Tag: Bad Seeds

The Birthday Party’s ‘Junk Yard’ to be reissued in special 12-inch/7-inch/CD set

The Birthday Party’s ‘Junk Yard’ to be reissued in special 12-inch/7-inch/CD set

4AD and reissue imprint Beggars Archive this week announced a new special-edition 30th anniversary reissue of ‘Junk Yard,’ the second album from Nick Cave’s pre-Bad Seeds outfit The Birthday Party. The set will feature the album on 12-inch, the ‘Release the Bats’ single on 7-inch and a CD combining both.

Nick Cave’s Grinderman to release 2nd album, tour Europe and North America this fall

Nick Cave’s Grinderman to release 2nd album, tour Europe and North America this fall

With its second album out next month, Nick Cave’s garage-blues side project Grinderman — which features three of the frontman’s Bad Seeds bandmates — this week announced a 15-date North American tour this fall to follow its previously unveiled European trek.

New releases: Black Francis’ ‘NonStopErotik’; Nick Cave, Galaxie 500, Duran Duran reissues

New releases: Black Francis’ ‘NonStopErotik’; Nick Cave, Galaxie 500, Duran Duran reissues

This week’s new releases include a new solo album from the Pixies’ Black Francis called ‘NonStopErotik,’ plus expanded reissues from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Galaxie 500 and Duran Duran, as well as a vintage live album from The Wedding Present.

3 more Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds albums to be reissued with 5.1 mixes, bonus tracks

3 more Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds albums to be reissued with 5.1 mixes, bonus tracks

The second set of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds albums — 1988’s Tender Prey, 1990’s The Good Son and 1992’s Henry’s Dream— will be reissued in deluxe CD/DVD sets with new 5.1 surround sound mixes next month, Mute Records announced this week.

New releases: Elvis Costello’s 1978 ‘Live at Hollywood High,’ Nick Cave’s ‘The Road’

New releases: Elvis Costello’s 1978 ‘Live at Hollywood High,’ Nick Cave’s ‘The Road’

Tweet Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, reissues and/or box sets. ARTIST: Elvis Costello RELEASES: Live at Hollywood High BACKSTORY: The 20-song […]

Rowland S. Howard, guitarist for Nick Cave’s The Birthday Party, 1959-2009

Rowland S. Howard, guitarist for Nick Cave’s The Birthday Party, 1959-2009

Tweet Australian guitar innovator Rowland S. Howard — a member of Nick Cave’s early ’80s postpunk act The Birthday Party, a guitarist for Crime and […]

New releases: Reissues from Duran Duran, Gary Numan, Fun Boy Three and more

New releases: Reissues from Duran Duran, Gary Numan, Fun Boy Three and more

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday. ARTIST: Duran Duran RELEASES: Rio: Collector’s Edition, Live […]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ first 4 albums to be reissued, remixed in 5.1

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ first 4 albums to be reissued, remixed in 5.1

Both with the Bad Seeds and his Grinderman project, Nick Cave’s been on a late-career tear this past decade, churning out some of the best […]