Take 5: NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS’ top songs
Goth-punk musician, artist, storyteller: Nick Cave is all of them, yet remains an enigma. We put some of the pieces together with these top five tracks.
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NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS present a profound exploration of grief with WILD GOD
Wild God from Nick Cave & The Bad seeds is a portrait of a man struggling with his publicised pain, and putting it all into words the only way he knows how.
KID CONGO POWERS dredges up drug-fuelled exploits for rock memoir, SOME NEW KIND OF KICK
Kid Congo Powers closes Some New Kind Of Kick almost exactly 25 years before its publication, on the day he did heroin for the last time.
FAITH, HOPE AND CARNAGE: SEÁN O’HAGAN gets candid with NICK CAVE on his musical journey
In Faith, Hope and Carnage, Nick Cave and O’Hagan look back over a lifetime of trying to make sense of the incomprehensible through song.
BARRY ADAMSON: third album re-release is a must-listen for the unfamiliar
An essential purchase, and a good place to start for those not familiar with the maverick brilliance of Barry Adamson.
NICK CAVE’s SEVEN PSALMS: faith, rage, love, mercy… and LEONARD COHEN, of course
Nick Cave has been positioning himself as the next Leonard Cohen for some time now. With Seven Psalms, Cave almost goes a step beyond Cohen.
NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS produce an instant classic with latest film score
Cave and Ellis' La Panthère Des Neiges soundtrack deserves to resonate for many years to come, the same way as Ry Cooder’s music for Paris, Texas or even Vangelis’ Blade Runner.
May 2022 film highlights: from DOCTOR STRANGE to MEN
From Doctor Strange to Top Gun: Maverick to Men, Keiron Self takes a look at what's on offer at the cinema this May.
The year in review: from ROGER TAYLOR to WOLF ALICE, our best Welsh gigs of 2021
2021 brought live music back to life in Wales with aplumb. Here are our favourite gigs from around the country this year.
BARRY ADAMSON | FEATURE
With his long-awaited memoir out now, what better time for a look at the life and work of Barry Adamson: Mancunian musical cult icon and collaborator with the likes of Nick Cave and David Lynch. David Nobakht has the goods.
NICK CAVE AND WARREN ELLIS | LIVE REVIEW
There’s the sense of these performances being essential to both Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, a much-needed release after so long pent up in isolation, lockdown, and uncertainty.
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE BOY ON FIRE: THE YOUNG NICK CAVE Mark Mordue (Allen & Unwin) With Bad Seeds gigs repeatedly pushed further into the ether …