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Like I said the other day, in times like these we judge not the artists who are joining to make whatever difference they can in reconstructing Haiti via their art, we just celebrate that it's happening. But Susan Boyle, Miley Cyrus, & James Blunt this is not: The Pogues' Shane MacGowan and his good bud Johnny Depp have rounded up Nick Cave, the Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock, Primal Scream's Bobbie Gillespie, Mick Jones of the Clash, and Chriss Hynde of the Pretenders to cover Screamin' Jay Hawkins's "I Put a Spell on You," with proceeds benefiting the Dublin based Concern Worldwide, who have been in Haiti for 16 years. MacGowan's partner, writer Victoria Clarke, pitched it to UK's Channel 4 as an "alternative" to the stacked "We Are The World" redo and Simon Cowell's "Everybody Hurts" cover. Which, yes I accept that as a true statement. Watch a report on it here: Continue reading Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, Johnny Depp & Friends Record Haiti Single...
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Nick Cave has a way of writing about unimaginable grief that feels warm and conversational enough to make the feeling tangible. He also has a way of writing about silly things in ways that can be shockingly moving. Cave regularly does both in his Red Hand Files newsletter, and his latest update is a sharp, bracing example of that. Even a questio...
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The second installment of Randall Poster’s five-volume, 242-song, birdsong-inspired compilation For The Birds is upon us. Arriving a month after Vol. 1, which featured such talents as Beach House, Beck, Nick Cave, and Karen O, today’s offering includes new music from artists such as Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costello, Dan Deacon, El...


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