The Vinyl Villain — With apologies to ctel who really does detest this lot.The 27th of the 29 singles (so far). Released to complete apathy in February 2008 as a lead into the LP of the same name. Got as high as #73 in the charts. Which is actually quite respectable gi... more info

Undercover, Australia — Former Bad Seed Mick Harvey has written about PJ’s forthcoming new album. more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonUnlike his near-contemporary Nick Cave, Triffids frontman David McComb never gained more than a cult following. Perhaps he died too young, at 36, from drug-related complications following a car accident. That was in 1999, as the world... more info

Guardian Music — Lean, ravaged and always with a cigarette dangling from his lips, the Birthday Party's Rowland S Howard pummelled his guitar until it could howl no moreI first saw Rowland S Howard, who died from liver cancer on 30 December, play live when he tore my... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Oufar-Khân said...The Wild Magnolias - The Wild Magnolias (1974)http://oufarkhan.blogspot.coma r n e l said...The Lounge Lizards - The Lounge Lizards (1980)The Lounge Lizard - Big Heart (1986)The Lounge Lizard - Voice of Chunk (1988)The Lounge Liz... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, ExclusivePJ Harvey's new album with longtime collaborator John Parish, titled 'A Woman a Man Walked By,' doesn't hit proverbial shelves until March 31, but Harvey has already begun working on the follow-up to her 2007 solo album, '... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by William Kirk Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have a whole ton of albums to their credit (fourteen to be exact), and Mute Records plans to reissue each and every one of them. Not only that, but they're releasing all these albums in 5.1 surround s... more info

Undercover, Australia — Saints and Laughing Clowns guitarist Ed Keupper will be replacing the recently departed Bad Seeds guitarist Mick Harvey for a few Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds shows at German festivals. more info

After much speculation on the state of the relationship between Bad Seeds guitarist Mick Harvey and singer nick Cave, Harvey has announced his departure from the band.... more info

Pitchfork — Mick Harvey, who has been something like a right-hand man to Nick Cave ever since the pre-Birthday Party band the Boys Next Door, is leaving the Bad Seeds, as Australia's Liveguide reports. His departure marks the end of a musical partnership with Ca... more info