4 years? But Grinderman 2 came out in 2010. Seems like it had run its course and now he's figuring out the next phase of his career.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 9 June 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
4 years since "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!" the last Bad Seeds album, which is not Grinderman (different sound, line-up, name, etc.).
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 9 June 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
Dud.
― Lil' Kim Philby (Call the Cops), Saturday, 9 June 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
Nick's all "I started working with Rasputin when?"
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/308907_330981433660239_652789611_n.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 August 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
Cave looks a lot less bald there than last time I saw him. Perhaps he shaved off the stache and stuck it on his head?
― Position Position, Friday, 10 August 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
Hell yeah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK59GDfWvsg&feature=youtu.be
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
Went to the final tour rehearsal for the new album last night, at a leisure centre ballroom in Hove … and good God the new songs were boring, apart from Jubilee Street or whatever it's called. Not a single melody between them.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Saturday, 9 February 2013 12:45 (eleven years ago) link
There has been some anticipation of the album on this thread. But yes, it's looking like a boring one.
― Eyeball Kicks, Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
Wow: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/02/nick-cave-interview-jack-barron-rocks-backpages
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 July 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
Is that a Guardian page that links to the Barron interview on Rock's Back Pages, or someone talking about it, or a new interview with Barron about it?
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 10 July 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link
Click on it, maybe you'll see.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 10 July 2014 22:50 (nine years ago) link
Wow.
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 10 July 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
great interview! (seriously)
― Karl Malone, Friday, 11 July 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link
incidentally the current tour is fucking ferocious and amazing, saw him in SF the other night and it was maybe the best I've seen him out of five or so tours
― akm, Friday, 11 July 2014 00:55 (nine years ago) link
So what was the "secret project"?The Good Son?
― nostormo, Friday, 11 July 2014 08:37 (nine years ago) link
Rehab?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 July 2014 13:43 (nine years ago) link
And The Ass Saw The Angel, I'd guess.
― Rabona not glue (aldo), Friday, 11 July 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
"Johnny Suede"?
A great interview.
And yeah they've really been on fire this tour, the Mpls gig was probably one the best shows I've ever seen.
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 11 July 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
And The Ass Saw The Angel, I'd guess
Can't be that as it's referred to in the article.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Friday, 11 July 2014 14:04 (nine years ago) link
Think it probably was just rehab, as Josh in Chicago says. See the first couple of paragraphs here, for example:
http://nickcave.com/music/nickcaveandthebadseeds/the-good-son/information/
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:09 (nine years ago) link
Here's a more recent interview/article, from last week's NY Times Sunday Magazine, in case you missed it:
http://nyti.ms/1mFsiYg
I was pretty surprised at the ILM reaction to the last album. I thought it was fantastic, and nothing at all like Boatman's Call/NMSWP (neither of which I ever really feel like listening to, aside from a few Boatman tracks) which it was compared to. I wonder though how much of it was due to listening to poor digital streams/files on poor headphones/computer speakers, as I do think it's a more subtle album that might be difficult to appreciate if you can't hear what's going on.
― early rejecter, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link
Once I listened to the whole of Push the Sky Away I loved it, and it's probably the record I've listened to most in the past year. I was disappointed by We No Who U R, as a single, initially, because it did sound like it was supposed to be a Boatman's Call/NMSWP-type song, and a really dull one at that. But as you say, the album's a completely different record - not really built around that kind of songwriting - and even We No Who U R fits perfectly on it.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
Actually yeah now that you mention it I was a bit skeptical when I first heard the single too.
Very much looking forward to 20,000 Days in any case.
― early rejecter, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
i love how the endless choruses of 'the mercy seat' vary subtly so that you can never sing along
― Karl Malone, Friday, 11 July 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link
the bad seeds are just ungodly awesome on this new tour, was probably top 5 shows ever for me
i love push the sky away, so much space and really cool low-key groove based record
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 July 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
the last bad seeds show i saw (15 years ago) is top 5 ever for me so i am hyped for tonight. what's the current setlist look like?
― adam, Monday, 21 July 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
Lots of stuff from the new record, plus one song from most of the other records
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 21 July 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
awesome, thanks. i look forward to hearing the live arrangements of these new songs
― adam, Monday, 21 July 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
"Jubilee Street" in particular is different and awesome
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 21 July 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
the periodic eruptions into swansian double-percussionist industrial maelstroms were really something.
i think it's kind of a shame that he writes pretty good piano ballads b/c they are still the least interesting thing that he does. those aside they maintained an impressive level of intensity across the sparser new stuff (like higgs boson blues or jubilee street), the early harsh stuff, and the "pop" stuff (a la red right hand). best show i've seen since sade for sure, and not entirely dissimilar.
