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January 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (January 17, Wgtn)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds TSB Bank Arena Tuesday, January 17 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ return to Wellington is just the third show of the brand new tour, the first dates in a couple of years, the first since the release of Skeleton Tree, the first since the death of Cave’s son […]

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December 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

20,000 Days on Earth: DVD

20,000 Days on Earth Directors: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard Pulse Films Ltd/Madman The DVD of 20,000 Days on Earth arrives in New Zealand with perfect timing – on the back of a sold-out series of shows by Nick Cave (see here for my review of Wellington’s first night). I’ve already reviewed the film (when it […]

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November 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Win Tickets To Nick Cave Film Screening and Q&A (Auckland)

Thanks to Trigger Publicity I have one double pass to the Auckland screening of the Nick Cave film 20,000 Days On Earth (click there for my review of the movie). This is a special screening where Nick Cave will appear and host a Q&A directly after the film. To be in to win leave a […]

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August 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Creating 20,000 Days on Earth: A chat with filmmakers Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth

Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth believe the key to their film – 20,000 Days on Earth – a hybrid feature-film/documentary, an impressionistic glimpse into Nick Cave’s world (for a day) – is trust. Nick Cave trusted them. They trusted him. They trust each other. Pollard and Forsyth met at art school and have a partnership […]

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December 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Cave: Threace

Cave Threace Drag City You know how that new Arcade Fire album was fucking absurd – particularly when it tried to be funky – well here’s the antidote. Cave’s latest, their third, as the title tells us, has the hypnotic grooves – via Afrobeat and Krautrock – that Arcade Fire was flailing about and (still) […]