Abbatoir Blues, the first entry in Nick Cave’s ambitious new two-disc set, begins with a rush of noise: the sound of drumsticks striking a snare and squalls of electric guitar. It’s an unusually ...

The double offering of the riotous Abattoir Blues and the thoughtful The Lyre Of Orpheus are packed with such beauties. From the the tumultuous throb of Abattoir’s opener, Get Ready For Love, to the ...

Every person in the audience was leaning forward hanging onto every word, every note, waiting for the fatal Orphic moment when Orpheus turns back to look at Eurydice as they are leaving Hades and ...

Nick Cave is the real Prince of Darkness. Sure, Ozzy Osbourne has his scary moments, but, at least in recent years, it's all seemed a little cartoonish. Cave's darkness has a bone-deep realness that ...

Happiness is relative. Nick Cave told the Herald last year he wants his music to convey the good in the life of a settled, fulfilled and happy family man, but a happy Cave still isn't going to give ...