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The Australian instrumental trio, including Warren Ellis of Bad Seeds/Grinderman fame, have announced a short UK tour for this coming fall. The band’s eigth full length album, Toward the Low Sun dropped earlier this year to a great deal of critical acclaim. The album was the outfit’s first release for five years, with Ellis occupied [...]
Mark Nosiri Senior Contributor Artist: OneofUs Album: Disengage Comments: Released in late 2011, Disengage is the debut album by international jazz/soul collaborative OneofUs. The duo’s music consists of jazz sample-heavy instrumentals produced by Maryland-based beatsmith Nathan “Sinitus Tempo” Peters, providing the backdrop for vocals by Australian singer Kitty Wong. At times, the record feels indulgent, [...]
Playing the band’s last show of their current tour, Nick Cave dramatically announced the dissolution of the four-piece. Having completed the band’s headlining show at Australia’s Meredith Music Festival, Cave announced to 12,000 concert goers: That’s it for Grinderman. It’s over. See you all in another ten years when we’ll be even older and uglier. [...]
In the wake of 24-hour song 7 Skies H3 streaming online for Halloween, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has revealed the group are currently in the process of a number of collaborations – which includes Grinderman and Bad Seeds leader Nick Cave. In an interview with Pitchfork, Coyne stated: “We’ve done a couple of things [...]
At age 53 you’d think that Nick Cave might show some signs of slowing down. The prolific iconoclast has had a busy year, collaborating with his Bad Seeds cohorts Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunosto on the sophomore LP from his critically acclaimed Grinderman project, as well as embarking on a fall tour that [...]
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