Nick Cave

Nick Cave used to be strictly postmodern, stringing together word associations in
spasmodic whelps for his band the Birthday Party. Then he used to be sort of postmodern,
weaving together folk tales based on American blues myths and a quick read of Faulkner's
twisted South. Not bad for a kid from Australia. Then Cave cut The Good Son (1990), an
album that curtailed his self-consciousness by stripping his sound down to bare... More >