Review: Nick Cave And the Bad Seeds – 'Live From KCRW'

NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS 

'Live From KCRW' 

BAD SEED LTD.  

Nick Cave is a man that needs no introduction. An artists whose career has spanned decades and legendary acts such as The Birthday Party, The Bad Seeds and Grinderman and crossed all manner of genres. Cave's credibility is simply beyond reproach. Hot on the heels of the last Bad Seeds studio album 'Push The Sky Away' released earlier this year, comes the band's fourth official live album; 'Live From KCRW', a recorded for radio broadcast.

The album was recorded live for KCRW by Bob Clearmountain on 18th April 2013 at Apogee Studio in Los Angeles, between the band's two Coachella appearances. It's an intimate and stripped back recording that features a streamlined line-up and favours the more mellow tracks in the band's sizeable back catalogue.

Classic cuts such as 'Far From Me', 'The Mercy Seat', 'Mermaids' and the newest offerings 'Higgs Boson Blues and 'Push The Sky Away' sound brilliant as the band lean heavily on the warm acoustic sounds of piano coupled with violin and bass for the most part. Which in turn gives the electric instruments a lot more pop, when they are sparingly used, but especially in the raucous closing track 'Jack The Ripper'.

The crowd is small and the noise is unobtrusive even as Nick's brief bits of banter break up the set. There are no overdubs, no additional trickery to polish the sound, just a raw but relaxed document. The odd minor blemishes in the recording picked up from the microphones and the crowd only serve to heighten the atmosphere of the album.

This is a recording aimed at the fans. But it is one that will no doubt be embraced as an official release in deluxe packaging, especially when considering that similar such set ups such as the Nine Inch Nails and Peter Murphy radio performances captured on the 'With Teeth' tour have been bootlegged to death. 'Live From KCRW' may not be the casual listener's cup of tea, but Nick Cave collectors will find this to be a must have.

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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds announce 'Live From KCRW'

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have announced the release of their fourth official live album recording, 'Live From KCRW'. The album features a stripped-down line-up performing classic songs as well as four new cuts from the band's latest studio outing 'Push The Sky Away'.

The album will be released on 2^nd December (29^th November in the US for Black Friday) on standard CD, digital and vinyl formats. The vinyl will also include two exclusive un-broadcast songs in the form of 'Into My Arms' and 'God is In The House'. The album will also be available as a digital deluxe bundle along with 'Push The Sky Away'.

The album was recorded live for KCRW by Bob Clearmountain on 18th April 2013 at Apogee Studio in Los Angeles, between the band's two Coachella appearances.

Track List:

1.   Higgs Boson Blues

2.   Far From Me

3.   Stranger Than Kindness

4.   The Mercy Seat

5.   And No More Shall We Part

6.   Wide Lovely Eyes

7.   Mermaids

8.   People Ain’t No Good

9.   Into My Arms (limited vinyl only)

10. God Is In The House (limited vinyl only)

11. Push The Sky Away

12. Jack The Ripper

The album is available to pre-order now through the band's webshop. For more information on the band, please visit their official website.

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Nick Cave launches Spotify App

Nick Cave, famous for his contributions to popular music with such bands as The Birthday Party, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds and Grinderman has launched an app for the music streaming service Spotify to help make sense of his expansive back catalogue.

Developed in tandem with web design agency Retrofuzz and Kobalt Label Services, the app covers over 20 albums that Cave and his various bands have produced over the past 30 years, as well as various collaborations, and generates play lists according to several categories as defined by Cave himself: Classic, Murder & Mayhem, Spiritual, Confessional, Blasphemy, Sex, Heartbreak, Comic, Love, and Super Dark.

In addition to this are playlists from artists Jarvis Cocker, Dave Gahan, Lou Reed and Mary Ann Hobbs with the songs that have inspired them.

Speaking on his official website:

“AT LAST AN APP TO MAKES SENSE OF THE STYLISTIC MAYHEM OF MY BACK CATALOGUE. MY SENSATIONAL ALL-NEW “MOOD” APP. ORIGINAL AND WITHOUT PRECEDENT – AN APP TO HELP THE UNINITIATED NAVIGATE MY VAST AND TERRIFYING CATALOGUE”

GET IT HERE!

The new album 'Push The Sky Away' from Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds is out now on CD, Vinyl and a Super Deluxe Box Set.

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