If you know anything about the Mountain Goats, then you know John Darnielle regularly writes vast numbers of songs, pretty much all of which are great, and not all of which manage to make their way onto Mountain Goats albums. Darnielle has a number of ways of dealing with those overflow songs. Sometimes, he puts…

Used to be there was an unwritten rule in music criticism: Only employ "Beatles-esque" as a last resort. I mean, this band virtually created pop music as we know it, its influence so vast and multivalent that they were practically ambient. "Beatles-esque" was as utilitarian as "ethereal" and "angular." Nowadays, I can't even remember the&#82...

The singer watched on as the band headlined Pasadena Daydream over the weekendThe Cure / Lady GagaLady Gaga lavished praise on The Cure as she watched the band’s headline set at Pasadena Daydream festival over the weekend. Held at the Rose Bowl’s Brookside Park in the California city on Saturday night (August 31), The Cure curated t...

He also shares the working title, 'Live From The Moon''Lullaby', into 'The Caterpillar' into 'The Walk' into 'Friday I'm in Love', then 'Close to Me', 'Why Can't I Be You?' and 'Boys Don't Cry'. What more do you want?Robert Smith has opened up about how losing his mother, father and brother has inspired the ‘darkness’ of The ...

Welcome to Grohlsgow. Foo FightersFoo Fighters return to Scotland tonight to headline the second night of the 2019 Summer Sessions. After Friday night saw The Cure opening the Bellahouston Park event with their first Scottish show in 27 years, Dave Grohl and co will headline this evening (August 17). Backed by a line-up that includes the likes o...