Core News — “The Bard and electronic disco pioneer are among the inspirations for this week’s eclectic musical choices, as Jarvis marks their anniversaries on this day, in 1564 and 1940. Plus there’s a special spoken-word piece from Nick Cave with some sur... more info

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Stereogum — It was an unusually wet evening in Los Angeles, and soggy Allen Ginsberg fans lined up outside the Theatre at the Ace Hotel to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of Ginsberg’s legendary poem, “Howl.” They chatted excitedly about ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Sick Bag Song chronicles Nick Cave's 2014 tour of North America with The Bad Seeds. The account of this 22-city journey began life scribbled on airline sick bags and grew into a restless full-length epic, seeking out the roots... more info

Stereogum — Nick Cave spent a lot of time on airplanes when he and his Bad Seeds toured North America last year. In the process, he began a project that will soon become a full-fledged book. Cave’s new literary work is called The Sick Bag Song, and it’s a bo... more info

Stereogum — Jack Ladder is an Australian bandleader with a big, decadent, surly voice that invites inevitable comparisons to his countryman Nick Cave, and he’s also got a backing band called the Dreamlanders that counts Kirin J Callahan among its number. He’... more info

Stereogum — Nick Cave has recorded a new version of his cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Avalanche,” a song that he first covered as the opening track on From Her To Eternity, his first album with the Bad Seeds that was released all the way back in 1984. Cave’s... more info

Stereogum — Australia’s two biggest contribution to the postpunk canon are probably Nick Cave and the Go-Betweens. Those two entities couldn’t possibly be any more different, and yet the Aussie band Nite Fields somehow splits the difference between the two o... more info

Stereogum — Nick Cave is a 57-year-old man who wears nice clothes, and I have personally witnessed him falling on his ass at least once. He is not built for skateboarding. This has not stopped Cave from teaming up with the Melbourne skate company Fast Times to m... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Shilpa Ray's last release was the It's All Self Fellatio EP, which came out in 2013 via Nick Cave's Bad Seed Ltd. label, and she's since announced that she'll follow it with an LP called Last Year's... more info