Gabriella Cilmi reigns, dance duo soars Oct 20, 2008
The Living End finally won best rock group, and last year's Hall of Fame inductee, Nick Cave, took home best male artist for the first time since 2001 ... Best male artist Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Dig Lazarus Dig. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Full list of ARIA winners Oct 20, 2008
Best Male Artist - Nick Cave, Dig, Lazarus, Dig. Best Female Artist - Gabriella Cilmi, Lessons To Be Learned. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Cilmi graduates on top at ARIAs Oct 20, 2008
By Kathy McCabe October 20, 2008 08:17am. OVERNIGHT teen pop sensation Gabriella Cilmi may not have finished high school yet but she certainly graduated to the top of her music class, sweeping the ARIA awards last night. (NEWS.com.au)
Fresh faces claim favourite status for ARIA awards Oct 18, 2008
Or will it go to spindly black stallion Nick Cave. His 14th album, Dig Lazarus Dig, is his most accessible to date and took out Mojo magazine's top gong in Britain. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Wild colonial noise Oct 18, 2008
In Melbourne, where the four-piece draw comparisons with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, they will perform at the Forum Theatre, an ornate room of even larger size. Liddiard, however, feels challenged, rather than satisfied. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Nick Cave to present Turner Prize Oct 18, 2008
Nick Cave has recorded with Kylie Minogue and PJ Harvey. Singer Nick Cave will announce this year's Turner Prize winner ... The Australian singer, 51, founded Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in the early 1980s. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Style and substance on the festival front Oct 17, 2008
Past directors have included David Bowie, Patti Smith and Nick Cave. The Premier, Nathan Rees, said yesterday that Vivid would be "curated by world-renowned talents". (Sydney Morning Herald)
Deadly lot of awards for Yunupingu Oct 10, 2008
Other nominees include Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for their work on The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, Greg Walker from Machine Translations, Chris Lilley for Summer Heights High and veterans David Hirschfelder, Clive Harrison, Burkhard Dallwitz and Roger Mason. The awards, presented by the Australian Performing Rights Association and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers, will be held in Sydney in November. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Saints praised makes them far from damned Oct 8, 2008
But last year they recorded together for the first time in years, and now, like old childhood friends embarking on a camping trip reunion, Bailey, Kuepper and Hay will play alongside the Bad Seeds, Robert Forster from the Go-Betweens, the Sydney band Bridezilla, and international artists for the festival, which is curated by Nick Cave. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
6 wine bars up north Oct 4, 2008
The iPod might play Wilco, Nick Cave or the White Stripes, or you could catch a local bluegrass band if you stop in on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Type Size. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Olivia makes a statement with her new hubbie Oct 3, 2008
Billed as the ultimate mix-tape, the first All Tomorrow's Parties music festival in Australia will feature a headline performance from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds along with performances by the Saints - with original members Ed Kuepper, Chris Bailey and Ivor Hay - Robert Forster from the Go-Betweens, the Sydney band Bridezilla, and international artists. The festival's founder, Barry Hogan, who held the first ATP in Britain in 1999 and has since staged festivals in the US and founded the record... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Nick, Neil and Nails for summer Oct 3, 2008
NEIL Young, Nine Inch Nails, Nick Cave, the Arctic Monkeys, Alice in Chains and the Saints are lining up for a bumper summer of music festivals ... And The Age can reveal that Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will head the first Australian All Tomorrow's Parties festival at Mount Buller from January 9. (The Age)
Just don't call him an ‘art rocker' Oct 3, 2008
At 51, Nick Cave wears a number of hats ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds perform this Oct. 2 at the Metropolis as part of Pop Montreal. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
New Favorite Thing: Eddy Current Suppression Ring - "Which Way to Go" Oct 3, 2008
For the past few months I was pretty sure that Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!" was going to be my favorite album of the year. Now I'm not even sure that it will be my favorite Australian album of the year. (Washington Post)
Words & Music from Pop Montreal Oct 3, 2008
(The other two being Thursday's sold-out Nick Cave gig, same venue, and Friday's Burt Bacharach performance at St. Jean Baptiste Church. . (The Gazette (Montreal))
Essentials: This weekend's live music picks Sep 19, 2008
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Friday and Saturday @ the Warfield: After a long wait, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are finally back in San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Sep 17, 2008
Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave has always had a thing for killing women. I stuck a six-inch gold blade in the head of a girl, Nick Cave snarled in 1981, fronting the band of punk-blues miscreants known as the Birthday Party ... If that is the case, then perhaps the Nick Cave of today has bested his former demons; then again, perhaps the violence is still present, bubbling under the surface and ready to emerge at a moment s notice. (Suite101.com)
