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Embarking on a new career at 69, Larry Sloman aka Ratso is front and centre in the flesh. It’s well deserved and supported by a cast including Nick Cave and more.

Skeleton Tree tackles death, loss, grief and religion couched in a musical meld of noir and Biblical atmospherics. Between times, darkness hangs heavy, even when songs have an edge of hope and celebration.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ announce new studio album, ‘Skeleton Tree’ and accompanying feature film ‘One More Time With Feeling’, directed by Andrew Dominik to be screened at 650 cinemas the day before the album is released.

Rogue’s Gallery is back, with more pirate ballads and Shanties. ‘Son of Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys’ will feature the likes of Tom Waits, Keith Richards, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Patti Smith and more!

Newcastle based ‘The Agency’ show off their own ‘Gothicana’ on their album ‘For the Brave and Troubled’ on which their singer Steven K Driver in scintillating lyrical form.

Grinderman have given their critically acclaimed 2010 release a new lease of life with the release of Grinderman 2 RMX in the UK last week. The album features a host of new cuts, reinterpretatons and remixes thanks to some collaborations with the likes of U.N.K.L.E, Robert Fripp (King Crimson, David Bowie, Eno), Josh Homme, Matt Berninger of the National, Andy Weatherall, Barry Adamson and Cat’s Eyes. There is also an …

The Dirty Three return next month their new album Toward the Low Sun. Listen to a track now.

As mentioned before Nick Cave and his fellow merry pranksters: Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos will be releasing their debut single Heathen Child from the forthcoming album Grinderman 2 on 6th September. The album will be released on 13th September.

Frukie listeners will be familiar with the 2007 Grinderman side project of Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos which has graced our playlist in the past. A follow-up (Grinderman 2) has been announced with a single release titled Heathen Child on 30th August and an album release on 13th September titled Grinderman 2: Here Come the Wolfman.