Uncut — Palestinian activists respond to Cave's decision Nick Cave by Sam Jones Palestinian activists respond to Cave's decision The post Nick Cave calls Israel shows a “principled stand” against boycott campaign appeared first on Uncut. more info

Stereogum — Nick Cave, the dark poet of rock, on Sunday accused the anti-Israel boycott movement of trying to bully musicians and said he was taking a "principled stand" by performing in the country. more info

Stereogum — One of the most controversial music stories of the year was Radiohead's decision to perform in Tel Aviv in July, which resulted in a series of passionate and sometimes ugly exchanges between the band and supporters of the pro-Palestine Boycott, Dives... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Unbound Worlds recommended horror books by African American writers. Drowned in Sound reconsidered Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' album The Boatman's Call. Humanities Washington interviewed author Sharma Shields. Stream a new song by New Fumes. Macales... more info

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Stereogum — Longtime Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds member Conway Savage had brain surgery earlier this year after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, as announced on the official Cave website. Savage has been absent from Cave's live shows during the North American t... more info

Nialler9 — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds with guest Patti Smith & Her Band are playing the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Ireland Wednesday, 6 June 2018. Tickets for the show go on sale on Monday 23rd October at 9am through Ticketmaster and are priced at €... more info

DrownedInSound — He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru - and he’s dark, dark, dark more info

Stereogum — Spoon recently released the album Hot Thoughts , which, like every other Spoon album, is very good. And now they're back with a new music video for "I Ain't The One" directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, aka the filmmaking team behind the great... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Marilynne Robinson shared an essay on writing and language at the New York Times. The graphic novel biography Nick Cave: Mercy on Me is out this week. The Quarterly Conversation interviewed author Rodrigo Hasbún. Stream a new Stars song. Jonathan.... more info