Tag Archives: Nick Cave

I Put A Spell On you

  By Will | March 2, 2010 - 7:07 am | In The News, Music, The Culch
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Shortly after news broke about the earthquake in Haiti, the news broke about charity singles. The British / Simon Cowell one came out first followed by the US / Quincy Jones one. Well now it the turn of the Irish. Personally I think Victoria Clarke had a lot to do with it too. She and her boyfriend, Shane MacGowan got a few friends together. Friends like Nick Cave, Chrissie Hynde, Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Mick Jones of the Clash, Bobby Gillespie, Johnny Depp (who recorded his part in LA), Paloma Faith, Eliza Doolittle and a few others. In short people who can play with passion. And they are playing with “I Put a Spell on You,” the classic Screamin’ Jay Hawkins hit from 1956 in order to raise funds for Concern Worldwide who have been in Haiti for about sixteen years. Its only available on download with a … There’s more →

Gig review: Nick Cave at Vicar Street, Monday October 12

  By darraghdoyle | October 13, 2009 - 10:00 pm | Featured Post, Gigs, Music, The Culch
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If Nick Cave‘s evening at Vicar Street last night had two functions - either to sell his new book or to get more people to listen to his music, it wildly succeeded. In fact it’ was exactly as it had been advertised - an evening of reading, music and conversation. Cave, over here for to promote his new book The Death Of Bunny Munro gave us a wonderfully intimate, theatrical evening with favourite songs, music and some only-in-Dublin banter, joined by the incredibly talented and exuberant Warren Ellis and Martyn Casey from The Bad Seeds. From an opening short 60s film about door-to-door salesmen - something that sets up the whole idea of Bunny Munroe quite nicely, the applause and laughter directed towards Cave and his band only stopped for the songs that he performed. Here’s Hold On To Yourself, courtesy of HandJobFilms:

An Evening of Reading, Music & Conversation with Nick Cave

  By Steph | September 9, 2009 - 5:20 pm | Books, Music
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“To celebrate the release of Nick Cave’s new novel The Death Of Bunny Munro, there will be a tour of live events throughout Europe. Taking place in intimate theatre settings these unique shows will be a mix of readings and live music, with Nick joined by Bad Seeds’ Warren Ellis and Martyn Casey.” [official blurb ] With only a handful of these shows being organised, Irish Nick Cave fans are in for a rare treat on October 12th at Vicar St. You can read some extracts from the book or listen to chapters in audiobook format on the official website thedeathofbunnymunro.com. Tickets are on sale tomorrow morning at 9am via Ticketmaster.

Oxegen 2009: What’s Hot

  By Lottie | July 9, 2009 - 6:26 pm | Events, Gigs, Music, The Culch
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Alright, I’m a little late but I’ll be brief. This years Oxegen line-up, while not as fresh or new as previous years, hosts some great acts. There’s a lot of cross over anyone who has been to Oxegen before will know that the stages are all quite close together meaning if you time it correctly you can catch 45 minutes of an act and move on to something else. Here’s my MUST-SEE list: (With MUST-MUST Sees highlighted in full) Friday 10th July 2009 14.00 - Dirty Epics -Heineken Green Spheres 15.00 - The Coronas - Main Stage 15.20 - God is an Astronaut - Heineken Green Spheres 18.05 - Lily Allen - The Main Stage 16.20 - Fight Like Apes - Heineken Green Spheres 18.40 - Duke Special - The O2 Stage 19.00 - The Hours - Hot Press New Sounds Stage 21.25 - Republic of Loose - Heineken Green … There’s more →