Aye, she's got a fair set of pipes on her.

I just discovered https://www.theredhandfiles.com/#, where Nick Cave answers questions from fans. I guess it ties in with his current speaking tour. He gives great answers to questions, very open and honest, ranging from his relationship with Warren Ellis to his gigs in Israel. It's a great insight into the guy, who for my money is second only to Cohen as a songwriter, and shows just how great he is with the written word.

Cos he's free, to do what he wants to.

Some of his best covers, certainly.

Kow wrote:

I just discovered https://www.theredhandfiles.com/#, where Nick Cave answers questions from fans. I guess it ties in with his current speaking tour. He gives great answers to questions, very open and honest, ranging from his relationship with Warren Ellis to his gigs in Israel. It's a great insight into the guy, who for my money is second only to Cohen as a songwriter, and shows just how great he is with the written word.

He's an incredible writer in his own right.  I think the first of those that I read, was the one about Arthur - but what's impressive is that he handles almost all the questions with the same level of honesty, thoughtfulness and humour.

Kow wrote:

I must get Skeleton Tree on the go again. Such a fantastic and profound album.

Absolutely.  I’m assuming you’ve seen One More Time With Feeling?  If not you’re welcome to borrow a copy, as it’s an almost perfect companion piece to the record.

Reddit delivered yesterday.

Was passing Tickets Scotland in the town today, so popped in and got a ticket for Viagra Boys Glasgow gig at The Hug & Pint this coming May. 

Bargaintastic £9 + booking fee. Busy time of the year for me unfortunately, but I don't want to miss this.
Funny thing was, it took the guy in the shop a good ten minutes to find the gig on his computer because some fuckwit has listed them as V**gra Boys in their system.

Anyhoo, just to celebrate, here's another cracking live set...


dat bass!

g.man

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Any Vic Chesnutt fans on here?  I had an album in an album club at work a few years ago and I've always intended to delve a bit deeper.  Every time I dig it out I'm impressed (Is the Actor Happy?).  One for Tempy or Tin maybe.   Was hoping for some pointers on where to go next.  One more, because it's such a shiny delight:

I'll have a good listen to that when I get home tonight. I've heard of him, but I'm embarrassed to admit I've not actually heard any of his music. I've meant to for some time - I know Kristin Hersh wrote an entire book about him, which in keeping with the rest of this  somewhat redundant post, I've not read either...

So yes, thanks for the reminder, I shall be listening later.

The new Broken Bells choon isn't really a banger. Shame.

Cheers Silke! Fingers crossed I can make it.

WorKid wrote:

Cos he's free, to do what he wants to.

Some of his best covers, certainly.

To that list I'm definitely adding Crimson and Clover btw.

Revisited this on the dog walk last night, which led to further listening this morning.  There was a point where they were the best band in the world, managed to see them a few times in what might've been their live prime.  Their first album was great, the third one was the place where I joined in, but Separation Sunday, their second record, is an all-timer for me.  Comfortably top 5 ever, I think it's a front to back masterpiece.  They eventually lost their way a bit, but even the patchy albums have some good tracks.  




...and in with a shout for my favourite ever closing track, which never sounds less than amazing when played at a decent volume:

New Twilight Sad stuff being performed on KEXP from a few weeks back. Album due in a few days.

First track has a real New Order vibe.

Dour, not dreary.

AH liked me some SVE since seeing her live some years back so this is GOOD NEWS