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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds are the greatest rock band of all time. Disagree? Tough! Listen and learn, and fall in love for the first time (or all over again). Sean and Andrew are in charge of the lesson plan: a guided tour through the music and lyrics of 20 albums and counting. Buckle yourself into the mercy seat and get ready for love!
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Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Episode 28: Interview with Adam Steiner
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
The boys are back and ready to call upon author Adam Steiner to discuss his new book, "Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death!" Delving into Adam's inspirations and creative process, you'll get a behind the scenes look at the making of this essential exploration of Cave's work.
"Darker with the Dawn" is available for purchase 12/1/23, and can be ordered on bookshop.org to support local booksellers.
Ending theme music includes Clap Along by Jason Shaw.
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Episode 27: City of Refuge
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
You better run, you better run... right into the ever-loving arms of your two hosts as they bounce along to this traditional number turned rompin' stomper, City of Refuge. ALSO: Rumblings persist! There may be another installment of everyone's favorite game afoot...
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Episode 26: Mercy
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Mercy me! The boys are back at it, rolling through Tender Prey to arrive at the half-way point and fifth track: Mercy.
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Episode 25: Catch-up / Watching Alice
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thought we were never comin' back? Well don't ya worry buddy, cause here we come! The boys are back in town and picking up right where they left off: announcing the winner of the first Today's Lesson contest, and breaking down Watching Alice, the fourth track of Tender Prey.
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Episode 24: Deanna
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Things are really starting to heat up as the boys grab their proverbial toolboxes and stockings, hop in their proverbial Cadillac, and continue proverbially careening through Tender Prey. Next stop? Oh-oh, it's track number three: Deanna!
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Episode 23: Up Jumped the Devil
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Up jump the boys back from their long winter's nap to keep on 'a rollin' through Tender Prey, making their next stop at the second track Up Jumped the Devil!
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Episode 22: The Mercy Seat
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
With Your Funeral... My Trial done and dusted the boys risk it all and pop a squat in the Mercy Seat to kick off the Bad Seed's fifth studio album, Tender Prey!
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Episode 21: Long Time Man / Scum / Album Wrap-up
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
And just like that, it's all over. Another album down! Join the boys as they offer their thoughts on the album-wrapping Tim Rose cover Long Time Man and the marvellously petty B-side oddity Scum, then eulogize, and deliver their final verdicts, on Your Funeral... My Trial.
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Episode 20: She Fell Away
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
What's that boy? She's fallen away? Not to worry! The boys are on the case, falling themselves down the yawning crevice of Your Funeral... My Trial's penultimate track, She Fell Away.
Ending Theme Music - 'Clap Along' by Jason Shaw
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Episode 19: Hard On for Love
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Hold on to your hard-ons folks, 'cause the boys are getting hot and heavy with the next track from Your Funeral... My Trial, Hard On for Love!