Guardian Music — Last week you suggested songs about fessing up. Now we want to hear about music featuring those magical bars of sweet relief known as the middle eightSo we did have a bit of a Weekend Philosophy Club after all, and who's to say the thread wasn't the ... more info

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The Quietus — Get your hands on a signed copy of Bunny Munro more info

NME - The Daily Download — O. Children; dark, doomy and evil to the no doubt rotten core. Well, what do you expect from a band who’ve named themselves after a Nick Cave track? Dead Eye Lover is the b-side to their debut single Dead Disco Dancer (we sense a theme here), and i... more info

Guardian Music — Rosie Swash heads to the main stage to see whether Arctic Monkeys' new songs cut it, while Tim Jonze camps out by the NME/Radio 1 tent for a mesmerising performance from Patrick WolfRead the round-up from day oneFollow the whole festival on TwitterMa... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — South Coast Today interviews author Sherman Alexie. Nick Cave talks to the Times Online about his new novel, The Death of Bunny Munro. If the book is not a great advertisement for marriage, though, it’s an even worse one for... more info

Culture Bully — While both albums share themes unsurprising to anyone with a cursory knowledge of Cave’s discography (philosophy, morals, degradation, and SEX) the two are also markedly different... more info

Rolling Stone — • Steven Tyler on State of Aerosmith • Chris Brown Sentenced: Labor, Probation • Dylan’s Christmas in the Heart Due in Oct. • First Look: Dylan’s Christmas LP Cover • Murray’s Lawyer Disputes “Police Theory” • Pete Townshend at ... more info

Rolling Stone — Nick Cave’s second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro, hits stores on September 8th but since it’s a book by Nick Cave, the Aussie rocker has paid special attention to its audio counterparts. Two different audio versions — a digital audio book and... more info