Guardian Music — He made his name as a crooner with the Walker Brothers, then disappeared. Back with a new avant-garde album, Scott Walker says the darkness has always been thereWhatever happened to the great 20th-century crooner Scott Walker? Simple really. He di... more info

Prefix — In 1996, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds released Murder Ballads, an obviously dark album from a band known for ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-kylie-minogue-and-nick-cave-update-where-th/71142/ more info

Consequence of Sound — The two rejoin for a stripped-down affair. more info

Guardian Music — 'Artefacts are important,' says the gothic disco crooner. Is that why he plays a human spine on his forthcoming album?Modern-day Soho is almost entirely sanitised: a cosy little enclave of digital media startups, selvage denim labs and mochaccino bar... more info

Guardian Music — Her dark tales of lust, loss and vengeance bring to mind Broken English-era Marianne Faithfull and are due belated critical acclaimHometown: WhitburnThe lineup: Nadine Shah (vocals, guitar, piano)The background: Shah is a singer-songwriter of Norwegi... more info

Prefix — Multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis has emerged as one of the most vital musicians of the last decade, operating as ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/features/dirty-three-grinderman-nick-cave-warren-ellis/warren-ellis-on-the-dirty... more info

Chicago Tribune — Dirty Three: A rare sighting of this intensely eloquent instrumental trio from Australia, led by mad violinist Warren Ellis (also Nick Cave’s coconspirator in the Bad Seeds and Grinderman) and the peerless rhythm section of Mick Turner and Jim Whit... more info

Dlisted — Billie Piper (30) Tom Felton (25) Rima Fakih (27) Laura Vandervoort (28) Mireille Enos (37) Matthew Rush (40) Mystikal (42) Bonnie Hunt (51) Catherine Oxenberg (51) Scott Baio (52) Tai Babilonia (53) Andrea Bocelli (54) Joan Jett (54) Nick Cave (55) ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Nick Cave talks to the A.V. Club about writing the script for the film Lawless. Bookworm and the Jewish Chronicle interview Michael Chabon about his new novel, Telegraph Avenue. The Telegraph and Georgia Straight review the book. Flavorwire lists 10.... more info

Guardian Music — The Guardian reader commonly known as llamalpaca gives us his choices from last week's threadThis week's playlist has been selected by llamalpaca.Biblical, spiritual, mysterious and sometimes downright unbelievable: miracles have been two a penny thi... more info