Mick Harvey News and Photos

Standard Bearer: Mick Harvey Interviewed

Thu, May 09 2013 9:51am - Source: The Quietus

Mostly at the end of his own sentences, like an exclamation mark punctuating his thoughts.

Hmm Hmm Hmm: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Vs JSBX, Live At ATP

Wed, May 08 2013 10:19am - Source: The Quietus

To enter the cavernous environs of North London's one-time television and broadcasting centre Alexandra Palace is to be instantly reminded of the venue's aural shortcomings.

I’ll Be Your Mirror Festival 2013

Wed, May 01 2013 5:00pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Having pulled the Grizzly Bear portion of this weekend's festivities, All Tomorrow's Parties are relying on Yeah Yeah Yeahs to wave the I'll Be Your Mirror banner but we're no less excited, for the reasons listed below.

LISTEN: Mick Harvey Covers PJ Harvey

Fri, April 26 2013 5:26pm - Source: The Quietus

Next Monday, April 29, singer-songwriter and long-term Nick Cave associate Mick Harvey releases his new album FOUR (Acts of Love) via Mute. His sixth solo album, it features a mixture of his original material alongside his interpretation of others' songs split into three acts, and notably includes a cover of an unreleased PJ Harvey track, 'Glorious'.

Mick Harvey - Four (Acts of Love)

Fri, April 26 2013 7:43am - Source: Drowned In Sound

It's quite ironic that a couple of months after the release of Push The Sky Away , the first Bad Seeds album without mastermind Mick Harvey , the first glimpse you get of Mick's return as a solo songwriter is the starlit sky featured on the cover.

Q&A: Nick Cave on His Coachella Sets and Denying Himself 'Sacred Moments'

Thu, April 11 2013 2:38pm - Source: Rolling Stone

On March 28th at New York's Beacon Theater, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds followed a spectacular encore thrashing of "Tupelo" – a swampy homage to Elvis Presley and John Lee Hooker on the 1985 album The Firstborn Is Dead – with shocking stillness: the title track from the group's new album, Push the Sky Away (Bad Seed).

Graded on a Curve: Crime & The City Solution, American Twilight

Tue, April 09 2013 12:54pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Simon Bonney has sprung forth with a fresh version of Crime & the City Solution, and anyone thinking he's simply trying to pad his bank account on the fumes of a reignited reputation should definitely reconsider that stance.

John Hillcoat interview

Sat, March 09 2013 9:44am - Source: Uncut.co.uk

As part of our Nick Cave cover story in the current issue of Uncut, I spoke to film maker John Hillcoat.

Music news round up: w/e 2 March

Sat, March 02 2013 6:27am - Source: The Music Mix

TMF Tip for 2013 Findlay has announced that she will release new single 'Off & On' as part of a four-track EP of the same name on April 15th through Joyeux Anniversaire on limited edition 10� vinyl.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away

Sat, February 23 2013 2:27pm - Source: Uncut.co.uk

Over the last decade or so, Nick Cave has been juggling quite a few balls, work-wise, and somehow managing not to drop them.

Album Of The Week: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Push The Sky Away

Tue, February 19 2013 6:44pm - Source: Stereogum

Even when he was a fresh-faced punk, Nick Cave never sounded like a fresh-faced punk.

Revitalised by Grinderman, Cave and band return with an aquatic, slow-moving work of hushed...

Mon, February 18 2013 2:16pm - Source: Uncut.co.uk

Over the last decade or so, Nick Cave has been juggling quite a few balls, work-wise, and somehow managing not to drop them.

Album review: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Push the Sky Away (Mute)

Fri, February 15 2013 7:49pm - Source: The Independent - Music

The album is dominated by the sea, with several songs written as observations from Cave's Brighton study window overlooking the beach, and the music progressing as a series of gently pulsing waves, each song pushing the next forward: it's an old-style album, intended to be listened to in full, and it's hard to leave it partway through.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Push the Sky Away

Fri, February 15 2013 6:13am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Push the Sky Away is the 15th official album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds , but it could almost be their first.

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away

Wed, February 13 2013 10:55am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

ever-productive Nick Cave 's recent(ish) musical output has explored the extremes of his stylistic range but kept them strictly segregated.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away

Sun, February 10 2013 4:10pm - Source: The Quietus

Recent years have seen messageboards, pop gossip sites and magazines indulging in the pursuit of Brighton-based Nick Cave spotting.

Returning heroes and new sensations

Sat, December 29 2012 12:25am - Source: The Independent - Music

Helen Mirren and writer Peter Morgan return to the subject of the Queen in a play that will eavesdrop on those weekly private meetings with her (12) Prime Ministers at pivotal moments during her 60-year reign.

Crime & The City Solution

Fri, October 26 2012 1:52pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

"You know, I only write two songs," Crime & The City Solution's Simon Bonney tells me by telephone from his home in Melbourne.

Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits

Fri, September 28 2012 2:24pm - Source: The Quietus

Divine Fits, if you don't know, is a supergroup / side-project (delete as appropriate, depending which term you think is least pejorative) featuring Britt Daniel of Spoon, Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs, and drummer Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks.

SATURDAY'S SCOTTISH SINGLE (Part 42)

Sat, September 22 2012 5:05am - Source: THE VINYL VILLAIN

Dot Allison (born Dorothy Elliot Allison, 17 August 1969, Edinburgh, Scotland)is a Scottish singer and songwriter, who has made significant inroads in electronic music circles, most notably as a result of her tenure fronting the band One Dove in the early 1990s.

