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Before David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, there was Marc Bolan. As the frontman for T. Rex, Bolan was a foundational force of glam rock, putting on glitter and feather boas with an androgynous swagger that reshaped the look and sound of 1970s Britain.

The documentary AngelHeaded Hipster attempts to capture his legacy through a unique lens: the creation of a modern tribute album produced by the late Hal Willner. This structure immediately splits the film into two distinct parts.

One is a biographical journey using rich archival material to tell Bolan’s story. The other is a contemporary, behind-the-scenes look at artists like Nick Cave and U2 recording their interpretations of his work. The film’s central question becomes how these two narratives, past and present, speak to each other.

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The most potent parts of the film are, without question, the moments spent with Bolan himself.

A pair of music documentaries and a live concert from Jin of BTS on his first solo tour join indie animation, a searing look at Sudan, a serial killer horror and Kristin Scott Thomas’ directorial debut at the specialty box office as independents spot another window with fewer new studio releases. Roman Polanski’s 2019 historical drama on the Dreyfus Affair opens in New York.

The widest this weekend is Roadside Attractions’ horror-thriller Strange Harvest, written and directed by Stuart Ortiz, on 771 screens. Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for “Mr. Shiny,” a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a dark cosmic force. Stars Peter Zizzo, Terri Apple, Andy Lauer, Matthew Peschio, Janna Cardia, Travis Wolfe Sr., Christina Helene Braa. This is at 94% with critics off 32 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Nick Cave hasn’t always held artificial intelligence in the highest regard. Back in 2023, a fan sent him a song that ChatGPT had generated “in the style of Nick Cave,” to which the musician bluntly responded: “The apocalypse is well on its way.”

But Cave’s opinion has changed somewhat after the filmmaker Andrew Dominik used AI to create a new music video for “Tupelo” on the occasion of the song’s 40th anniversary. “As I watched Andrew’s surreal little film, I felt my view of AI as an artistic device soften,...

AI is coming for us all, and it has come for Nick Cave. Having previously said he finds certain AI applications “unbelievably disturbing” and worries about “the humiliating effect that AI will have on us as a species,” the artist has now shared a video marking the 40th anniversary of the Bad Seeds track “Tupelo” with a completely AI Elvis Presley.

In a post on his The Red Hand Files, Cave noted that his friend and filmmaker Andrew Dominik created the AI “Tupelo” clip without Cave’s knowledge. Dominik intended it as a “gift” to celebrate the song’s 40th birthday, and told Cave to “suspend your fucking prejudices and take a look.”

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Dominik fed archival still images of Elvis through AI to bring them to “life,” reflecting the mythical story of Elvis’ birth at the center of the lyrics. According to Cave, “Elvis embodies the redeeming Christ,...

"There's been a change in England and we are part of the change." Greenwich Entertainment has revealed an official trailer for a music documentary film called AngelHeaded Hipster, also a reference to the poem "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg. "Angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night..." The film first premiered back in 2022 and never opened in the US - it's only now finally hitting theaters three years later. The film is inspired by the complex and revolutionary music and lyrics of Marc Bolan and T. Rex, the glam rock powerhouse behind "Bang a Gong (Get it On)" and other iconic songs. Featuring archival performances and interviews with Elton John, Ringo Starr, and David Bowie, plus filmed musical interpretations by artists such as Nick Cave, John Cameron Mitchell, Joan Jett, Macy Gray, U2, and Father John Misty. These combine with archival footage...

The world premiere of a new animated short film directed by Renée Zellweger, called They, six James Bond movies starring the late Sean Connery screened in a special strand, and “In Conversation” events with the likes of Andrew and Kevin Macdonald, Andrea Arnold, Ben Wheatley and Andy Starke, and Nia DaCosta will all be part of this year’s 78th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Among the movies in the program this year are the likes of Piotr Winiewicz’s About a Hero with Vicky Krieps, which was written by an AI system trained in Werner Herzog’s works, Eddie Marsan and Sam Claflin-starring “brooding, stylish thriller” All the Devils Are Here from Barnaby Roper, Jan-Ole Gerster’s Islands, “a mysterious and Highsmith-esque existential thriller,” Urška Djukic’s debut feature and coming-of-age film Little Trouble Girls, and Elliot Tuttle’s Blue Film, starring Kieron Moore and Reed Birney.

