What is the Mysterious Meaning Behind The Cure's The Hanging Garden?
September 12, 2023
The Cure dug deep into themes of alienation and depression for their 1982 album “Pornography,” and “The Hanging Garden” is one of the album’s best-known songs. Today I’m looking at the making of the song and the assumed meaning behind it.
The Cure Albums Ranked: What Are the Band’s Undeniable Masterpiece and Their Weakest Album?
August 27, 2023
The Cure is more than just a doom & gloom, famous goth-rock band. Led by Robert Smith, The Cure is responsible for some of the best, most highly ranked, and praised albums since the late 1970s. That, and a million questionable sugar-propped hair-dos.
Stranger still…
No shortage of darkness: Golem Dance Cult and EDGES review
December 15, 2021
EDGES – Rui-Katsu
Genre: Post-Punk, Synthwave, Gothic / Dark Wave
Similar artists: The Cure; ‘Til Tuesday; Clan of Xymox; New Order; Joy Division; The Mission (UK)
EDGES creates a gloomy, electro-goth sound that treads the line between mystery and…
Contemporary woes: Sister Void and The Morning Herald reviewed
October 28, 2021
The Morning Herald – Under The Roof
Genre: Post Rock, Indie Rock
What is now referred to as classic rock had a lot of rules involving clothes being worn, the subjects being discussed, and the sounds being used. Today, it is largely viewed as the good-time music…
Eighty Eagle – Take Me To The Water
Genre: Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Alternative Rock
Pick-up artists, charlatans, snake oil salesmen are all able to manoeuvre through the world because of a simple reason. They provide people with what they’re expecting to…
The Psychopets – She’s So bizarre
Grunge, strange as it may sound now, was the pop music sound from 1991 to 1994. Sure, there were some who believed that the aggressive dynamics of groups like Nirvana and Pearl Jam were too much for mainstream consumption.
Fresh Squeeze – Tower of God
I was in the supermarket today, unable to avoid the pop hits being played on the store radio. Don’t judge me! I was hungry. Suddenly, after what felt like an endless selection of vacuous nonsense a very serious voice broke through.
The Rope – Viper
I love to imagine Peter Murphy ordering pizza over the phone or buying tickets to the movies. I’d like to imagine he wouldn’t change his famous attire or his manner of speaking. Celebrating England winning a football game must be hard…
Laura Carbone – Cellophane Skin
Laura Carbone’s Cellophane Skin is an interesting ride, full of bumps and bruises. But, if you really want to understand the artistic vision of its creator, you need only hear the opening seconds. Feedback noises punch through…