― adam, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
and i liked "into my arms" shit too, don't get me wrong, but i was embarrassed for the people of new orleans when they started like fucking waving their arms and clapping in vague rhythm. ugly scene.
― adam, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
http://acltv.com/mentioned-artist/nick-cave-the-bad-seeds/
Cave and band taped an episode for the Austin City Limits tv show
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
I fought the movie all the way, as I find Cave increasingly pompous and occasionally silly, but it works, mostly.
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link
I absolutely loathe Cave and find him a ridiculous son of a doctor, so will struggle with this movie.
― xelab, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link
Is this out yet? I liked the trailer.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 01:34 (nine years ago) link
Even if you didn't like his material, the shear mass of his body of work makes him an undeniable classic.
While the Cave-penned screenplays for both "The Proposition" and "Lawless" are benefited greatly by tremendous performances from the cast, he seems to have a pretty solid grip on that form as well.
Additionally, the soundtrack for "The Proposition" by Cave and Warren Ellis is nearly another character in the movie.
― bodacious ignoramus, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 02:15 (nine years ago) link
Film has run for 3-4 weeks in NYC.
I do like The Proposition a lot, whereas I have not paid the music much heed since The Boatman's Call.
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 03:07 (nine years ago) link
his recent stretch of albums is a lot better than the immediate post-boatman era.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 03:13 (nine years ago) link
agreed
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 04:03 (nine years ago) link
i have found that no more shall we part & nocturama are much more listenable for me now than when they were released... not sure why exactly, though
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 04:06 (nine years ago) link
And No More Shall We Part is tremendous... can't say i've enjoyed the last few studio albums though. Lyre of Orpheus probably the most recent goodie.
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 08:36 (nine years ago) link
The film had its moments but I was somewhat underwhelmed. For me, the long therapist scene slowed it down horribly. If you are a big Nick Cave fan, as I am, you have heard all that stuff (e.g. his dad talking about Lolita) dozens of times. I would have loved a whole film of NC just hanging out with Warren Ellis and/or his kids.
Meanwhile, he announced a solo European tour next spring last week, though most of the dates sold out pretty quickly. I got some good seats for the first show in Glasgow. Although they're billed as solo shows, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey, Thomas Wydler and Barry Adamson will be playing with him.
Lastly, it looks like a lot - maybe all - of Nick's records will be re-released on vinyl over the next few months. I've been harassing Mute/his management for years to please let me pay hundreds of pounds for a box set, though it doesn't look like anything as fancy as that is coming. The first batch of re-releases are as follows:
Oct 27From Her To EternityFirst Born is DeadYour Funeral My Trial Nov 17Dig!!! Lazarus!!! Dig!!!Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of OrpheusNocturama
November 24Kicking Against The Pricks
I am ridiculously excited about this. I'm hoping they've made Dig!!! Lazarus!!! Dig!!! a proper double album (the original version had the last song on a separate 7-inch single).
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 09:08 (nine years ago) link
Saw the film this weekend, and yeah mixed feelings.
Liked:Nick Cave taxi service (esp. Blixa)The archive (Pew piss/punch commentary especially)The look of itClosing performance
Disliked:most of the Deep Thoughts voice oversMost of the music (not a PTSA fan)
Missed Royal Albert Hall tickets but then noticed the Hammersmith gig on his website basically before it was announced & got great tickets - middle of the second row. Best tickets I've had for anything ever tbh, v happy.
― woof, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 09:22 (nine years ago) link
FINALLY xp
people are straight up pirating those on vinyl b/c the demand is so high, I see all these lame color copied LPs with the loose shrink on 'em
― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 14:16 (nine years ago) link
right now one of the 80's LPs on Homestead will run you around $50 used
― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
these Brit and Aussie guys who wish they had hillbilly peckers do make me larf
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
Lol! he spent years being a slumming poseur-douchebag in sao paulo, trying to make his hilbilly pecker origin story work, then he got bored and moved to a posh bit of London with some excellent schools.
― xelab, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 21:09 (nine years ago) link
meh not that different from Dylan really
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
http://louderthanwar.com/nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-to-reissue-all-14-albums-on-vinyl/
― goth colouring book (anagram), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
It is going to be very easy for people buying me Christmas presents this year.
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link