Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
News: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds announce new album ‘Wild God’ for August and release explosive title track as single in anticipation.
The ever industrious and prolific Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have today announced their new album ‘Wild God’ set for release on 30 August 2024 and released the title track as an appetiser to tantalise us. The single sets sail on a dappling instrumentation with Cave’s trade mark sense of wry observant humour and …
Meet: We Chat to L7’s Donita Sparks about the band’s upcoming tour of Australia
We chat to Donita Sparks about L7’s upcoming tour of Australia
Track: Indie icon Mick Harvey announces new album, European tour and releases the ethereal single ‘A Suitcase in Berlin’ to whet the appetite.
There aren’t enough superlatives in the dictionary to describe the impact Mick Harvey has made on music. As a founding member of seminal and legendary bands, The Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, his contributions to indie music are self-evident, his ability to write and co-write some of the classic songs of …
Classic Compilation: Various Artists – I’m Your Fan
The compilation album consisting of multiple acts recording a variety of songs penned by a single artist by way of tribute resulted in a series of releases which can be generously considered ‘patchy’. For every Step Right Up, or A Testimonial Dinner, two examples which actually worked, there were a dozen more ham-fisted attempts at …
Live: Conversations with Nick Cave (Odeon Theatre, Hobart)
Many people have two phases in their lives, according to Nick Cave. The first phase represents self-centered assuredness and an even keel: the path they assume they will take that is the fruition of their own choices and desires. This phase can be ‘obliterated’ for some by external events beyond their control. This inevitably, leads …
Tour News: Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds Announce Australian Tour
One of the best live gigs I’ve seen over the past few years was Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds at the Spiegeltent in Sydney back in 2014. While aware of Kid Congo Power’s incredible C.V., I was not too familiar with Power’s new band and knew not what to expect. What I witnessed …
Track: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
Between the death of and the general dearth of Rock n’ Roll icons, we should be thankful for the existence of Nick Cave. In his career he’s managed to summon the primal energy of Iggy, the seminal throb of The Cramps, and the tortured cool of Johnny Cash. As an artist his authenticity and integrity …