Exclusive: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s performance film The Extraordinary Miss Flower has inked distribution deals with Madman for Australia and New Zealand and Non-Stop for Scandinavia and the Baltics.

The news comes fresh off the film’s UK theatrical run via BFI Distribution. Madman is planning an August release and Non-Stop will release the title in its territories in the fall. Additionally, The Festival Agency is helping with festival bookings are curating some screenings and a performance of the project this Autumn in Paris.

The Extraordinary Miss Flower brings to life the remarkable story of Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 1970s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio. Described as “part film, part theatre, part fever dream”, the film takes the form of a series of specially designed performances by Torrini...

Nick Cave said Morrissey recently contacted him with an offer to provide vocals on a new song of his. It’s something Cave, a longtime fan, said he “would have been happy to do,” were it not for the fact that Morrissey wasn’t asking him to sing a verse or provide backing vocals, but intro the track with “an unnecessarily provocative” spoken-word speech.

Responding to a fan question on his “Red Hand Files” website regarding his relationship with Morrissey, Cave said the former Smiths frontman reached out to him...

Nick Cave has opened up about his relationship with fellow singer-songwriter Morrissey, telling fans in his Red Hand Files newsletter that he admires the artist greatly but he “politely declined” a recent opportunity to collaborate with him.

Cave has supported Morrissey’s musical efforts in the past, writing in his newsletter in 2019 that although Morrissey’s political statements were “inanities,” his catalogue has “enhanced the lives of his many fans beyond recognition.” While it appears his overall ‘separate the art from the artist’ stance remains unchanged, he took to his newsletter once again to delve into a recent request from Morrissey that crossed the line.

When asked by a fan named Astrid about his relationship with Morrissey, Cave wrote, “I’ve never actually met Morrissey, which is probably why I like him. He is undeniably a complex and divisive figure, someone who takes more than a little pleasure in pissing people off.

Lykke Li has released a new EP of covers.

Titled Covers, the three-song project sees the Swedish singer deliver renditions of “Into My Arms” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “Stand By Me” by Ben E. King, and “Love Hurts’ by The Everly Brothers, showcasing her haunting croon and knack for minimalist arrangements.

The cover of “Into My Arms,” in particular, builds off the stripped back tone of Cave’s original, building out the sonic space with an ethereal, swirling atmosphere and reverb-clad melodies, all while retaining the intimacy of Cave’s lyrics.

Covers arrives today via Play It Again Sam as a surprise, and can be streamed below.

Covers is Li’s first collection of songs since her 2022 album, Eyeye, and follows another cover (of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire”) released in March 2024.

For more, revisit Li’s 2022 appearance on The Story Behind the Song discussing her song “No Rest for the Wicked.

“Sunday Love,” a Bruce Springsteen ballad that’s premiering today that’s officially coming out as part of the Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set, finds the singer-songwriter in crooner mode.

With horns and strings, the song recalls the best of Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s melodramatic production, while the way his vocal performance flirts lightly with the swinging drums suggests he was interested in Jimmy Webb western pastiche while writing it. “Each night I pray, each night I pray to God above,” Springsteen sings, “I never had a Sunday love.

Douglas McCarthy, the vocalist who hectored anarchic invective with Ebm innovators Nitzer Ebb and who joined Depeche Mode keyboardist Alan Wilder’s Recoil side project, died Wednesday at the age of 58.

Nitzer Ebb’s social media confirmed his death without revealing a cause of death, promising more info in the future. “We ask everyone to please be respectful of Douglas, his wife, and family in this difficult time,” the band wrote.

With a deep, gruff voice and animus toward humanity, McCarthy was an unusual dance-music star when Nitzer Ebb started notching chart hits.

Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex, a documentary about one of the most dynamic and influential figures in rock n’ roll history.

The BMG production, which marks the directorial debut of filmmaker Ethan Silverman, originally premiered at Tribeca Festival. Greenwich plans to release the film in theaters on August 8.

“Angelheaded Hipster explores the complex and revolutionary music and lyrics of the ultra-charismatic Marc Bolan and his band T. Rex, the glam rock powerhouse behind ‘Bang a Gong (Get it On),’ ‘Children of the Revolution’ and other iconic songs,” notes a release. “From 1970 to 1973, T. Rex’s popularity in the UK was comparable to that of The Beatles, with a run of eleven top ten singles, four of which reached number one.”

