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The Australian singer-composer and his band The Bad Seeds are best known for his angry, twisted ballad-like lyrics. Their most recent albums were last year's Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! and Live at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Singer-composer Nick Cave composed the soundtrack for last year's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; he also wrote the screenplay and the soundtrack for The Proposition. Now, Cave has released a new CD with his band the Bad Seeds: Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
()Nick Cave made a lot of noise in the post-punk era of the 1980s with his previous band, The Birthday Party. Since then, Cave formed Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, and his sound has mellowed a bit. But his work still features biblical references, murder, and love portrayed as an epic battle. The 45-year-old former heroin addict has a family now and he says the subject of his songs is usually "love, love and more love."
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Last year, Mark Wheat of The Current proclaimed the album dead. So instead of creating a list of top 10 full-length records, he's documenting the year in music with the perfect 10-song mixtape playlist.
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The theatrical "Lie Down Here (And Be My Girl)" highlights Cave's charm, as he growls his way to the heart of a dark libretto: "One day I'll buy a factory, and assemble you on a production line / I'd buy a million of you, baby, and every single one of them will be mine."
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The results are in: After several weeks of tallying votes, we've got a pretty good idea of what NPR listeners think are the best CDs so far in 2008. Many were albums we've already covered this year on the show, but there were plenty of others we never got to. On this edition of All Songs Considered we'll look at the poll results and play some of the CDs we missed. Hear music from Panic at the Disco, Santogold, Girl Talk and more.
()Melanie Pain and Olivier Libaux of Nouvelle Vague talk about their latest CD, Bande a Part and share some of their favorite recordings. Hear selections from their new album, plus songs and artists that have inspired the band over the years, including the Cramps, Nick Cave and Serge Gainsbourg.
()The theatrical "Lie Down Here (And Be My Girl)" highlights Cave's charm, as he growls his way to the heart of a dark libretto: "One day I'll buy a factory, and assemble you on a production line / I'd buy a million of you, baby, and every single one of them will be mine."
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Esquire music critic Andy Langer discusses the week's new album releases, including albums from The Breeders, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Hayes Carll, Ike Reilly, and Man Man.
()Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have played together for years in the underground scene. Their latest album, No More Shall We Part, has a more mainstream appeal. Jefferson Chase reviews the CD.
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A curator of mollusks at a natural history museum, listener Kevin Roe shares some of his favorite musical picks: Skip James, Abida Parveen and Nick Cave –- three singers with rich, evocative voices.
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