Posts Tagged ‘Nick Cave’
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
With just his fourth full solo album, hip-hop producer Anthony “Blockhead” Simon documents his keen ear for melody, dynamics, and stylistic convergence.
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis get together for another beautiful, melancholic, and tense film score centered on violin and piano, and the Rempis/Rosaly Duo drops a dose of alternately blistering and subdued free jazz that pays off with synchronizations that follows minutes of tension. (more…)
Tags: 482 Music, Aesop Rock, Blockhead, Cage, Cicadas Music, Dave Rempis, Frank Rosaly, Mike Ladd, Murs, Mute, Nick Cave, Ninja Tune, Slug, The Engines, The Rempis Percussion Quartet, Viscous, Warren Ellis
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
Our list of favorites from last year includes devastating dub metal, organ-fueled psychedelic grind, a re-released classic-rock gem from nearly four decades ago, an international assemblage of punk-infused field recordings, and an Indian/surf/metal take on John Zorn’s Masada material. (more…)
Tags: An Albatross, Anti, Anticon, Bloodshot, Dub Trio, Eyeball, Firewater, Fucked Up, Grinderman, Hydra Head, Ipecac, John Zorn, Light in the Attic, Masada, Matador, Mike Patton, Mogwai, Naked City, Nick Cave, Rodriguez, Roky Erickson, Secret Chiefs 3, SteadyBoy, Torche, Trey Spruance, Tzadik, Why?, Yoni Wolf
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Details emerge about new albums from Isis, Tortoise, Akron/Family, and Stinking Lizaveta; Zu announces some dates for a world tour (a pair of which are with Mike Patton); Dark Meat will go on tour with its 17 members; the Scion Rock Fest hosts a spate of crushing metal bands in Atlanta on February 28.
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Tags: Akron/Family, An Albatross, Baroness, Boris, Busdriver, Ches Smith, Congs for Brums, Cryptopsy, Dark Meat, Dead Ocean, Earache, Earth, Ephel Duath, Grails, High on Fire, Ipecac, Isis, Joey Baron, John Zorn, Kylesa, Marc Ribot, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Mastodon, Mick Harvey, Mike Patton, Moonchild, Nachtmystium, Neurosis, Nick Cave, Rwake, Secret Chiefs 3, Stinking Lizaveta, Thrill Jockey, Torche, Tortoise, Toxic Holocaust, Trevor Dunn, Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, Tribes of Neurot, Xiu Xiu, Zoroaster, Zu
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Femi Kuti confirms US tour dates, Ennio Morricone will write music for Quentin Tarantino, and we have previews for new albums by Andrew Bird, Burnt by the Sun, William Elliot Whitmore, and Powersolo. Read on.
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Tags: Alias, Andrew Bird, Anticon, Buck 65, Burnt by the Sun, Doseone, Dosh, Ennio Morricone, Femi Kuti, Genghis Tron, Jel, Lymbyc Systym, Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails, Odd Nosdam, Powersolo, Sole, Themselves, Tim Fite, Why?, William Elliot Whitmore, Zombi
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Spread over five days and dozens of venues, the Pop Montreal music and art festival continues this weekend with seemingly limitless options. If you caught its first two days of great shows and need more, here are our picks for the weekend.
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Tags: Akron/Family, An Albatross, Bocce, Burt Bacharach, Dan Deacon, Dark Meat, Elephant Stone, Hilotrons, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Lullabye Arkestra, Megasoid, Mordekai the Falcon, Nick Cave, Pop Montreal, Sam Shalabi, Shugo Tokumaru, Ten Kens, Wire, Woodhands
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Being in Chicago means always having great show options, and this weekend (bleeding into early next week) is no different. If you’re around our city this weekend, you may see one or all of us at the following shows, including sBACH, the buzzing Nintendo rock project of Hella guitarist and The Advantage drummer Spencer Siem (shown left).
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Tags: Hella, Nick Cave, sBACH, The Advantage, Why?, Yard Dogs Road Show
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
This year’s PLUG Awards, hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt, will take place March 6 at New York’s Terminal 5 and include performances from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (honored as the 2008 PLUG Impact Artist), Dizzee Rascal, and St. Vincent, among others. Tickets, once $25, are just $10 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster.
Only two days are left before PLUG closes the polls on categories such as Avant Album of the Year, Music Website of the Year (nudge nudge), Live Act of the Year, and more. Go to www.plugawards.com to vote!
Tags: Nick Cave, Patton Oswalt, PLUG
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Despite increasingly miserable mainstream hits (how can the radio get any worse?), 2007 was an excellent, indulgent, fulfilling year of music. Here is a look at our favorite ten albums of the year. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Bad Brains, Big Business, Brother Ali, Dead Oceans, Exploding Star Orchestra, Grinderman, Heavy Trash, High on Fire, Hydra Head, Ipecac, Jon Spencer, Megaforce, Melvins, Nick Cave, Phosphorescent, Relapse, Rhymesayers, Thrill Jockey, Tinariwen, Tomahawk, World Village, Yep Roc
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