The release continues, “Bolan and T. Rex never crossed over in the U.S. on the scale of friend,...

One of the most unusual visitors to this year’s Cannes Film Festival was a 65-year-old Irishman named Paul David Hewson, better known as Bono to the world at large and especially to the millions of fans of his rock band U2. In 2022, Bono wrote a memoir called “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story,” which he promoted with a handful of theatrical shows in which he talked about his life, played characters including his father, with whom he had a troubled relationship, and sang a few U2 songs accompanied by the Jacknife Lee Ensemble, a cello/harp/keyboards trio that sounds nothing like U2.

The show found Bono sharing the stage with three empty chairs, which represented his missing bandmates The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. It made for a dramatic night of memories, and he upped the drama by hiring Andrew Dominik who directed “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford...

This year’s Edinburgh Film Festival (Eiff) will close with Reality Is Not Enough, the latest documentary feature from Paul Sng.

The film is an exploration of Trainspotting author, Irvine Welsh.

The film’s synopsis reads: Irvine Welsh is at a crossroads in his life. After finding huge success with several film adaptations and six million books sold worldwide, he has become acutely aware of his mortality. Now, with his hedonistic days drawing to a close, the outspoken author takes a wild journey that explores the boundaries of consciousness through a hallucinogenic trip.

The doc is built around intimate observational footage, rare archive film clips and readings from Welsh’s novels narrated by Liam Neeson (Batman Begins), Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything), musician Nick Cave, Ruth Negga (Ad Astra) and Stephen Graham (Adolescence).

Reality Is Not Enough was co-financed and produced by Edinburgh-based production company Ls Films, with the support of Screen Scotland,...

Reality Is Not Enough, a documentary about Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, is set to world premiere as the closing night film of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Directed by Paul Sng, the feature finds Welsh at a crossroads, having found significant success with several film adaptations of his books, which have sold 6 million copies worldwide. With his hedonistic days drawing to a close, the outspoken author takes a journey that “explores the boundaries of consciousness through a hallucinogenic trip”.

The documentary combines intimate observational footage, rare archive film clips and readings from his novels by actors Liam Neeson, Maxine Peake,...

Tom Hardy has stepped into the shoes of many iconic roles over the years, and he’s developed one of the most dedicated fan bases of any actor working in Hollywood today. Hardy has put his life on the line starring in action movies over the last 20 years, so much so that he’s given public statements about the poor condition of his body after years of doing his own stunts. As with any Hollywood star, Hardy is often approached by fans out in public who ask for a picture or ask him to deliver one of the many legendary lines from his filmography. During a recent interview with The Huffington Post UK to promote his newest action movie, Havoc, Hardy revealed the one fan request he’s become extremely comfortable denying:

"Some people might like me to do an impression or a voice of a character. Like Bane, most of the time.

Editor’s Note: This review was first published during the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Vertical releases “The New Boy” in select theaters Friday, May 23, 2025.

The spark of life that gave Warwick Thornton what is now “The New Boy” took 18 years to flicker, and then fully glow. The Australian filmmaker looked to his own childhood, raised by monks, to find the spiritual fairy tale that now manifests via the film’s eponymous Aboriginal child in a sweeping and poetic portrait of stifled faith and the threat of monopoly on religion.

Thornton’s cinema is one of enormous, orchestral music and vast landscapes that envelop and invite us in, even if you feel like you don’t know where you’re going or shouldn’t be allowed to look around. It’s the kind of culturally specific filmmaking that somehow immediately gains universality in that ambition to connect, to understand the empathy and...

Grinderman, the side project of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, have announced they will be reissuing their full discography on July 18th.

The Grinderman lineup is comprised of Cave with fellow Bad Seeds Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey, and Jim Sclavunos. The quartet has released three albums: their self-titled 2007 debut, 2010’s Grinderman 2, and 2012’s Grinderman 2 Rmx. Each project will be available on eco-conscious black vinyl and digisleeve CD editions. Pre-orders are ongoing.

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Formed in 2005, Grinderman was created to explore a more raw, primal sound than The Bad Seeds and lean closer to Cave’s earlier post-punk project, The Birthday Party. Their debut album, Grinderman, was universally acclaimed upon its release and spawned the singles “No Pussy Blues” and “Get It On.” Its follow-up, Grinderman 2, took a more psychedelic approach, while Grinderman 2 Rmx featured reinterpretations from artists including Robert Fripp, Josh Homme, Unkle, and Nick Zinner.

