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Grinderman on the cover of Harp

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:04:00 -0700

Nick Cave is on the cover of the May issue of Harp Magazine - ON STANDS NOW.

The original Bad Seed talks about rock, sex, aging and his latest creation GRINDERMAN.

Download the cover: here.

Grinderman Gets Rave Reviews In The Montreal Mirror

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:04:00 -0700

GRINDERMAN
self-titled (Anti/Mute/FAB)

First off, you should know that Grinderman is the once again pairing of Dirty Three's Warren Ellis and Satanâ??s favourite lounge singer, Nick Cave. Free from the confines of the Bad Seeds, Cave resurrects his Birthday Party howl and, for the most part, gets back to his noise roots while letting his blues get even swampier. Cave dashes all criticism of this being a tossed-off side project by hitting lyrical high points within the Stooges-style punk rock fury. It seems like Cave is really saving his best days for last while doing away with cheap competition, rendering Jon Spencer's entire discography obsolete in just 40 minutes. If you like the Bad Seeds as much as anyone but miss Cave's more nihilistic, stripped-down Birthday Party days, this will absolutely fucking kill you. 9/10 (Johnson Cummins)

Check out the article here: Montreal Mirror

Pitchforkmedia.com: Interview w/ Nick Cave (Ginderman)

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:04:00 -0700

Interview by Marc Masters

Grinderman is a new project featuring Nick Cave and three fellow Bad Seeds: violinist Warren Ellis, bassist Martyn Casey, and drummer Jim Sclavunos. The band's self-titled debut is a raw, aggressive affair, a product of the group's down-and-dirty recording approach. Yet for such a short, direct record, Grinderman is surprisingly diverse, with aching ballads and mellow blues deftly mixed in. Pitchfork talked to Cave and Sclavunos before album's release about what makes Grinderman different from the Bad Seeds, why Cave decided to try his hand at the guitar, and their new, self-titled album.

Pitchfork: How did you decide this would be a separate project from the Bad Seeds?

Nick Cave: Well, we went into the studio in order to make a record that was distinct from the Bad Seeds catalog. The four of us had been playing together for a while, working on a lot of projects outside of the Bad Seeds. We found that we were developing a sound that was quite different from the Bad Seeds. So we felt the next step was to record that.

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