Impose Magazine — This might be a stretch, but I believe that if polled at least 72% of all New Zealanders and Australians would probably have some story that involves meeting an American that didn't know the two South Pacific islands apart. I've personally ma... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Recapping November Chicago's Bloodiest are hands down the best thing I have seen all year. A brutally full sound, dry and emotional. Everything that was once interesting about Nick Cave, Bruce Lamont and company take to a whole new level... more info

Guardian Music — Fans of Cohen, Cave and Cash should like this low-voiced singer. But others may find his sub-Beefheart bass plumbs new depthsHometown: London.The lineup: Gabriel Bruce (vocals, keyboards).The background: Gabriel Bruce has been recommended to us by a ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — With apologies to ctel who is most certainly not a fan......Taken from The White Room, a relatively short-live and much missed Channel 4 programme fronted by Mark Radcliffe. mp3 : Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee (live on the 'White Room')mp3... more info

Guardian Music — There's fire and brimstone all over this 22-year-old bluesman's music. But does he do any more than ape his heroes?Hometown: South London.The lineup: Jamie N Commons (vocals, guitar).The background: What is it with today's boys and girls that they wa... more info

Guardian Music — The director-turned-musician turns editor for this week's Film & MusicFive things we learnt from David Lynch's stint as editorSometimes a fish will tell you how it wants to be cookedThe block-and-tackle is a mysterious and powerful deviceDuran Duran ... more info

Guardian Music — Thanks to your herculean efforts this week, we can dust off and put on display a rich list of historical recordsIt's been a week of excavation, a playlist painstakingly pieced together with valuable and neglected fragments covered by millennia of dus... more info

Guardian Music — Frontman Wayne Coyne says Lips are working on new songs with former Bad Seed – and other artists – and hope to collate results on April albumThe Flaming Lips have revealed they are working on a "collection of songs" with Nick Cave. As the band un... more info

NME — Also find out how to hear the band's 24-hour new track online tomorrow (October 31) more info

NME — 'Covered Up With Flowers' is released November 7 more info