Tag: "Nick Cave"

Reclink Community Cup 2012 Announced
0 Comments. 446 Views. Posted 24 Apr 2012 @ 10:19am.
  That one day in, uh, June that we like to remember is back in full force this year, with the much-loved Reclink Community Cup returning to Elsternwick after a cameo visit in Sydney earlier in the year. Just as last year's theme was the dark prince Nick Cave, this year's motif will be that of The Cramps.   Each band performing on the day will slot a Cramps track into their setlist -... Read More
Various Artists : Straight To You: Triple J’s Tribute To Nick Cave
0 Comments. 541 Views. Posted 2 Mar 2012 @ 10:09am.
  Tackling a tribute CD should be approached with some trepidation, with the potential for sacrilege hovering above the collective heads of all involved. To pay homage to an iconic Australian institution such as Nick Cave, is no easy feat and triple j have delivered Straight To You, an ambitious project that serves up some tasty morsels right alongside some catch you’d rather throw back.... Read More
Harry Howard and the NDE
0 Comments. 407 Views. Posted 29 Feb 2012 @ 5:18pm.
Harry Howard’s musical career began in the same fertile punk rock music environment that gave birth to The Boys Next Door, The Young Charlatans and the Teenage Radio Stars. Howard is quick to point out, however, his original band’s inherent punk rock limitations. “It never played live, and no-one could really play their instruments,” Howard says. “But Rowland quite liked us, and at one time... Read More
Rich Davies And The Devil’s Union : Rich Davies And The Devil’s Union
0 Comments. 776 Views. Posted 2 Feb 2012 @ 6:39am.
  Back in the day, rock’n’roll was denounced as the devil’s music. It was hardly an original condemnation – Robert Johnson famously (and almost certainly gratuitously) suggested he’d sold his soul in exchange for prowess on the guitar – while the tight bond between church, state and high art in centuries past provided a convenient opportunity to marginalise any proletariat musical form as... Read More
Alkan Zeybek & The Lessermen: Kid’s Medicine
0 Comments. 670 Views. Posted 9 Jan 2012 @ 9:08am.
  I can wholeheartedly vouch that Kid’s Medicine is a flailing-about type affair, preferably while a touch inebriated, but it’s just as steamily scathing when sober. I tried it with shitty cask wine and headphones and it worked pretty well, though this collection works even better live. As it should. As jarring as it is enticing, as loose as it is relentless, as familiar as it is... Read More
The Kill Devil Hills: The Week In Pictures/The Bends
0 Comments. 413 Views. Posted 6 Jan 2012 @ 10:00am.
  The West Australian grime rock collective returns to Melbourne at the end of this month, carrying vinyl copies of this excellent double-A side single. The Week In Pictures has a loose, dark, stalking sound that owes a debt to Nick Cave; The Bends has a funereal gait and a maudlin country rock air that conjures up lonely drivers and vast empty skies. Read More
Straight To You: Triple J’s Tribute To Nick Cave, Friday November 11 - The Forum Theatre.
0 Comments. 751 Views. Posted 29 Nov 2011 @ 10:21am.
It wouldn't be fair to call Straight To You a tribute show. While Nick Cave is still alive and well, it'd be more apt to dub Straight To You a 'Celebration of Life'. Cave's influence is far-reaching enough that a variety of Australian artists, spanning across genres, came together under the guidance of Cameron Bruce for a Friday night that will easily be etched in the memory... Read More
Jack On Fire : Sermons From The Eastern Seaboard
0 Comments. 1,690 Views. Posted 23 Nov 2011 @ 10:58am.
It's hard, listening to Jack On Fire burn and sway through the sublime New Moon, not to shake your head in awe at yet another Perth-come-Melbourne band that evoke that certain melancholic dust-and-sun, what-are-we-gonna-do, seething, snaking buzz and wail like it ain't nothin', guitars bending and bowing, violin squirreling and dashing hope with alternating draws, but, and I believe it's Ms... Read More
Q&A: Rich Davies & The Devil's Union
0 Comments. 738 Views. Posted 11 Nov 2011 @ 9:44am.
So then, what's the band name and what do you 'do' in the band? Rich Davies & The Devil's Union, my name is Rich and I assume the role of singer-songwriter- guitarist.   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?   It can be dirty and pretty. It's difficult to say, somewhere between Arcade Fire, Nick Cave & The Bad... Read More
