Release the Platitudes

In the recent work of Nick Cave, artistic and political centrism have become increasingly fused.

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It’s a Friday night in 2001, and seven men in dark suits and shirts are gathered, solemn and intense, around a piano usually reserved for the lightest of light entertainment. Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave and his band, the Bad Seeds, are on Later. . . with Jools Holland, the BBC’s flagship late-night music program, to promote their […]

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