Judging by the sudden spike in high-concept AIDS allegories hitting the festival circuit, it must have been the shock of Covid-19 that sent so many artists’ minds racing back to that previous pandemic. In many ways, the mistakes in handling that crisis taught us how to approach subsequent outbreaks in a more humane way.

Premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival two years after “Titane” took the Palme d’Or, Julia Ducournau’s “Alpha” is one of three science fiction entries at this year’s fest in which an imaginary, allegorical illness allows a filmmaker to revisit the trauma and tragedy of the AIDS crisis. “Alpha” is by far the most exasperating of these movies, at once bluntly obvious and maddeningly unclear, taking as its protagonist a 13-year-old girl (Mélissa Boros) who comes home from a party with a crude homemade tattoo.

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Politics continues to trump business at this year’s Cannes film festival, with little in the way of deals out of the Marché, but lots of activist agitation on the red carpet and beyond.

Cannes’ first weekend, traditionally the period when the bidding wars begin and the first big buys are announced, has been almost frighteningly quiet. There was a single big deal — Mubi’s $24 million multi-territory deal, including North America, the U.K., Latin America and other countries — for the Lynne Ramsay’s Jennifer Lawrence Robert Pattinson starrer Die, My Love. It was a major deal for a finished film but also threw into sharp relief the lack of major pre-sales at Cannes so far, despite a market featuring jam-packed with hot packages.

The cautious, wait-and-see approach from buyers — already in evidence in Sundance and Berlin — continues amid growing uncertainty over financing and distribution models and, let’s face it,...

Politics continues to trump business at this year’s Cannes film festival, with little in the way of deals out of the Marché, but lots of activist agitation on the red carpet and beyond. Cannes’ first weekend, traditionally the period when the bidding wars begin and the first big buys are announced, has been

almost frighteningly quiet.

The cautious, wait-and-see approach from buyers — already in evidence in Sundance and Berlin — continues amid growing uncertainty over financing and distribution models and, let’s face it, over the future of the movie business itself.

Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on “foreign-made” films, launched just ahead of Cannes, went off like a bomb under the already shaky foundations of the indie industry. Just how much damage has been done will only be possible to assess post-market when the dust has settled.

“The idea of tariffs is spooking people, especially financiers,” said one veteran indie producer.

I’d love to see Mick Jagger do a one-man show, looking back over his life with the Rolling Stones and his private life without them. Jagger has always been a witty and observant raconteur, and he must have a zillion stories that could singe our eyebrows. Bruce Springsteen’s one-man show, “Springsteen on Broadway,” which opened in 2017, was often bracing, because Springsteen seized the chance to present sides of himself that undercut his image — like the fact that after all his turmoil-of-the-working-man rock ‘n’ roll songs, he is someone who had never even set foot in a factory.

But in “Bono: Stories of Surrender,” the handsomely shot black-and-white film that’s been made of the U2 frontman’s 2022 solo stage show, we watch as Bono tells the story of his life and takes us inside his ambition, his passion, his celebrity, his charity, and his family demons. And while...

Leave it to Bono to turn a book tour into something as extravagant as “Bono: Stories of Surrender,” the Apple TV+ movie that had its world premiere on Friday night at the Cannes Film Festival.

The U2 singer has never been one for half-measures or modesty, and his version of the book tour for his 2022 autobiography “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story” was a dramatic, theatrical presentation that mixed memory and music to provide snapshots from his life, from a child in Dublin to an international rock star. Presented on a small number of stages around the world, most notably during a 10-night stand in New York’s Beacon Theatre, it was no book reading or stripped down “Springsteen on Broadway”-style presentation, but a sensory delight as theatrical in its own way as U2’s own performances.

And “Bono: Stories of Surrender” takes the Beacon shows as a launching pad – but...

Right now, hundreds of TV program buyers are in the air flying to Los Angeles for the annual LA Screenings. It might not be the all-singing, all-dancing party week of yesteryear, but buying sources we’ve spoken to for this report ahead of the studio get-togethers have been stressing its importance as they attempt to navigate increasingly fragmented and complicated pictures in their home markets.

While there are more industry events than ever, with the London TV Screenings in particular stealing others thunder, there is a broad optimism from those heading to the Californian sunshine (and the darkened cinemas on the studio lots). On the back of a hectic Upfronts week, the network schedules are becoming clearer, but what breaks out internationally is still guesswork.

