Guardian Music — More than 30 years ago, the Pop Group ransacked free jazz, dub reggae, noise and funk. But I never imagined they'd still sound so vital in 2010I saw the Pop Group just a couple of times back in the day, once in broad daylight at an outdoor festival i... more info

The Music Fix — Rock greatness from Nick Cave's garage groovers more info

Guardian Music — (Mute)On the eve of the recent Australian election, MySpace held a poll asking voters which native singer they would most like to see running the country. Surprisingly, Nick Cave came in first, ahead of such national treasures as Kylie and Dame Edna ... more info

DrownedInSound — I was just a boy, 19 years old and living in a rented room off Bondi Beach when I first heard Abbatoir Blues and The Lyre of Orpheus. I’d just spent several months in India, and, with apologies to Bollywood, I missed music. The first thing I’d bo... more info

Guardian Music — (Mute)Grinderman began life with tongues in cheek – songs about mid-life crises referencing combovers and interviews mentioning "sheilas". However, their second album suggests they are now seriously rivalling their members' alter ego, the Bad Seeds... more info

Guardian Music — Readers recommend is five years old this week – is this a time for looking back? Or looking forward? Is it a happy occasion, or a melancholy one? These songs should help us decideIf an anniversary passes and no one observes it, does it really exist... more info

ContactMusic — A gallery of fans' "shocking" portraits of Nick Cave hangs at his record company's offices.The frontman of rock groups The Bad Seeds and Grinderman said he gets sent... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Pulled Apart By Horses High Five, Swan Dive, Nose Dive (Transgressive) A structureless blast of lunatic energy, the second single from this Leeds quartet's durr-core debut features loud things falling into other, louder, things, and ... more info

Guardian Music — With one band Nick Cave has a carefully built musical legacy. With his other, he can visit his 'lower self' and make chaotic noise. Alexis Petridis meets GrindermanYou would be hard-pushed to call the video for Grinderman's new single Heathen Child a... more info

Guardian Music — Yesterday's sound today: how Jim Jones and Rupert Orton turned the clock back to 1955. By Steve JelbertAlthough the pair of them have already outlived Elvis Presley, Jim Jones and Rupert Orton are getting used to being called newcomers. As the voice ... more info