Articles about Cursive

Cursive, Alkaline Trio divvy up time at Chicago’s Metro (2/28)

By Nick Freed on March 2nd, 2010

Nick Freed is too damn old for all-ages shows and moshing.

Alkaline Trio announces This Addiction release date and huge batch of tour dates

By Chris Coplan on January 6th, 2010

Come get your fix.

Cursive adds even more U.S. tour dates

By Alex Young on May 1st, 2009

In the most unsurprising news of the year, Cursive has added even more tour dates to its ongoing U.S. tour. Following the remaining first leg of its U.S. tour, the Omaha based outfit will head to Europe for a slew of dates, before ultimately heading back to the states for another round. It seems some [...]

Watch: Cursive plays “From the Hips”

By Drew Litowitz on April 25th, 2009

For a band with a name as elegant as Cursive, the Omaha, Nebraskans certainly know how to scream and play dirty. Not the first Cursive song to approach sex from a negative and spiteful place, Mama I’m Swollen’s “From the Hips” is a criticism of the entire human race based around sex as it relates [...]

SXSW ‘09 in Review: Tuesday – Thursday

By Alex Young on March 23rd, 2009

Another year brought another week of media hell to Austin, Texas’ dusty, city streets this past weekend. Hundreds of writers, musicians, and publicists shuffled about in a frenzy, moving from one venue to the next bar, trying to pretend it was all some sort of a vacation. It wasn’t too hard of an illusion. Considering [...]

Album Review: Cursive – Mama, I’m Swollen

By Luke Johnson on March 19th, 2009

Disclaimer: Bias will follow anything I write about Cursive. The Ugly Organ stubbornly protects the top spot on my “best of” list for the twenty-first century. I picked up the album a year or two after it came out. On a whim I mostly chalk up to the cool cover art, I popped in the disc.
Regardless, The Ugly [...]

Watch: Cursive rips up “From the Hips” on Letterman

By Drew Litowitz on March 16th, 2009

Even if you’re not a fan of Cursive’s latest offerings, or the band in general, Friday night’s Late Show showcased a band that is well worth caring about. Playing “From the Hips” off of the just-released Mama, I’m Swollen the Omahan, Nebraska angst-ridden rockers more than aptly translated the momentous track  to a live setting, [...]

Cursive shells out more tour dates

By Alex Young on March 13th, 2009

Cursive has been appearing on CoS quite a bit lately, and for good reason. After all, in just the last two weeks, the Omaha based outfit has offered up its brand new studio album, Mama, I’m Swollen, unveiled a free new tracks, and helped save us a few bucks. Next up on the agenda? How’s [...]

March 1st = Buy Cursive’s Mama, I’m Swollen for $1.00

By Alex Young on March 1st, 2009

Hey, it’s a new month! What better way to celebrate then by kicking it off with a bang! How does one do that, especially on a Sunday where a snowstorm is about to ravage the east coast, the Midwest is in a state of coma waiting for the Rothbury’s 2009 lineup to be announced, and [...]

Check Out: Cursive – “I Couldn’t Love You”

By Alex Young on February 23rd, 2009

Since we first caught wind of Cursive’s new material last month at the CoS-backed Tomorrow Never Knows, we’ve been eagerly anticipating the release of the band’s upcoming album, which we learned a few weeks ago is officially titled Swollen and due out March 10th.
When the Omaha based rockers announced the album, they described it as [...]