Subject: Robert Smith

• Show Review: The Cure in Kansas City at the Starlight Theatre, Monday, May 19

  May 20, 2008

• Last Night: Burlesque Masque at Dante's

  July 1, 2008

• WAR's Suspect Originality -- and Seven Other Bands Like It...

  July 18, 2008

• MP3: Bat for Lashes, "A Forest" (Cure cover) Cure Tribute CD New Cure Album

  August 6, 2008

• I Need a Hero: In honor of Smashing Pumpkins' twentieth anniversary, a list of Billy Corgan's top ten guitar heroes

  November 19, 2008

• Billy Idol Gets It

  March 5, 2008

• 2007: The Year in Movies and Music

  A year-end wrap-up of what we adored, what was ignored and what the new year will bring.

  December 19, 2007

• Korn

  May 9, 2007

• The Rapture

  May 9, 2007

• Crazy Calculus!

  B-Sides analyzes the mathematics of Don Caballero's existence, calls out Bon Jovi for cliches and points you to some hot Futureheads action in the Download.

  August 9, 2006

• Sound Checks

  December 16, 1998

• Letter Perfect

  We analyze Billy Corgan's catalog, count our Ps and Qs with They Might Be Giants and remember Joe Strummer's humble beginnings

  July 6, 2005

• The Valley Arena

  Friday, September 9; Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (3301 Lemp Avenue)

  September 7, 2005

• Back to the Future

  We tell the Bravery's fortune, decode a rock opera and groan over Sting's intoxicated verbosity

  January 19, 2005

• The Killers

  Monday, September 13; Mississippi Nights

  September 8, 2004

• Why Lollapalooza Died

  We explore campaign theme songs, examine the death of Lollapalooza and get down verbally with Paul Oakenfold

  July 21, 2004

• Staggering Genius

  In which stellastarr* melds with the universe

  April 14, 2004

• Champing at the Bit

  May 9, 2001

• Battle of Wits: Who's better: Blink-182 or Weezer?

  September 2, 2009

• Setlist Review Photos: AFI and Gallows at the Pageant, Wednesday, November 4

  Photo: Todd OwyoungAFI last night at the Pageant. See more photos from last night's show.​It's too easy to take AFI for granted. The Bay Area hardcore-turned-take-your-pick-of-genres band is such a strong live act -- and makes such smart music -- that it's easy to forget that nobody else out there sounds like it. But the quartet reaffirmed its brilliance at last night's crowded show at the Pageant, with a dynamic set. Bathed in deep blue night, bassist Hunter Burgan strode onstage, teasin

  November 5, 2009