Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 'Skeleton Tree' (September 2016)

seen him open air twice, he had no problems at all

that was before skeleton tree, tho

If it was coming off the back of different kind of album maybe I'd feel less wary, but I'm sure they know what they're doing, so I've faith enough to buy tickets.

i have a review copy of the 3-disc greatest hits "lovely creatures" and it sounds great, everything is taken from the remasters, and actually does work as a representation of his artistic permutations in chronological order. why anyone would get the out-of-order 2 disc box set, tho, is anyone's guess

I saw the movie on an airplane and it was as good as many said, even in 2D. (And on an airplane.) I did wonder, though, how much someone who didn't know Cave at all would get from it. It does tackle some universal themes, however elliptically, and it's quite artistic, but I dunno.

It's funny, I was just thinking of compiling a career overview and this does the trick very nicely. As with any of these I could quibble about a few tracks included or missing but overall it's great. It flows really well and reminded me how fantastic "Abboitior Blues" and "Dig Lazarus" are.

Excellent, wide-ranging new interview:

http://www.gq.com/story/the-love-and-terror-of-nick-cave

yup good stuff, thx

love the Russell Crowe anecdotes that guy seems so hilarious

That is excellent, thank you.

yeah damn, what a great piece

Chris Heath, doing the business again. Think he's incapable of writing a bad piece.

That GQ piece was impeccable. Didn't even notice it was Chris Heath.

wow, that is an incredible piece - thanks for sharing, anagram

also how the fuck is nick cave 59 years old

I went to the two LA shows & they were great. I was impressed by how sinister some of the new songs came off live, specifically "Girl in Amber" and "Magneto". Actually the real gut-wrenching moment for me wasn't during any of the new songs, but during the climax of "Weeping Song" with Nick wading out into the hands of the crowd delivering the line "I’m so sorry, father/I never thought I hurt you so much"

It also doesn't get said enough but man the Bad Seeds are such a fantastic band.

saw him in berkeley a few days before that, it was easily the best performance I've ever seen him give. this iteration of the Seeds is a bit stripped down and sloppy compared to the last few that have been out but that seemed to work; but he himself, holy shit. Now that Prince and Bowie are gone, I cannot think of a more charismatic and engaging performer in rock music.

Same in Chicago a few days earlier.

The immersing himself with the audience resonated with me in a post-Batalclan way -- instead of fearing the audience, crowds, public, he goes even further into connecting with them.

Also, the projection of the audience onto the screen both made it more immersive and acknowledged how photographing a concert is now (and forever) part of the concert experience.

The old chestnuts feel...if not cartoonish at least detached in their violence. He's at the top of his craft now.

Here's a photo a friend shot from the Chicago show.

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds pic.twitter.com/kL6PKcHgFJ

— Patrick Monaghan (@pkmonaghan) June 17, 2017

taken in conjunction with how he's spoken about how important it was that strangers came up to him and asked him if he was ok, and offered sympathy, and how that kept him and Susie alive after the death, the crowd interactions did take on another rather obvious dimension; but the obviousness didn't detract from it's meaningfulness.

beautiful picture there

There are a couple of recent live sets up on Dime. Got one lined up to play after what i'm listening to now.