Admittedly, The Cure’s ‘Disintegration: Deluxe Edition’ may be a bit much for casual fans — particularly wading through so many instrumental demos — but to anyone who has spent the past 21 years exploring the depths of this album, the new reissue is a marvel to hear.

The Cure today launched a special standalone website dedicated to the upcoming ‘Disintegration: Deluxe Edition’ that features videos, liner notes and photos — plus streaming audio of 20 additional demos and live tracks that won’t be on the 3CD set when it arrives June 8.

[tweetmeme]Robert Smith, iconic frontman of The Cure, will make a rare solo appearance on the soundtrack to Tim Burton’s live-action “Alice in Wonderland” later this year, contributing a cover of “Very Good Advice” from Disney’s animated version of the Lewis Carroll classic.
The soundtrack, due out March 2, also includes Disney re-imaginings and other themed tunes [...]

[tweetmeme]Despite the dour material, recording The Cure’s epic Disintegration album was a “very happy and jokey” time for the Robert Smith-led band, recalls former keyboard player Roger O’Donnell in a new 11,000-word essay on the 20th anniversary of the recording of that classic record.
As promised, O’Donnell — who played in The Cure from 1987 to [...]

[tweetmeme]After a bit of waffling, former Cure keyboardist Roger O’Donnell has decided that he will, in fact, publish his thoughts and recollections on the recording of that band’s classic Disintegration album 20 years ago.
In a post on his site today, O’Donnell said the process “has turned into a bit of dialogue with myself,” but ultimately [...]

[tweetmeme]Former Cure keyboardist Roger O’Donnell says he’s “run into a bit of a brick wall” over plans to share his memories of the recording of that band’s classic Disintegration album 20 years ago — and may scrap the project altogether.
Last month, O’Donnell —who played with Robert Smith and Co. from 1987 to 1990, and then [...]

[tweetmeme]The early-2000s lineup of Jane’s Addiction — with Chris Chaney manning the bass instead of original member Eric Avery — will end the decade at a relatively tiny club in Aspen, Colo. The band is set to play Dec. 31 at the 450-capacity Belly Up Aspen — for a whopping $265 a ticket. According to [...]

[tweetmeme]Roger O’Donnell, former keyboardist for The Cure, plans to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Disintegration by offering up his written recollections of that landmark album’s recording sessions, along with never-before seen photographs of Robert Smith and Co.
As noted by Chain of Flowers, O’Donnell took to his Facebook fan page yesterday to announce the upcoming anniversary [...]