Donald Trump’s tariffs talk has added extra confusion to the mix, and the aftershocks of both the pandemic and the Hollywood strikes are still being felt globally.

Earl Cave hopes Cannes audiences walk out of The Chronology of Water.

“It’s a very bold and quite outrageous film,” the young star teases. “If everyone sat there liking it, something’s wrong. If there’s people running out screaming, I think it’s a good sign.”

The Brit is the son of rocker Nick Cave — best known as frontman of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — and it must be said, the resemblance is striking.

The younger Cave, with a mop of jet black hair and thick eyebrows just like his father, is talking to The Hollywood Reporter about being directed by Kristen Stewart in her feature film debut.

“She is the most generous director [and] it was the most beautiful sight to behold,” the 24-year-old gushes. “Her being an actor, she’d just do these things that directors would never do, which was so refreshing. She’d say,...

Red Hot Chili Peppers vocalist Anthony Kiedis has followed in the footsteps of Green Day by launching his own coffee brand.

The company is named Jolene, an amalgamation of the phrases “cup of Joe” and “lean latte” (the latter of which refers to a latte without whole milk), while also referencing Dolly Parton’s iconic song. Co-founded with Kiedis’ longtime friend Shane Powers, the brand offers two varieties of canned coffee: Black (cold brew) and White (oat milk latte).

Jolene sources its beans from an all-female co-op in Peru, aiming to ensure “high-quality beans while directly supporting the women growers and their communities,” according to a press release.

Kiedis and Powers have partnered with Live Nation, which will act as both an investor and distributor of Jolene at festivals and 40 of its venues. In addition to the canned offerings, the concert promoter will feature the coffee in four signature cocktails.

Last week, Nicolas Cage made headlines by claiming he is frequently “mistaken” for Nick Cave due to “only one letter” separating their last names. Now, Cave has shared an amusing anecdote about posing as the actor while speaking to a heartbroken man named Diego in Brazil.

In his latest Red Hand Files newsletter, the musician responded to fan questions about the Cage interview by recalling a story of drunkenly stumbling into a bar while he was living in São Paulo, where he met the “downcast” and “maudlin” Diego, who got really excited when the bartender told him he was talking to Nick Cave. Unfortunately, Diego had mixed up Cave’s name with that of his wife’s favorite actor, Nic Cage.

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“Diego suddenly became super-animated, jumping around on his stool, saying that he loved me, that he was my greatest fan, and so on and so forth.

Last week, Nicolas Cage made headlines by claiming he is frequently “mistaken” for Nick Cave due to “only one letter” separating their last names. Now, Cave has shared an amusing anecdote about posing as the actor while speaking to a heartbroken man named Diego in Brazil.

In his latest Red Hand Files newsletter, the musician responded to fan questions about the Cage interview by recalling a story of drunkenly stumbling into a bar while he was living in São Paulo, where he met the “downcast” and “maudlin” Diego, who got really excited when the bartender told him he was talking to Nick Cave. Unfortunately, Diego had mixed up Cave’s name with that of his wife’s favorite actor, Nic Cage.

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“Diego suddenly became super-animated, jumping around on his stool, saying that he loved me, that he was my greatest fan, and so on and so forth.

Nicolas Cage is a one-of-a-kind actor, but that doesn't mean he's not often confused with another celebrity. Cage has named the person he seems to get confused with the most, though it comes down to having similar names more than a physical resemblance.

In a recent interview with The Guardian, Cage was asked about Aussie musician Nick Cave. Cage shared that he's confused with Cave often, though it's not the only musician people mistake him for. With that said, Cage remembers when he once met Cave at an animal sanctuary. It wasn't lost on the two how similar their names were, and Cage recalled mentioning that to Cave in person.

"I don’t think there’s a day that goes by where I’m not mistaken for Nick Cave. People also say: 'Hey, Nick, you were great in The Hunger,' which is this great David Bowie movie [in which Cage doesn’t feature]," Cage said.

Nicolas Cage’s day isn’t complete unless he gets mistaken for Nick Cave at least once. In a recent interview with the Guardian, the actor revealed how frequently people swap his identity with the musician’s and detailed one of their first encounters with each other.

“I don’t think there’s a day that goes by where I’m not mistaken for Nick Cave,” Cage said. “People also say: ‘Hey, Nick, you were great in The Hunger,’ which is this great David Bowie movie. I do remember that Cave was very nice.

