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TAS Takes On Valentine's Day With Not-So-Silly Love Songs

Posted 2-14-12 by
Tags: Aretha Franklin, Black Sabbath, Bon Iver, Depeche Mode, Gruff Rhys, James Blake, Jeff Buckley, Kathleen Edwards, Nick Cave, Paul Weller, Stars, The Cure, Van Morrison

Ah, Valentine's Day. A time of crushes, Cupids, chocolate and champagne. Or a depressing night spent with a dopey Katherine Heigl rom-com while polishing off a pint of Chunky Monkey. No matter what your take on the loveliest - or most loveless - of days, The Alternate Side staff has pulled together some of our favorite songs that we feel express the best and worst of romance.

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Grinderman Exits With A Remix Album

Posted 1-5-12 by
Tags: Grinderman, Josh Homme, Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Last month Nick Cave pulled the plug on Grinderman — at least for the foreseeable future — but as a final adieu, the band will release a remix album this March, reconfiguring tracks from 2010's Grinderman 2  with contributions from Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner, Queens of the Stone Ages' Josh Homme, UNKLE, Andy Weatherall, The Horrors' Faris Badwan's side project Cat's Eyes, A Place To Bury Strangers and more. After the jump, check out the tracklisting and  Zinner's take on "Bellringer Blues."

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Nick Cave in Car Accident in England

Posted 12-8-10 by
Tags: Grinderman, Nick Cave

The singer and his twin boys were involved in car crash when he drove his Jaguar into a speed camera and barrier in Hove, England on Tuesday night. Happily, Cave and his sons walked away from the accident unharmed.

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