Refurbished Warfield to open Saturday Sep 12, 2008
"Everything from alternative bands like the Kooks to (jazz singer) Cassandra Wilson." Lefkowitz has also booked dates for Nick Cave ad Seeds, Rancid, the Dandy Warhols and Bullet for My Valentine. Warfield reopening: With comedian George Lopez. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Dark lord Nick Cave makes a rare local appearance Sep 12, 2008
Nick Cave has long had a fascination with America, even strolling into last year's film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford to perform a song about the legendary outlaw ... Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cilmi, Sparro top ARIA nominations Sep 10, 2008
Close behind with three nominations each were Faker, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson. ARIA virgins receiving their first nominations include The Panics, British India, Midnight Juggernauts, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Spit Syndicate, A-Love, The Herd, Mobin Master, Watussi and Muph and Plutonic. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Major ARIA award nominations Sep 10, 2008
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig ... Nick Cave - Dig, Lazarus, Dig ... Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Gabriella Cilmi, Sam Sparro lead 2008 ARIA nominations Sep 10, 2008
Battling it out in the competitive album of the year category are Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for Dig, Lazarus, Dig. The Living End for White Noise, Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson with Rattlin Bones, The Presets for Apocalypso, and Yunupingu for Gurrumul. (The West Australian)
Sweet about me Sep 10, 2008
He will be up against big names like The Presets, The Living End, Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson, and Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds for the prestigious Album of the Year gong. The Aria Awards will be held on October 19 at Sydney's Acer Arena hosted by comedy duo Hamish and Andy. (The Age, Australia)
2008 Rock Hall eligibility pool induces yawns Sep 8, 2008
Other leading prospects include the Pet Shop Boys, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Nick Cave and a potential controversy generator, Whitney Houston. Madonna's nomination last year polarized voters and fans some of whom admired her musical innovations and longevity, others who thought she had nothing to do with the three words that precede "Hall of Fame" in the institution's name. (USA Today)
Coldplay lead Q award nominations Sep 3, 2008
Vampire Weekend and The Ting Tings have three nods each, while Kings of Leon, Nick Cave and The Last Shadow Puppets are all up for two ... by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. (BBC News)
September's offerings Aug 24, 2008
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Looking for some hot mustache action. Cave and his band are playing songs from their biblical 14th studio album, "Dig, Lazarus, Dig" Sept. 19-20. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
O'Brien's beat blog Aug 21, 2008
And Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds also are playing the smaller hall at the Garden next month. Shaun, don t remind some folks here of how much they didn t want Cameron, who is from LaGrange and whose wife had told someone I know how much he would have liked to play for the Braves. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Rock Music Menu: Springsteen stands to be 'Super' and Bowl us over Aug 15, 2008
Nick Cave ad Seeds at the Electric Factory Oct. 7. Buckethead with special guest That 1 Guy at the Theater of the Living Arts Oct. 9. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull took on time and won Aug 15, 2008
Then there's Australian post-punk icon Nick Cave, who named one of his sons Jethro in honor of the group and sometimes plays Tull's 1971 classic, Locomotive Breath, during his pre-concert sound checks. Moreover, the band that helped pioneer the use of the flute in rock 'n' roll is still active, decades after its commercial heyday and decades after it successfully fused jazz, blues, classical, folk and increasingly complex art-rock into chart-topping, album-long opuses, such as 1972's Thick As a... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Your say: Are the Australian music press a bunch ofsuck-ups? Aug 13, 2008
There have been good Aus bands, no question, for example The Dingoes, The Saints, Radio Birdman, The Sports, and current performers such as Nick Cave ... It's telling that some of our most innovative band such as Dead can Dance, the Birthday Party, Nick Cave ad Seeds and Alchemist tend to find better success overseas than within Australia. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A little country, a little glitter, a whole lotta Democrats Aug 10, 2008
It's home to the Ogden Theatre, where Houdini once graced the stage and the likes of alt-legend Nick Cave still do. At the Satire Lounge, an as-yet-unknown Bob Dylan performed, the Smothers Brothers honed their chops, and counterculture vultures still hover. (Boston Globe)
Survival tactics Aug 9, 2008
She would continue playing with everyone from Antony And The Johnsons to Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Nick Cave and Sparklehorse. But it was her working relationship with Antony, in particular, that would transform her. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Top 10 post-'Idol' moments Aug 9, 2008
Oh yeah, "I'm rollin' down the street smokin' indo.' That's Amizzerican Idol to you, nephew. 2008 - Timbaland tells MTV that Glendale's Jordin Sparks will guest on his upcoming Shock Value 2. Apparently, he didn't see that YouTube clip of Hicks and Snoop Dogg . . . . 2008 - A week after winning American Idol, David Cook earns his spot on a 21st Century Trivial Pursuit card as the only artist in the history of life itself to have 11 singles hit the Billboard charts the same week. Where are those... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Celebs who still 'rock' at 50 Jul 28, 2008