Self-proclaimed goth Nicolas Cage has joked about frequently being “mistaken” for goth rock pioneer Nick Cave due to the similarities in the spellings of their names.

“I don’t think there’s a day that goes by where I’m not mistaken for Nick Cave,” the actor — nay, thespian — recently told The Guardian in response to a reader’s question. Cage then recalled his pleasant meeting with his almost namesake.

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“I do remember that Cave was very nice,” he said. “We were at an animal sanctuary, I believe — I think Sealy Animal Hospital in Texas — and he was terrific. I said hello and wanted to shake his hand. I said, ‘Only one letter separates us — G. Nick Cave, Nic Cage.'”

Elsewhere in The Guardian reader interview, Cage revealed he has also been confused with another rock legend. “People also say: ‘Hey, Nic, you were great in The Hunger,...

Exclusive: Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (Kfd) is headed to Cannes next week with three new titles on its slate, including Irvine Welsh: Reality is not Enough.

The Irvine Welsh documentary explores the Scottish author’s influence and the themes of class, mortality, creativity and identity in his work. Directed by Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché and Tish filmmaker Paul Sng, it features readings by Liam Neeson, Stephen Graham, Nick Cave and Ruth Negga. Kfd holds world rights; the film is produced by Natasha Dack, and was previously titled I Am Irvine Welsh with Noah Media Group then handling sales.

Nick Cave and Richard Ayoade are among those reading out the posthumously discovered missives that inspired an album by Emilíana Torrini, who soundtracks this gorgeous film

You’d be forgiven for not having heard of Geraldine Flower, the subject of A new film from artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the pair behind the 2014 Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth. (Cave makes an appearance here reading a letter or two.) Flower was not famous in her lifetime and in fact, after watching the film we’re none the wiser about how she spent her later years. But when she died in 2019, a suitcase packed with hundreds of love letters written to her by smitten men in the 60s and 70s was found in her London flat.

The letters inspired a 2024 album by Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini (called Miss Flower) and also this intriguing, gorgeous and creative documentary – a film...

"In pursuit of truth we are capable of more untruth than most." Apple TV has unveiled an official trailer for the documentary titled Bono: Stories of Surrender, arriving for streaming at the end of May - exactly one month from now. Based on his celebrated memoir, "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story," and also the accompanying book & theatre tour, the film hails from RadicalMedia and Plan B. This is actually premiering at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in a few weeks as a Special Screening, just before it arrives on streaming right after. A bold and lyrical visual exploration of Bono's one-man show by the same name. For anyone interested: Bono: Stories of Surrender (Immersive) will be the first feature-length film available in Apple Immersive Video - in the Apple Vision Pro - a "remarkable media format recorded in 8K with Spatial Audio to produce a 180-degree video that places viewers onstage...

The Scream 7family gets bigger with some returning figures that will rekindle the flame that Wes Craven created almost 30 years ago. Marco Beltrami, the composer behind the music of the first four Scream films, has revealed that he will do Scream 7. The music veteran behind major works like A Quiet Place and Logan confirmed this on social media, and suddenly, Scream 7 just got a bit more exciting.

At first, Beltrami wasn't announced as the official composer of Scream 7. Nevertheless, a few weeks ago, a fan pleaded for him to do Scream 7 by commenting on a 2023 post on Instagram. "Please do Scream 7!" said the comment, to which Beltrami replied by saying, "Don't worry, I am." This marks Beltrami's return to the horror franchise after he wrote the score for the first Scream films, all directed by Wes Craven. In Scream (2022), Beltrami was replaced by Brian Tyler,...

Neil Young isn’t just one of the most covered songwriters of all time, he’s also one of the most tributed. There have been several albums of people doing his songs released over the decades, first and most famously the 1989 LP The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young, populated by artists from the then-ascendant alt-rock generation such as Nick Cave, the Flaming Lips, the Pixies, and Dinosaur Jr., fans who were just as admiring of Young’s contrarian swerves as they were of his beloved 1970s chestnuts. One of...

Look at him now: Nick Cave’s transforming. He’s vibrating. He’s glowing. He’s flying. Look at him now.