Bambi Lee Savage: new album "Darkness Overshadowed" 11/13

Fri, August 24 2012 2:15pm - Source: Here Comes The Flood

Singer-songwriter Bambi Lee Savage releases her new solo album Darkness Overshadowed on Novemebr 13.

Book Notes - Michael Jeffrey Lee "Something in My Eye"

Tue, July 24 2012 5:55pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

When Mark Met Nick & Shane: Three Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

Mon, July 09 2012 10:39am - Source: The Quietus

"we also recorded them jamming on a drum kit, an organ and a stick with bells on it. The cover was shot in my kitchen in Camberwell, Shane went off with one of my Nick Cave books. I think i've some polaroids of the session somewhere."

[3 Gentlemen] On Bill Janovitz, Chris Brokaw/Codeine, & Jason Noble

Fri, June 29 2012 3:55pm - Source: Bradley's Almanac

Seems the people at St. Martin's Press agree, as they've tasked him with another Stones' project to mark the seminal band's 50th anniversary.

The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project - The Journey is Long

Wed, May 09 2012 12:20am - Source: MOG

Mining Jeffrey's archives has resulted in a trilogy of some fine listening. 2009's We Are Only Riders, this release, The Journey Is Long and a third and final volume called The Task Has Overwhelmed Us which is already in production for release later in the year.

The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project - The Journey Is Long

Tue, April 03 2012 4:23pm - Source: BBC Music

Jeffrey Lee Pierce died aged 37 in 1996, a textbook rock casualty to excessive drink and drugs.

Best Albums of 2011: Top Ten

Sun, December 11 2011 12:36am - Source: Obscure Sound

Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori remarked that Dye It Blonde was inspired by Brit-pop behemoths of the '90s, a fact that becomes lovably obvious when one listens to it.

PJ Harvey Scores 'Hamlet'

Mon, November 14 2011 10:54am - Source: ClashMusic.com

PJ Harvey is set to provide a score for a new production of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (2008)

Sat, November 05 2011 4:36am - Source: Something Else!

This being his 21st release (including a couple of live documents and soundtracks), it's a wonder that Nick Cave could start out strong and continue to show growth with each new release.

PJ Harvey - Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Mon, October 31 2011 10:36am - Source: ClashMusic.com

Let's rewind back to February when I last saw PJ Harvey perform at the Troxy, showcasing the songs from her recently Mercury Prize album of the year 'Let England Shake', an intimate gig.

Out Of The Darkness: The Cambodian Space Project

Thu, September 08 2011 2:44pm - Source: The Quietus

In 2009, Tasmanian musician Julien Poulson walked into a karaoke bar in Phnom Penh and heard a lone female voice singing Peggy Lee's 'Johnny Guitar'.

PJ Harvey Royal Albert Hall Show

Mon, August 08 2011 11:42am - Source: ClashMusic.com

PJ Harvey has announced plans for a one off show at the Royal Albert Hall later this year.

ATP - I'll Be Your Mirror - Curated by Portishead

Wed, July 27 2011 7:58pm - Source: Music-News.com

With views across London and its history of live music Alexandra Palace is the perfect setting for the now well established ATP crowd.

I'll Be Your Mirror: Portishead, Alexandra Palace, London

Tue, July 26 2011 11:38pm - Source: The Independent - Music

But on the first night of a festival the Bristol band curated and headline, they dig deeper into songs it had seemed would bury them, expanding their sonic terrain of scratched hip-hop, vintage vinyl spookiness and Cold War spy movie cool, Billie Holiday and John le Carré.

Best of British: TLOBF choose their ‘alternative Mercury’ Album Of The Year – Pt. 2

Tue, July 19 2011 8:44am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Yesterday, we published Part One of our 'alternative Mercury' Album of the Year feature, ahead of the actual Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize shortlist announcement, which takes place today, the 19 July 2011.

Half-Year: DiS' 11 Favourite Albums of the First Half of 2011

Sun, July 03 2011 12:54pm - Source: Drowned In Sound

The start of July sees us tumble into the second half of the year.

"I suppose people are expecting me to say, Nick Cave’s a…": DiS talks to Mick Harvey

Sun, June 05 2011 2:35pm - Source: Drowned In Sound

"I mean, I suppose people are expecting me to say, Nick Cave's a…" Mick Harvey , sipping sparkling mineral water in one of the Cumberland Hotel's many lounges, mumbles a word that sounds an awful lot like cunt.

Mick Harvey Discusses Death and His Career

Fri, May 06 2011 10:44am - Source: Spinner

Having spent over 30 years working with Nick Cave with the Boys Next Door, the Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds as well bands such as Crime and the City Solution and PJ Harvey , multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey has embarked on a solo career that sees him release his fourth solo album, 'Sketches From the Book of the Dead.' His first completely self-penned release, the album examines the memories that are left of loved ones after the grieving process has ended and it's a collection that demands and deserves complete attention from the listener.

StopMe’s Top 50 Songs Of All Time

Mon, April 25 2011 8:13pm - Source: Music Like Dirt

Long time MLD readers will remember my brother Ryan's regular " TEN4SEVEN " series.

an interview w/ Young Widows, a new MP3 & tour dates

Wed, March 23 2011 6:28pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

With Young Widows each record is different than the last as far as possible inspiration, influence, etc.

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