100 Tasty Bands Combine to Form 50 Tastier Bands

By Nathan Spicer at 10:00 AM on April 18, 2011

After sifting through the infinite internet, we found it curious how many band names involve food. Then we decided to combine two food-related bands (Iron & Wine, String Cheese Incident) to form an entirely new, even tastier band (Wine & String Cheese). Sometimes they even create a whole new food item (Chocolate Honey Cone)....  read more

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Nick Cave Reissues More Albums, Collaborates With UNKLE

By Max Blau at 9:30 AM on March 2, 2011

While Nick Cave has spent much of his time lately with Grinderman, the legendary Aussie rocker will continue to reissue his entire catalog with the Bad Seeds. Having already released his first seven records over the course of 2009 and 2010, he will re-release the next four albums in his catalog—Let Love In, Murder Ballads, The Boatman’s Call and No More Shall We Part—this spring....  read more

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Fourteen Truly Epic Track One Side Ones

By Austin L. Ray at 9:00 AM on February 27, 2011

Any jerk with a guitar can write an epic song...  read more

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Awesome of the Day: Nick Cave Covers 28 Songs

By Beca Grimm at 3:00 PM on December 1, 2010

The good folks at TwentyFourBit have compiled a list of the 28 best covers performed by quintessential badass Nick Cave. Give the lengthy list, which stretches across his 40-year career, a listen here....  read more

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Nick Cave Planning New Bad Seeds Album for 2011

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 4:00 PM on November 22, 2010

In a recent interview with Spinner, Nick Cave revealed that his next project will be a new Bad Seeds record, out sometime next year....  read more

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Nick Cave Responds to Plagiarism Allegations

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 12:08 PM on October 5, 2010

The Guardian reports that Nick Cave has responded to plagiarism allegations at a show on Friday, telling the crowd, “You may have read that some 17-year-old kid in Dundee is trying to sue me and is claiming to have written this song. That’s funny, because I wrote it for my wife.”...  read more

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17 Great Non-Hallelujah Leonard Cohen Covers

By Tim Regan-Porter at 9:15 AM on September 26, 2010

There are reportedly over 1,500 covers of Cohen songs. While it may seem like 1,499 of them are covers of "Hallelujah," the Canadian songwriter has a deep, rich catalog that's been well mined. Here are 17 worthy takes on his work.  read more

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Watch Grinderman on Later With Jools Holland

By Beca Grimm at 11:16 AM on September 23, 2010

Didn’t we tell you that this week is a golden one for late-night musical awesomeness? Yes, we did. You should listen to us more often....  read more

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Grinderman Announces More North American, European Tour Dates

By Whitney Baker at 2:00 PM on August 5, 2010

The wolfman cometh...  read more

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Nick Cave Penning The Crow Reboot

By Whitney Baker at 6:00 PM on July 27, 2010

Work is never over for Nick Cave. He’s got the upcoming release of Grinderman 2, a reported Bunny Munro film adaptation, and now this: a reboot of the cult comic-book adaptation hit The Crow....  read more

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