Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live God review – A stunning double album. One of the greats
This brilliantly stark recording from the Accor Arena in Paris in 2024 conveys the scale and bombast of the Wild God shows
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Warren Ellis of Dirty Three: ‘Marianne Faithfull always shot straight. Sometimes it hurt’
The longtime Nick Cave collaborator on returning to his musical roots, the ‘horrendous’ aftermath of 10 years on Xanax, and the road back
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Television: A sleazy protagonist, a child subjected to emotional neglect and bleak English seaside scenes - what is the point of it all?
‘The measure of my dreams’: Rainy Night in Soho lives on, almost 40 years after its release
One of Shane McGowan’s best-loved songs has been covered by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Lisa O’Neill, Nick Cave and more
After the death of popular Pope Francis, what now for Christianity?
In Europe, after centuries of dominance, Christianity appears to be in retreat
The Murder Capital: ‘Nick Cave listened to our whole album and was sitting there telling us his favourite tunes’
The Irish indie band on toxic nationalism, rebel songs and how Dublin’s Bimm Music Institute helped shape their outlook
Inside Dublin’s United Arts Club: ‘I probably walked by this building hundreds of times without knowing what it was’
The United Arts Club, on Fitzwilliam Street Upper, has been supporting its members for more than a century. After some quiet years, it’s growing again
I went to the cinema to see Small Things Like These. By the time I emerged I had concluded the film was crap
The fact is the film was beautiful, earnest, poetic and sublime. But that’s not what I saw in the moment
Paul Mescal: ‘My favourite actors are Irish. There’s a wildness. We do our own thing’
Gladiator II proves another showcase for Mescal’s tough and tender masculinity, giving rein to his natural instinct as an actor
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds at 3Arena: Thrilling, pulsating and stunning performance from restless prince of gloom
Nick Cave: Interplay between singer and instrument-bashing foil Warren Ellis helps to drive this spectacular show
The Guide: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nas and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
November 9th-15th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Sage Bertie Ahern, wry Joe Duffy and stoned-sounding Irish Maga fan: Radio reactions to Trump’s US election win
Radio: Ciara Kelly hears differing takes on Trump victory while Kieran Cuddihy meets jubilant Maga fans in New York
The Nick Cave Music Quiz: What was the original name of side project Grinderman?
In honour of the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds concert at Dublin’s 3Arena next week, a special quiz on the ‘grand lord of gothic darkness’
A Portrait of Radiohead: Colin Greenwood’s photographs of Thom Yorke and the band
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien and Philip Selway all feature in candid portraits taken by the Radiohead bass player between 2003-2016
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