

On a related note, Mr. Brownstone are playing Bowery Ballroom on the fourth of July.

On another related note, Thursday were added (a while ago) to that Hot Water Music show at Terminal 5 (still not sold out).

On a related related note, Paramore are playing... JUST KIDDING!

The Cure's Robert Smith @ RCMH, NYC - June 22, 2008 (katdlr)

At Radio City Music Hall on Saturday night the band methodically laid out each part of its musical patterns: drumbeats from Jason Cooper, bass lines from Simon Gallup, overlapping guitar hooks from Porl Thompson and Mr. Smith. The band relies on the orderliness shared by Minimalism and dance music, letting Mr. Smith's voice smudge and puncture the musical grids. In its current four-man lineup, the Cure can pound and drive like a punky new wave band, particularly in the songs it has been releasing as previews of its 13th album, due in September. More often it lets the guitars reverberate, with the music swelling to match the yearning in Mr. Smith's lyrics. [NY Times]

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The Cure (Robert Smith) @ MSG, NYC - June 20, 2008 (oddangles)

The setlist from last night's show at Madison Square Garden is below....

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The Cure @ Sasquatch 2008 (more by Chris Graham)

It's all about MSG lately. Love them or hate them, there is/was....Iron Maiden, Tom Petty, R.E.M. (last night), The Cure (TONIGHT), Coldplay (Monday), and Pearl Jam (Tuesday and Wednesday) - all right after one another. And all that coincided with the announcement that My Morning Jacket are playing that venue too which coincided with My Morning Jacket's Radio City show tonight. Radio City is also where where the Cure are playing tomorrow (note: Radio City & MSG are owned by the same company).

The big difference between Coldplay and all those other shows is that Coldplay tickets were free...to those who were able to "win" them. If you weren't able to win them, I've got one more chance for you. One person who emails BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Coldplay) will be selected and awarded a pair of free tickets to the free show.

In other Coldplay news, Brooklyn's Creaky Boards are now really famous, and Santogold will soon be more famous, you can stream Coldplay's new album, and tickets for their NJ show go on sale Saturday.

ALSO, The Police are playing MSG.

ALSO, Coldplay rescheduled a bunch of dates, so their latest ones are below...

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photos by Chris Graham

May 25th, 2008 - George, Wa. (Sasquatch Festival at The Gorge)

Setlist: Underneath The Stars, Prayers For Rain, A Night Like This, The End of the World, Lovesong, To Wish Impossible Things, Pictures Of You, Lullaby, Fascination Street, The Perfect Boy, Hot Hot Hot, alt.end, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, A Letter To Elise, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, The Only One, The Walk, Shake Dog Shake, Never Enough, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Baby Rag Dog Book

1st encore: A Forest
2nd encore: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab

Total = 31 songs.

Show notes:
The Cure arrived at 7:56.
Cure started at 10:10 / show ended at 12:43.

Ben from Death Cab For Cutie dedicated their song "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" to The Cure. Also said he's wearing all black because he's so damn excited to see The Cure.
[CHAIN OF FLOWERS]

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The Cure tour kicks off in Washington DC this weekend and keeps going until June 21st when they end things right at NYC's Radio City Music Hall. The tour opener is Sheffield's 65daysofstatic and that band will be playing some extra shows along the way. Those include May 11th @ Maxwell's and June 19th at Mercury Lounge (which is one day before the show at MSG). All dates below....

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The Cure, with special guests 65daysofstatic, will be performing at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, June 21st at 8pm. Tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday, January 26th at 10am through ticketmaster.com, phone charge 212-307-7171, and ticketmaster outlets. If tickets remain, they will also be available at the Radio City box office on Monday, January 28th.

The Cure @ Download Festival 2007 - Oct 6, 2007

Metric @ Download 2007, Mountain View, CA - Oct 6, 2007

* The Hives are at Webster Hall
* "Blind Melon" still exist, playing Canal Room
* Loudon Wainwright III & Leon Redbone are @ Symphony Space
* High on Fire, Mono & Panthers are @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Qui (Jesus Lizard) & Dragons of Zynth are @ Mercury Lounge
* Sunset Rubdown play Bowery Ballroom
* Greg Jamie from O'Death is playing Cake Shop - free
* The Cave Singers are playing Sound Fix - free
* free show at Luna Lounge - with RSVP
* L Magazine nightlife awards - free with RSVP
* Jeremy Enigk & Kevin Devine are @ Highline Ballroom
* Pinback & MC Chris are at Nokia Theatre
* Kid Rock is at Irving Plaza (Fillmore)
* Download Festival: The Cure saves the day
* The Cure - rescheduled 2008 Tour Dates (Sasqhatch Fest)

What else?

The Cure rescheduled those cancelled dates. The new route includes a stop at the 2008 Sasquatch Festival, and MSG again....

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somebody get the Cure a new look please

With all apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment it may cause, we have made a decision to move the September/October 2007 North American Cure shows to April/May 2008.

The schedule as it stands only gives us a couple of weeks to finish our new double album before we hit the road again, and we know this just isn’t enough time to complete the project to our total satisfaction.

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One of them is being performed in McCarren Park next weekend....

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Tickets go on presale for Cure shows today. (password = BABIGSHOW)

The Cure are touring this Fall. They hit Madison Square Garden in NYC on September 23rd. All tour dates below...

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