Guardian Music — From Nick Cave to Carole King, many a songwriter has been moved to pen lyrics about bad deedsStack O'Lee, Miguel Sanchez, Pretty Boy Floyd, One Eyed Isaac, Sheriff Fatman, Richard Nixon … your boys gave out one hell of a beating. The associated mem... more info

Pitchfork — Grinderman, Nick Cave's awesomely ugly Bad Seeds side project, will unleash sophomore album Grinderman 2 in Europe September 13 via Mute, and a day later in the U.S. via Anti-. The first single from the album, "Heathen Child", is out in Europe on ... more info

ContactMusic — NICK CAVE has been awarded an honorary degree by a university in Scotland for his contribution to the arts - and the Australian rocker dedicated the prize to his... more info

Guardian Music — Exclusive backstage photographs from Richard Thompson's Meltdown in London, starring Rufus Wainwright, Elvis Costello, Dangermouse, Rob Brydon, Nick Cave and many more more info

Guardian Music — Exclusive backstage photographs from Richard Thompson's Meltdown festival at the Southbank in London, starring: Martha and Rufus Wainwright, Paolo Nutini, Emmylou Harris, Nick Cave and many many more more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonThis was a concert to remember. The second major show in Richard Thompson's Meltdown festival was a poignant celebration and memorial for the life of a family friend, Kate McGarrigle, the Quebecois singer-songwriter who die... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Nick Cave w/ the Dirty Three @ ATP NY 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) "You wake up one morning to discover that you've turned into a giant bug. It's the stuff of nightmares, unless you're Kafka's oddly placid Gregor Samsa--more... more info

Scotsman.com — NOVELIST Nick Hornby and musician Nick Cave have joined the line-up of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about the power of the flower, but from here on in, we're living for the weekendAfter a week giving each other flowers, I hope everyone is full of the joys of early summer. Rather that than full of dread at the inexorable approach o... more info

Guardian Music — There are more songs about roses than any other flower. But for diversity's sake, this week's list takes in gardenias, cherry blossoms, poinciana and others – as well as a rose or fourBefore we go any further, a word of congratulation to the world'... more info