Song of the Day: The Australian legend returns with characteristic zeal and passion with this striking narrative title track from his upcoming 18th studio album, one capturing his recurring themes of death, religion, love and violence, a reflecting on a chaotic world
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Song of the Day: The thunder of hoof, hot, heavy breath, and the swish of mane, today’s song by the London-born singer-songwriter is inspired by Anna Sewell’s novel Black Beauty and Allen Ginsberg’s poem ‘An Asphodel’
Read moreNick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jubilee Street
Song of the Day: Following songs about drug-dealer and a relationship by Rodriguez, let's move onto prostitution, guilt, death and redemption by the sublime Australian from 2013's Push The Sky Away
Read moreThe Tiger Lillies – Boatman
Song of the Day: After yesterday's songs by Nick Cave from The Boatman Calls album, let's take an more macabre journey down river with the Brechtian punks from their first recordings in 1994
Read moreNick Cave & The Bad Seeds – People Ain’t No Good / Into My Arms
Song of the Day: Two reflective, tragic, but mature masterpieces from Cave from 20 years ago, at another when, despite or because of family problems, brilliant work transpired
Read morePJ Harvey – The Last Living Rose
Song of the Day: From Nick Cave's bloody rose of murder, deep connections come with PJ Harvey and her witheringly beautiful song about war, history and so-called past British glory from her album Let England Shake
Read moreNick Cave and Kylie Minogue – Where The Wild Roses Grow
Song of the Day: Wildness in song takes a dark and twisted turn today with what seemed like a strange pairing in 1996, but turned into a beautiful tale of murder with the pop princess excelling herself
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