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Two books delve into the enigmatic sound-worlds of Nick Cave and The Fall — and ask: how did they do it?
Spidery riffs that are a look back to the band’s 1980s heyday accompany sudden bursts of hardcore punk action
Mark E Smith, craggy mainstay of alternative music, had his audience moshing as though it were 1976
Simon Stephens’ drama launches another amoral ogre – a rock star called Paul
The New York-based band played a refreshingly confrontational gig
A terrific display of musical non-conformism debuts with typical perversity
Album shows duo’s gift for factoring fun into their dense musical equations
Mark E Smith is a British rock institution, albeit one with a reputation for being volatile, prickly and contrary
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