The Cure (Musical Group)

KonGeror Dreams of Post-Rap Glory in the Frigid North Woods

Robert Smith seeks a cure for what ails him

Future Shock: The Cure, Jimmy Page, Elvis Costello, and more

Hot Hot Heat

Happiness Ltd.
(Reprise)

Beat on the Brat

How to program your baby's musical tastes and pretend not to be trying

Visual Voodoo

Homeopathic remedy

Q-Tip Girl

Painter tells swab story

The Beat Goes On

Interpol continues to be an enigma

Xiu Xiu

Moody in a good way

Killing Time

The Killers move forward into the past

LOCAL MUSIC - Stage Trip

In a relatively quiet year for Valley music, a few shows and outings proved the scene still has a lot to offer

Jaguares

Border Rockers keep

Canadian Smoke

With a new album, killer fashion and trendy referencing, Hot Hot Heat prepares to invade the hip U.S.

Breakup Songs

The ironically named The Good Life is a dark detour from Omaha auteur Tim Kasher

Small Screen, Big Step

DEJ Productions tries to give 'direct-to-video' a good name

New Order

Get Ready (London/Reprise/Warner)

Best Tribute Band

Satellike

Don't It Feel Good?

San Francisco's For Stars leave the sadness and sparseness behind on We Are All Beautiful People

Rebel Rouser

The recently rediscovered Lee Hazlewood finds his place among a new generation of fans

Group Efforts

Make-ups, breakups and other local band gossip abound

Blowin' Smoke

Ted Demme and Denis Leary are a match made in effin' heaven

Black Box Recorder

The Facts of Life (Jetset)

New York State of Mind

Joe Jackson takes a bite out of the Big Apple with his latest

Foreign Affair

Czech indie rockers Sunshine are three wild and crazy guys -- musically speaking, anyway

Morphine

Bootleg: Detroit
(Rykodisc)

The Faint

Blank-wave arcade (Saddle Creek)

Tuesday Meld

East Valley hip-hoppers find a new sense of community at an unlikely place and time

What Ails Him?

The Cure's Robert Smith reveals the man behind the makeup

Recordings

The Cure's Robert Smith reveals the man behind the makeup

Night & Day

August 13 - 19, 1998

Pain Killer

Morphine's Mark Sandman isn't nearly as tortured as his noirish music would make you think

Night & Day

July 2 - 8, 1998

Carolina Dreaming

As its commercial fortunes soar, Ben Folds Five wraps up a relentless year on the road

Double Threat

Ex-Slugger singer Yolanda Bejarano rebounds with new punk band and mariachi side project

Recordings

Ex-Slugger singer Yolanda Bejarano rebounds with new punk band and mariachi side project

Low-End Theory

When it comes to Morphine's noirish, bass-heavy head trips, a little taste will treat you fine

Recordings

When it comes to Morphine's noirish, bass-heavy head trips, a little taste will treat you fine

Fluffers

The Cardigans play warm fuzzies for a cold, prickly world

Remembering Billy

Back in the day with the Great Pumpkin and Co.

Pic Hits for the week

Back in the day with the Great Pumpkin and Co.

Auto-Neurotica

Performance artist Simone Grey lays her heart Bare

Pic Hits for the week

Performance artist Simone Grey lays her heart Bare

Rocketmen

Love and Rockets is on a brave, new mission to inner space

LIVE SHOTS

Love and Rockets is on a brave, new mission to inner space

QUIET RIOT

Love and Rockets is on a brave, new mission to inner space

WIPE OUT

Love and Rockets is on a brave, new mission to inner space

BETTER RED THAN DEADHOW THE SAND RUBIES SURVIVED A SNAKEBITE

Love and Rockets is on a brave, new mission to inner space