The UK magazine Mojo loves to look back as it looks forward, so it’s probably no surprise that its Mojo Honours, the reader-generated awards given out last night, were led by Duffy’s “Mercy,” a cauldron of throwbacks that flounced away with the evening’s Song Of The Year Award. In addition to a few cursory nods in the direction of new-ish music (Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! won Best Album, while Led Zeppelin got the Best Live Act nod for its one show earlier this year), a bunch of seemingly interchangeable laurels went to Mojo staples.
Nick Cave is raising money to have a semi-nude bronze statue of himself riding a horse erected (huh huh, huh huh) in his hometown of Warracknabeal, Australia. Cave’s been talking about this project since 2001, but a recent interview with Q finds Cave surer than ever in his quest, and set on raising the $60,000 it would require. “I’m not going to pretend it’s not satisfying in some ways. But there’s a lot of work to do yet.” Judging by the fact that he’s still talking about this a couple years on, following an increase in movie gigs, album sales, a Nick Cave exhibition at the Melbourne Arts Centre and an honorary degree from his alma mater, I’m guessing he’ll eventually get his wish.
Nick Cave tour dates! He doesn’t hit North America until September because his other project Grinderman is going to baffle audiences at various festivals around Europe this summer (what, no Lollapalooza appearance?), but it’s never ever too early to get excited about seeing him live. More »
Nick Cave tour dates! He doesn’t hit North America until September because his other project Grinderman is going to baffle audiences at various festivals around Europe this summer (what, no Lollapalooza appearance?), but it’s never ever too early to get excited about seeing him live. More »
Nick Cave tour dates! He doesn’t hit North America until September because his other project Grinderman is going to baffle audiences at various festivals around Europe this summer (what, no Lollapalooza appearance?), but it’s never ever too early to get excited about seeing him live. More »
Nick Cave left his collegiate studies after two years to do drugs and yell about violence with the Birthday Party. Thirty years later, his alma mater has handed him an honorary degree of Doctor Of Laws. Said Monash University Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins, “Nick Cave’s substantial achievements in the creative arts and in raising Australia’s profile internationally make him a worthy candidate for recognition by Monash University. In addition to his musical contributions, Nick Cave has shown an outstanding ability to contribute to writing and acting–he is truly an extraordinary creative talent.” You forgot “sex vampire,” Dr. Larkins.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are playing the indie wankfest known as the Plug Awards! This will almost make up for last year’s liveblog-joke-filled fiasco, especially if the organizers take one anonymous Brooklyn Vegan commenter’s advice and ditch the “awards” part of the night in favor of a full… More »
Something about the cover to the new Nick Cave album just screams “all your Disney favorites…live on stage!” Or maybe an ice show. A Nick Cave ice show. Nick Cave. On ice skates. Singing “From Her To Eternity” with Zac Efron. Or maybe with the talking candelabra from Beauty And The Beast. More »
It’s not available in an easily embeddable format just yet, but really, you owe it to yourself to watch the video for Nick Cave’s “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” in the widescreen format provided by his (and the Bad Seeds’) official site. More »
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ new album Dig, Lazarus, Dig! isn’t out until March 3 but you can stream a preview of the whole shebang right now from the band’s official website. (Presumably. More »