-International Buzz-Entertainment-The Times of India. 28 Jul 2008, 0054 hrs IST, ANI. (India Times, India)
O brothers, top of the charts art thou Jul 17, 2008
The pair joined the monastery two years ago, and despite their success - and their appreciation of the work of Nick Cave - they are adamant they want to be priests, not pop stars. But do they have groupies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A real star: Matt Rawle as Zorro Jul 17, 2008
Nick Cave on his current period of artistic creativity. You are here: Telegraph. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Rolf Harris, Triffids, Dragon to be inducted into ARIAs Jul 1, 2008
" The Triffids will be inducted by Nick Cave, who has filmed a video to be screened on the night. Triffids frontman David McComb passed away in 1999; the band have reformed twice since with guest vocalists. The Church's Steve Kilbey will front the band to perform their seminal **** single Wide Open Road at the Hall of Fame. Kilbey admitted to nerves about tackling the Triffids' classic. "It's nerve wracking song, it's a huge song," Kilbey said. "It's like singing (Led Zeppelin's) Whole Lotta... (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Cave's horseplay Jun 25, 2008
It started as a joke but Nick Cave's proposal for a giant bronze statue of himself on a rearing stallion in his home town of Warracknabeal, in country Victoria, appears to be gaining traction. Melbourne papers reported the council was considering it - even daring the musician, who fronted the Birthday Party and the Bad Seeds, to fund the project. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Tex's bottom-line numbers will make it rain free-agent cash (but you knew that) Jun 24, 2008
Drive-By Truckers Brighter Than Creation s Dark; My Morning Jacket Evil Urges; Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Dig, Lazarus, Dig ... but i agree with you on the raconteurs, black keys, black angels and the new nick cave album those are great. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Delta Spirit is moved by varied influences Jun 22, 2008
"Louis Armstrong, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Talking Heads. They're characters, almost folkloresque, because they did exactly what they wanted to do," he says. "I don't know if I've earned that in my life, to say that I am a character. But if I could chase anything, it would be that.". (Boston Globe)
Barry Adamson Jun 20, 2008
Then, in 1984, Adamson joined the Birthday Party's Nick Cave in a band the charismatic Australian was putting together - the Bad Seeds. But Adamson's best work - and this is saying something - was to come when he decided to go it alone, having made four albums with Cave and co. After leaving the Bad Seeds he started creating some of the most incredible music you'll hear: rich, largely instrumental soundscapes drawing from soul, big-band jazz and hip-hop, apparently made to accompany epic films... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Rotten End To Duffy's Prize Night Jun 18, 2008
The star was also nominated for Best Breakthrough Act and Best Album but lost out to the Last Shadow Puppets and Nick Cave ad Seeds. And to celebrate winning her first music gong, the pretty singer decided to give her idol, Sex Pistols' singer Johnny Rotten, a quick hug. (Glasgow Daily Record)
Readers Single Out Duffy's Hit Jun 17, 2008
Those awards went to Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner's side project, The Last Shadow Puppets and Nick Cave ad Seeds for their album Dig, Lazarus Dig. Other winners included Led Zeppelin, Paul Weller, The Sex Pistols, Genesis, Neil Diamond and The Specials. (Glasgow Daily Record)
Duffy wins Mojo best song award Jun 17, 2008
She was beaten to best album by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Other acts honoured at the reader-voted Mojo Honours List bash at The Brewery included Led Zeppelin, Paul Weller, the Sex Pistols and Genesis. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Hey, babe, take a walk on the old side Jun 9, 2008
Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Bowie, the Verve: incongruous, but it works tremendously well in a kitsch, Icelandic way. The lyrics are, after all, simply about love, loss, death, age, madness. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
'The Arm' points way for Thorburn Jun 9, 2008
Last year, Islands put the cap on a string of positive notices (which put the group near the vortex of fellow Montreal indie all-stars Arcade Fire and Wolf Parade) by signing on to label Anti-Records, home to Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Merle Haggard. The label released Arm's Way on Tuesday. (The Province)
The pip parade Jun 1, 2008
One of the weirdest bits of music I've ever heard - up there with Stockhausen, Nick Cave and Charlie Parker - was 'composed' by the Austrian winemaker Willi Opitz. The CD, which amounts to an hour of glugs and gurgles, is called The Sound of Wine. (Guardian Unlimited)
Full Sydney Film Festival coverage May 30, 2008
June 15-22 Six nights of music-themed films at the Metro, including Great Australian Albums: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 'Murder Ballads. Plus, on the final day of the festival, a special silent film screening of the 1926 Kinugasa classic A Page Of Madness. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Global invitation May 30, 2008