At Thursday night’s Bad Seeds concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, Cave proved to a U.S. audience what Europe has known for decades: that he — rock’s gothic poet laureate, master of emotional intimacy, and, as a side hustle, introspective advice columnist — is indeed an arena rocker. He’s attempted that feat in the States before, staging a brilliant and occasionally heartrending concert at the same venue...

About halfway into an acceptance speech at a Beverly Hills awards ceremony Thursday night, Stevie Nicks revealed that she’s recording new music. “I’m actually making a record right now,” she said. “I call it ‘The Ghost Record,’ because it just kind of happened in the last couple weeks, because you know, the [California] fires.”

She made the remarks at the Pollstar Awards, a red carpet event staged by a music industry trade magazine that covers the live-event space. Nicks was accepting the Hall of Fame award, which record exec Jimmy Iovine presented to her.

St. Vincent returned to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night to perform “Violent Times,” a track from her 2024 album All Born Screaming. Watch the replay below.

With a funky bassline and bombastic synth flourishes, the song’s instrumental feels like a throwback to the ’70s. Combined with Annie Clark’s sultry vocals, the performance gave off a James Bond movie theme song vibe.

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Clark is no stranger to the Ed Sullivan Theater, as she performed a week-long residency for The Late Show in 2022. Outside of TV appearances, St. Vincent has been touring the globe in support of All Born Screaming, and her next show is today, April 17th supporting Nick Cave in Brooklyn. Get tickets here.

As of late, Clark released the song “Doa” as part of the Death of a Unicorn soundtrack. She also performed at two benefit concerts for the...

Arte Distribution has added a new live music collection to its international sales catalog featuring performances by the likes of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Metronomy, Air and Caribou.

Classical music performances include Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat conducting the Orchestre de Paris, playing a selection of his music at the Philharmonie de Paris concert hall.

The collection also pays tribute to late French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, with a commemorative concert marking the 100th anniversary of his birth, and also features the first live concert at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral following its reopening last year.

Contemporary highlights include Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds live in Paris, the legendary concert of Air at the Royal Albert Hall, Metronomy in the phantasmagorical Gallery of Evolution at the National Museum of Natural History, and Caribou.

“We are proud to present such a vibrant and immersive collection to our partners. It...

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are set to launch their first North American tour in eight years.

Coming in support of their latest album, Wild God, the tour officially launches with a pair gigs in Boston and Brooklyn on April 15th and 17th, respectively, both of which will feature St. Vincent as a special guest. From there, the Bad Seeds will play concerts in cities including Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, Philadelphia, Chicago, Columbus, Denver, Vancouver, Seattle, and elsewhere, before wrapping up the tour with an appearance at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California on May 17th.

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Tickets for the Bad Seeds’ North American tour dates are available via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for last-minute deals or get sold-out tickets via StubHub, where orders are 110% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ touring lineup features Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on bass,...

In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: the works Nick Cave and John Hillcoat made together. John Hillcoat has made a lot of music videos, for artists as stylistically diverse as Elvis Costello (for the award-winning video for Veronica), Depeche Mode, Siouxsee and the Banshees, Muse and... Maroon 5. But his most fruitful collaboration has been with Nick Cave. Nick Cave showed up in Hillcoat's debut feature, prison drama Ghosts...of the Civil Dead, which was also co-written by the singer. Cave would also later pen the great historical crimes The Proposition and Lawless for the director. Hillcoat in return directed many music videos for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Cave-side project...

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April 2025 is packed with major tours from some of music’s most iconic names and exciting genre-spanning acts. Kendrick Lamar and Sza are teaming up for their massive “Grand National Tour,” Beyoncé is launching her long-awaited “Cowboy Carter” stadium run, and Metallica, AC/DC, and Pearl Jam are bringing the rock on the road. From the return of Paul Simon and Alison Krauss & Union Station to headlining runs from Post Malone, Nick Cave, Sturgill Simpson, Lucy Dacus, and more, these 15 big tours kicking off in April are setting the stage for an unforgettable month of live music.

Kendrick Lamar and Sza’s “Grand National Tour”

Arguably the year’s biggest tour, Kendrick and Sza will hit the road for a 22-date stadium outing beginning April 19th. The frequent collaborators will visit Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Toronto, and other cities prior to finishing up the US...

St. Vincent has released “Doa,” a new song she created for the A24 horror comedy Death of a Unicorn, and added a handful of summer US tour dates. Stream the track below.