Straight to You: Triple J’s Tribute To Nick Cave
0 Comments. 1,315 Views. Posted 11 Nov 2011 @ 8:51am.
There are few artists who have maintained a career that is bold, sweeping and durable enough to be placed into their national pantheon. Nick Cave has earned the right to be considered an Australian treasure throughout his illustrious, almost 40-year career as a musician, actor and writer. It was only a matter of time then, before his legacy was to be celebrated by the legions of musicians he has... Read More
Howling Bells : The Loudest Engine
0 Comments. 1,147 Views. Posted 28 Oct 2011 @ 8:24am.
The third album is always the acid test, and Howling Bells latest effort, The Loudest Engine, is an intended further step away from their previous two. Described by the band as their "grown up" record, it moves further away from the raw, more rock 'n' roll, vibe of their earlier releases, towards a more abstract and psychedelic '70s thing. I feel like I'm sitting on a rug at Woodstock,... Read More
Autoluminescent
0 Comments. 1,858 Views. Posted 21 Oct 2011 @ 8:46am.
Autoluminescent chronicles the intriguingly turbulent life of Australian guitar maestro Rowland S. Howard, who recently passed away in 2009. Howard was the guitarist of iconic bands such as The Boys Next Door and The Birthday Party alongside Nick Cave. The film is co-directed by Richard Lowenstein and Lynn-Maree Milburn . Lowenstein is well-known for his music videos for INXS and... Read More
Autoluminescent
0 Comments. 1,018 Views. Posted 18 Oct 2011 @ 10:38am.
No matter the filmic talent behind them, biographical documentaries are largely defined as intriguing or banal by the character they explore. Autoluminescent, directed by Richard Lowenstein and Lynn-Maree Milburn, documents the life of Australian guitar legend Rowland S. Howard, who passed away in 2009. Howard was the guitarist of iconic bands such as post-punks The Boys Next Door and The... Read More
triple j's Tribute to Nick Cave
0 Comments. 1,682 Views. Posted 1 Sep 2011 @ 3:32pm.
Every year, triple j choose an artist to pay tribute to for Ausmusic Month, and this year's one is a gem! This November, the radio station will pay tribute to one of the country's musical greats, Nick Cave. WIth a career spanning over 35 years, venturing amongst many different avenues, Cave is seen as not only one of the greats of Australian music, but music worldwide.   Beginning with Boys... Read More
Lost Animal : Say No To Thugs
0 Comments. 1,475 Views. Posted 18 Aug 2011 @ 9:28am.
Lost Animal is Jarrod Quarrell (ex-St Helens), come over all brooding jazz/electro fusion. Taken from his forthcoming debut Ex Tropical, the track showcases a strange and wilful talent, crooning bitterly over an intoxicating mix of pre-fab beats, space porn synth notes and something that sounds like a melodica. Musically, they have nothing to do with each other, but something about Lost Animal... Read More
Felix Reibl
0 Comments. 1,941 Views. Posted 5 Aug 2011 @ 9:26am.
When Felix Reibl found himself alone in New York after a devastating break-up, the best therapy turned out to be songwriting.  "I honestly didn't plan for this album - it found me. It tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'Felix, go and write instead of chain smoking and not eating.' I got a plane back to Australia, finished the songs, and within ten days we were in the studio." For anyone... Read More
Grinderman Headline Meredith 2011
1 Comments. 1,737 Views. Posted 21 Jul 2011 @ 8:42am.
Well shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. The four most suave motherfuckers in Australian rock and roll: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos, collectively known as Grinderman will headline the 21st Meredith Music Festival this December.    It seems only fitting, doesn't it? Finally, the Victorian-born Nick Cave will take to the stage and wreak havoc on the beloved country... Read More
Trentemøller : Late Night Tales
0 Comments. 1,629 Views. Posted 1 Jul 2011 @ 10:50am.
Late Night Tales conjures up something very David Lynch-esque, as though all the songs were being performed from behind the red curtain and you're waiting for a deep, dark secret to be divulged. Here it is: none of the tracks included on this CD embrace any type of electronica, if that's what you were expecting from Mr   Trentemøller . Instead, Late Night Tales delves deep into the... Read More
