Very good news has returned in the form of the Black Crow King returning to the City of Roses in late September. Of course, things changed the last time Nick was scheduled to perform in September (back in 2001 on September 23rd, obviously circumstances dictated that, out of respect, Nick and the band would postpone their dates until the next spring).
The new album, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! is very good, continuing on from the improvement that Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus showed after the slight disappointment that was Nocturama. The title song is typical of the rest of the album, a fierce rock stomp, seeing as how Nick stopped writing songs from the piano for this album, but the songs We Call Upon The Author , More News From Nowhere, and Today's Lesson rank as high in the Cave catalog as anything he's ever done of late. Even without Blixa Bargeld in the band these days, it should still be a show to remember. Roll on this summer.
The McMenamins/Crystal Ballroom blurb is HERE
the video for the title track from the new album............
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