Released alongside the movie’s theatrical debut, the song was written, recorded, and performed entirely by Annie Clark, with mixing by Cian Riordan. Propelled by ’80s synths, “Doa” is an ode to the film’s (not-so) mythical creature.

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“Right as I had stopped believing in miracles,” St. Vincent sings. “In comes a unicorn right in front of me/ Oh you’re wild but child you gotta run next to me/ You are the ecstasy in the center of the whole world.”

Written and directed by Alex Scharfman, Death of a Unicorn stars Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Richard E. Grant. The film’s score was composed by Dan Romer and Giosuè Greco.

With a triumphant return, Marvel‘s Daredevil: Born Again has captivated the audience with its intense storytelling and meticulously curated soundtrack. Music not only plays a pivotal role in the series but also helps in enhancing the narrative along with deepening the character developments of the show. Be it a gritty rock anthem or a soulful ballad, each track has been soulfully selected keeping the plot of the show in mind.

Matt Murdock aka Daredevil in Daredevil: Born Again | Credit: Marvel Studios

Almost seven years after the original show, Daredevil: Born Again has returned on Disney+ to mesmerize the audience with its action-filled narrative. Since the lead character is a blind superhero, music plays a crucial role in building the intensity and developing the narrative of the show.

Every song featured in Daredevil: Born Again so far

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Invincible Season 3 saw an explosive finale when Conquest arrived on Earth to punish Mark and a battle ensued between them. Robert Kirkman’s series didn’t fail to impress us with this third season as well. There was one element that perfectly accompanied all the fantastic characters and jaw-dropping scenes.

Mark Grayson in Invincible Season 3 | Credits: Prime Video

As usual, the series nailed the music, using the right track for the right moment. This season featured less musical scores than the first two seasons. However, it managed to elevate the viewing experience just like the previous seasons. Here is a guide for you to find your favorite music from the show.

Invincible Season 3 soundtrack guide A still from the episode All I Can Say Is I’m Sorry from Invincible Season 3 | Credits: Prime Video

Invincible Season 3 began airing on Prime Video on February 6 and its final episode was released on March 13. John Paesano,...

Russell Crowe and Harry Lawtey are to lead the cast of 'Billion Dollar Spy'.The pair are set to feature in the Cold War thriller that has been penned by Oscar-winning scribe Stephen Gaghan and directed by BAFTA-winner Amma Asante.The screenplay has been adapted from the best-selling book of the same name by David E. Hoffman and the flick - which is being made by Walden Media and Akiva Goldsman's Weed Road Pictures - is currently in pre-production.'Billion Dollar Spy' centres on Adolf Tolkachev (Crowe), an ordinary man who risks it all to pass thousands of pages of top-secret Soviet intelligence to the US despite constant rejection from the wary CIA.Tolkachev finally finds an ally in the CIA in the form of agent Tom Lenihan (Lawtey) and is able to fundamentally shift the balance of power in the conflict, proving that true patriotism is not in...

The original “Daredevil” series may not have been known for its needle drops, but “Daredevil: Born Again” sure is leaning in on them.

Three episodes in, now streaming on Disney+, the series picks up with Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) in the wake of a massive personal tragedy. Now, he’s given up being a vigilante … mostly. But as always, he struggles with what his true identity is, and how Daredevil factors into it.

Here are the songs he’s had soundtracking his new life thus far.

Episode 1 “Future Starts Slow” by The Kills “Headliner” by Tyrone Briggs “Into My Arms” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “I Looked All Over Town” by The Magnetic Fields “Makes Me Wonder” by Caleb Elliott “Staring at the Sun” by TV On The Radio Episode 2 “Cashmere” by Tents “Amazing Grace” arranged by Terry Keating “El Party” by Xcelencia (Calixto Gabriel Bravo) “Get Free” by...

Nick Cave has revealed that he has contributed to a “trumpet record” being made by Flea, describing the collaboration as a “reconciliation and an apology” for his past comments about Red Hot Chili Peppers.

“Last week, Flea sent me a song and asked if I’d like to add some vocals,” Cave wrote in the latest Q&a on his Red Hands Files website. “It was for a ‘trumpet record’ that he is making. It is not for me to divulge what the song was, only that it is a song I cherish more than most, with arguably the greatest lyric ever written, a song of such esteem that I would never have dared to sing it had Flea not asked me to.”

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He added, “I went into the studio on Wednesday and recorded my vocals. The track emerged as a beautiful...