Song of the Day: The first new song released by Robert Smith and the legendary British band for 16 years, this dark, melancholic majestic number heralds their forthcoming album, Songs of a Lost World, out on 1 November
Read moreSong of the Day: Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee with James Murphy - Los Angeles
Song of the Day: “LA eats its children.” Superbly punchy, rhythmic title track with caustic, striking lyrics about the US city from the forthcoming album a supergroup trio of the ex-Cure drummer, Siouxsie drummer, producer joined by the LCD Soundsystem frontman
Read moreThe Cure – A Forest
Song of the Day: Continuing our arboreal theme, an otherworldly classic from the Cure's early goth days from their second album of 1980, Seventeen Seconds, which, on limited budget was recorded on only a week. Robert Smith's ghostly vocals and guitar effects (before his trademark long hair) combine eerily with Simon Gallup's echoing bass
Read moreSufjan Stevens – Chicago
Song of the Day: All things go! Our journey moves from Paul Simon's bus to another landmark of hope and adventure by Stevens from his groundbreaking Illinois album
Read moreThe Cure – In Between Days
Song of the Day: From three and a lucky number, our connection is an ironic unlucky three, with Robert Smith singing about a tricky love triangle in one of The Cure's finest pop hits in 1985
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