This strand is crammed with highlights, including: Great Australian Albums: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' Murder Ballads; the Australian premiere of Julian Schnabel's film about Lou Reed's recent concerts in which he played the Berlin album live for the first time; and Pete Seeger: The Power Of Song. Events include The Big Soul Review, a screening of Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story bookended by performances from DJs and the band Johnny G and the E Types. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sunny delights May 26, 2008
Whether it's trad jazz or cutting-edge opera, Nick Cave or the Krankies, roller-skating swans or kung-fu monks, there's something for everyone in the arts this summer ... Held on the banks of Loch Fyne, and promising "woodland frolics", Connect has big hitters - Franz Ferdinand, Kasabian, Bloc Party and the Manic Street Preachers - as well as more intriguing stuff, including live hip-hoppers the Roots and a performance by Nick Cave's cheeringly preposterous garage punk combo, Grinderman. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Reason For The Season May 24, 2008
Nick Cave will show his shiny Soundsuit sculptures at the center's art gallery and then collaborate with choreographer Ronald K. Brown on a performance piece. A new production by dancer/choreographer John Jasperse, "Misuse liable to prosecution," calls for a set made entirely of recycled materials. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
You got me rockin' May 23, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. (from left) Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts in Shine A Light. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Napster MP3 store: great selection, bad interface May 22, 2008
For example, when I searched for the new Nick Cave album, Dig, Lazarus, Dig, I got a green bar showing me that two album results were available. but the screen for the results was strangely blank. (CNET News.com)
Beyonce 'pregnant' May 15, 2008
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds just keep getting better and better. Beyonce 'pregnant. (iAfrica.com)
McCartney marriage ends May 13, 2008
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds just keep getting better and better. Six fingers and three iPhones are enough to create a band, and Austria's iBand is living proof. (iAfrica.com)
Mann and Super-Mann May 10, 2008
Tracks such as Shaelem The Hunter are immense pieces of narrative detail, worthy of Nick Cave. The album's loss of life is equally worthy of Cave but other moments, such as Bear having to abandon his friends Rat and Rabbit, show that while this isn't a children's album, it does reflect on the unexpected pain of childhood. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Fire still burns May 10, 2008
They became the darlings of the alternative press, with Melody Maker making their first album record of the year and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds taking them on tour. "There was this sense of non-reality about those first two records," Staples says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Provocative Page In 'Fragments' May 9, 2008
Her only pal is her boyfriend, who goes by the name Billy Zero and looks like Nick Cave. (He's played by rockabilly musician Slim Twig. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Listen Up: Costello noodles, Diamond comes home May 6, 2008
Nick Cave is "at his most ferocious and elegant" on his new, exclamation-point-heavy album, Edna is pleased to observe ... Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, : * * * 1/2 -- Dig it ... Returning from last years thumping Grinderman side project, Nick Cave resumes his high-wire act of balancing keen lyricism and rock debauchery on an enormously entertaining album steeped in death, religion, sex and decadence. (USA Today -- Life)
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan: Sunday at Dirt Devil May 2, 2008
Dense with the sort of dark, erotic symbolism that comes as standard on Nick Cave narratives, The Raven has a volcanic orchestral upswell. Scratch the surface, and Something to Believe and Sally, Don t You Cry aren t a million miles from the fey fairy folk of Campbell s first album, The Green Fields of Foreverland. (Times Online)
Arctic Monkeys' Turner gets four Mojo nominations May 2, 2008
Other multiple nominees included Welsh soul singer Duffy for breakthrough act, best album ( Rockferry) and best song ( Mercy) and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for best album ( Dig ... Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ( Dig ... Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ( Dig. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Illin' me softly Apr 23, 2008
Mellow funk songstress Dri and Springfield indie rockers Watcher (imagine a slightly happier Nick Cave) open the show. 18+ 9 p.m. $10. (Boston Globe)
Soldier spoke of death wish, inquiry told Apr 22, 2008
Sergeant Lianne Ingle told the inquiry the man reminded her of the singer Nick Cave, and remembered telling him that the singer's music made her feel like "topping herself". The man in turn told her he planned to "top" himself. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Joined up to get gun to kill himself: inquest Apr 21, 2008
She said she remembered striking up a conversation by telling the man he reminded her of singer Nick Cave, but that she had never been a fan of Cave's because his morose music made her feel like "topping herself.". "The man said: 'I'm goin' to top myself' or words to that effect," she said in a statement read to the inquiry. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Simon Cowell-Mentored Leona Lewis Tops Billboard Chart With Spirit Apr 17, 2008
Ashes Divide's Keep Telling Myself It's Alright follows at #36, scanning 15,800 copies, while Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' Dig. Lazarus Dig. (VHI.com -- Music News)
