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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – One More Time With Feeling

Review — January 9, 2017

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief - that is how ancient Greek tragedians put it. Grief and beauty. Parallels between the literate wisdom, apocalyptic imagery, emotional and romantic density and weight in Cave’s oeuvre and the emissions of the ancient Greek are …

Nick JD Hodgson – Tell Your Friends

Review — February 5, 2018

Erstwhile Kaiser Chief Nick Hodgson has spent the past five years penning songs for the likes of Mark Ronson and Shirley Bassey, basking in being out of the limelight and no longer having to endure a punishing touring schedule as part of one of the UK’s most successful indie …

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen

Review — October 21, 2019

There’s nothing more personal than grief. It affects us all in different ways, but the one commonality often tends to be the insular. We retreat into ourselves, finding little comfort in the company of others. It’s selfish, in a way. But it’s also a necessary part of the grieving process. …

Nick Cave – The Complete Lyrics 1978–2022

Review — November 22, 2022

The staying power of music is partly due to how timeless the lyrics are as they capture confused or illicit passions and channel love, lust, rage, desperation and everything in between. Ideally, lyrics are like paintings as colorful images are painted with language, altering and changing whatever preconceived notions the …

Nick Cave @ State Theatre

Blog — December 15, 2014

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds State Theatre Sydney, AUS December 11, 2014   "All that has dark sounds has duende, that mysterious power that everyone feels but no philosopher can explain." Frederico Garcia Lorca mused on the inexplicable sadness that lives at …

Nick Lowe with Los Straitjackets, Cactus Blossoms

Blog — December 29, 2014

 It seems as though we are in a period of time where we read of a famous musician dying almost daily, this tour was supposed to have Ian McLagan in the opening slot but alas it wasn't to be with Ian passing on December 3rd. I was particularly pumped for …

Nick Murphy @ Opera House

Blog — June 2, 2017

Nick Murphy (formerly known as Chet Faker) Opera House Sydney, AU June 1, 2017   Nicholas "Nick" James Murphy, better known by his former stage name Chet Faker – a pseudonym he abandoned in September 2016 - is an Australian singer and songwriter. A prolific …

The Art of Nick Cave: Critical essays

Blog — January 10, 2020

The Art of Nick Cave: Critical essays University of Chicago Press   Birthday Party. The Bad Seeds. Grinderman. Movie scores. Poems. Screenplays. Acting. Et cetera, et cetera.   The incarnations and collaborations of Nick Cave are manifold as …