Reclink Community Cup
0 Comments. 1,755 Views. Posted 21 Jun 2011 @ 10:08am.
Is there anything more definitively Melbourne than music and footy? How about a Nick Cave-themed footy match pitting Paul Kelly-coached musos against stars of community radio, topped off with a set by the venerable Tim Rogers? At a pre-match press conference at a Northcote coffee shop, Megahertz captain Jess McGuire, Rockdogs vice-captain Jo Syme (of Big Scary), and Community Cup organiser Jason... Read More
Love Grinderman? Watch Their Short Documentary
0 Comments. 1,777 Views. Posted 25 May 2011 @ 2:20pm.
Grinderman have released a brand new short film, featuring the Dark Prince chatting about the making of their latest album, Grinderman 2. The film covers how the band brought the songs on the album to life, and also runs through the inspiration that went into some of the music video clips.   Dark and dramatic imagery combined with the sheer energy and originality of Nick Cave and his... Read More
Unkle : Only the Lonely
0 Comments. 934 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2011 @ 2:13pm.
With Only the Lonely UNKLE are back with another serve of their trademark audio atmosphericity. Best experienced with a set of headphones, this six-track EP continues right where their highly acclaimed 2010 release Where Did the Night Fall left off. Money and Run opens the EP with an almost indigenous Australian sound that gradually builds with the help of thumping-rolling drums, fuzzy guitar and... Read More
Unkle : Only the Lonely
0 Comments. 763 Views. Posted 12 Apr 2011 @ 2:24pm.
With Only the Lonely UNKLE are back with another serve of their trademark audio atmosphericity. Best experienced with a set of headphones, this six-track EP continues right where their highly acclaimed 2010 release Where Did the Night Fall left off. Money and Run opens the EP with an almost indigenous Australian sound that gradually builds with the help of thumping-rolling drums, fuzzy guitar... Read More
Strangers From Now On : Midnight Town
0 Comments. 1,857 Views. Posted 8 Mar 2011 @ 10:52am.
Midnight Town sounds like music made by the cast of Draculas themed restaurant. Still, this unapologetic gothic rock melodrama is actually really successful, if taken as performance art rather than pop. In the same way that Nick Cave once wrote lurid, convincing pulp characters into his songs, these guys have created an androgynous, neurotic sex-pot in a world of sleaze, and their schtick... Read More
Seamus Anthony
0 Comments. 1,525 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2011 @ 10:59am.
Name: "Seamus Anthony."   Define your genre in five words or less:   "Thirsty zen pirate music."   How long have you been gigging and writing?   "Writing for 24 years and gigging for 19 years. Still a newbie, really. " What has been your favourite gig you've played to date?   "It's a choice between the biggest (supporting The Tea... Read More
Big Day Out By Ian Davis
0 Comments. 1,502 Views. Posted 9 Feb 2011 @ 12:48pm.
If you don't like festivals, the Big Day Out is on the third rung in Dante's downward path. A crowd voluminous enough to populate a mid-sized regional centre, a rabble of over-sexed tykes clad in tank tops and Bollé sunglasses, the odd Australian flag and a social world founded on self-indulgent nitwits and Mark Zuckerberg's invasive technology. Add to that the first genuinely... Read More
Grinderman Live at The Palace
0 Comments. 700 Views. Posted 8 Feb 2011 @ 8:42am.
With second album Grinderman 2 still fresh in our collective minds, a sold out Palace waited eagerly to see what Mr Cave and co had in store. As the lights dimmed, three bearded men in suits appeared and took their places and instruments, beginning a low rumble that served as an ear warmer for the chaos to come.   The energy rose to huge applause as Nick Cave himself sauntered on and... Read More
Grinderman Second Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 1,953 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
'If you've seen Grinderman live, you can die in peace.'   Grinderman will tear their dark and dirty rock show out of the festival circuit this coming summer and hit Sydney and Melbourne for headline dates. These shows are just before the band set forth to perform at Big Day Out across Australia and New Zealand.   With their first show at the Palace in Melbourne on Monday January 17... Read More
Nick Cave and a Few Bad Seeds are Grinderman
0 Comments. 901 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Nick Cave may have directed his creative energy into novel writing over the past few years. But his calling has always been music.   Cave and Black Seeds members Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos are now Grinderman. Their current   Their second new album is Grinderman 2 (original, no?). Using alternative and garage rock along with psychadelic influences to create a... Read More
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