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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds review – up close and existential with rock’s great everyman

In an expansive, transporting show, the singer-songwriter turned all-round guru reaches for the stars – and anyone within touching distance

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2024

Beloved Brisbane venue The Zoo saved as buyer steps in ‘to keep music within its walls’

Fortitude Valley institution will reopen under the name Crowbar in November, just months after it closed amid the cost-of-living crisis

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2024

Outsiders #11 wraps up the mind-bending series an issue early as it teases the return of a classic DC superteam

It also makes a subtle change to another DC character

GamesRadar · Sep 25, 2024

This hauntingly beautiful movie soundtrack is one of Nick Cave’s finest works – and my go-to test score

It's not his most famous release, but Nick Cave's work with Warren Ellis on The Assassination Of Jesse James makes for peerless test room material.

What Hi-Fi? · Aug 20, 2024

TV tonight: existential wisdom from Nick Cave

The singer, writer and sculptor offers a priceless insight into his creative processes. Plus: a UK K-pop reality experiment. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024

Ellis Park review – like its subject, Warren Ellis documentary moves to the beat of its own drum

Justin Kurzel’s film about the Bad Seeds and Dirty Three musician, and the animal sanctuary he founded in Indonesia with activist Femke den Haas, is richly cinematic

The Guardian - AU · Aug 12, 2024

Dirty Three: Love Changes Everything review – aggressive and transcendent

On their first album in 12 years, Warren Ellis and co fuse violin, guitar and drums to create wistful beauty out of distortion

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024

“The producer showed me a great recording trick – he covered my pick with a thin layer of paper. The sound was pure Bowie”: He played with John Squire and KT Tunstall. Now George Vjestica is exploring his experimental side as one of Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds

You may not know him at first glance, but the work of Stoke-on-Trent native George Vjestica has probably appeared on some of your favorite albums and movies

Guitar World · Jun 23, 2024

Warren Ellis on Steve Albini, Mad Max and the best sandwich: ‘Whipped cream and banana on white bread’

Asked 10 random questions, the Dirty Three musician talks about watching bad TV with Marianne Faithfull, cleaning toilets and the best advice Albini gave him

The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2024

‘Cynicism doesn’t get you anywhere’: Warren Ellis on Dirty Three’s return, Nick Cave – and opening a primate sanctuary

It’s been 12 years since the Australian instrumental trio’s last album. Since then, their violinist has become Cave’s right-hand man and set up a home for abused monkeys. Now they’re back with a feverishly beautiful new album

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024