best of 2007!

FINALLY, my 'best of the music world 2007' list is ready. only a month late, not too bad!

here they are, my most favorite 25 musical recordings of 07:

25. CPC Gangbangs- Mutilation Nation
stoney, dirty garage punk with a lot of broke-ass fuzz and psychedelic insanity and a little bit of a nod to early Joy Division.
24. Deerhunter- Cryptograms/Fluorescent...LP
the perfect meeting of shoegaze and Factory Records, with a creepily monotonous overall feel.
23. Mammatus- Coast Explodes
psychedelic, proggy, epic, motherfuckin-heavy-ass rock.
22. Okkervil River- Stage Names
i'm typically not a fan of this sort of middle-of-the-road indie rock crap, but i was pretty much bowled over by "stage names." clever, sad, catchy and a bit heartbreaking.
21. Marnie Stern- In Advance of the Broken Arm
Marnie Stern is a mastermind of guitar weirdness. this record is both minimal and completely shredding in the most unusually intricate, finger-tapping kind of way. not to mention the truly weird Deerhoof-like vocals. the album is almost undescribable but so, so great!
20. Fucked Up- Year of the Pig 12"
brutal, punishing and haunting all in one little EP.
19. Of Montreal- Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
everyone knows about this band so i won't say much except that this is one of the funnest, danciest, electro-popish records i had the pleasure of listening to this year, perfectly paired with some of the darkest themes/lyrics.
18. Parts & Labor- Mapmaker
brilliant anthemic punk/electronic weirdness! the most exceedingly triumphant record of 2007! like a modern noise-punk version of Husker Du! i love it!
17. Miss Alex White & Red Orch- Space & Time
Miss Alex White and her Red Orchestra play ballsy, slightly poppy garage rock better than pretty much any other garage bands these days. her 2nd album is seriously fucking ripping. it's like Sleater Kinney if Sleater Kinney were boot-stompin' sneaking-cigarettes-in-the-school-bathroom tough rebel rocker chicks!
16. Jesu- Lifeline EP
everyone else loved the full-length and hated this. i thought the full-length was "eh," but fell for the heavy, airy, dreamy melodies in these 4 tracks. plus a collaboration with Jarboe (of the Swans, duh)! lot's more experimentation from these guys, and i'm loving it.
15. Oxbow- Narcotic Story
weird, scary, weird, scary, weird, scary.
14. Mark Sultan- Sultanic Verses
if you like any of Mark Sultan's other projects (namely, King Khan & BBQ Show), you will love this.
13. Boris w/ Michio Kurihara- Rainbow (technically 2006 but whatev)
Boris + guy from Ghost = pummeling psychedelic beauty.
12. Jay Reatard- Night of Broken Glass 12," Terror Visions LP, I Know a Place 7"
everything he does is brilliant, basically. absolutely PERFECT garage-pop-rnr-whatever. PERFECT.
11. Pissed Jeans- Hope for Men
the new wave of hardcore. a lot of Birthday Party-like snarling and meandering while retaining a sense of Black Flag early-days of 'core.
10. Busy Signals- S/T
Chicago's Busy Signals are waving the banner for late-70s britpunk and doing it better than anyone else. they are so much like the Rezillos that it's almost ridiculous, but goddamn this record is so catchy and great, it doesn't even matter!
9. Bobby Conn- King for a Day
my absolute favorite local talent presents us with another soul/r&b/prog/pop/conceptual/funk/rock mesh of awesomeness!
8. Daily Void- Identification Code
out of the ashes of the Functional Blackouts come Daily Void. straight-ahead, fast, perfectly-executed, mean and dark garage-punk.
7. Familjen- Det Snurrar I Min Skalle
swedish electro-pop. a 21st century New Order, anyone? wish i could understand the lyrics, though.
6. Big Business- Here Come the Waterworks
BRUTAL.
5. Vee Dee- Glimpses of Another World 7"
Vee Dee are finally back! hell yeah! i'm so excited! this single is just a premier of what's to come, but it's 3 songs of sweet sweet psychedelic garage rock. a teaser of sorts, showing us how Vee Dee are growing and changing and entering the land of longer, more meandering, more instrumentated songs...and in this case, change is good!
4. Clockcleaner- Babylon Rules
creepy, dark, flipper+cramps+birthday party+big black, screaming, screeching, ugly, violent, excellent.
3. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver/45:33
i know, everyone loves this album. the best dance party album of '07, hands down.
2. Coathangers- S/T LP, Never Wanted You 7"
these Atlanta gals really know how to fucking rock. they take Riot Grrrl and turn it on its' head...actually, this is like some post-riot grrrl shit, with songs screaming about how you need to leave their boyfriend alone or else they'll punch you in the twat! no kidding! bass-heavy, danceable grooves with a certain essence of DIY punk and pure rock-and-roll, this is my new favorite band of all time.
1. Grinderman- S/T
duh. anything Nick Cave-related will always make my #1.


honoroble mentions go out to 2007 releases from Panda Bear, Akron Family, Circle, CoCoComa, Om, Andrew Bird, They Might Be Giants, Angels of Light and Neurosis.

best live shows i had the good fortune to attend in 2007:
-mika miko at Bottle
-melvins/big business at Double Door
-deerhunter at Pitchfork
-janeane garafolo & patton oswalt at the Vic
-coathangers at Ronny's
-king khan & bbq/busy signals/johnny & the limelights at Note
-zach galifianakis at Vic
-jay reatard/daily void at Hideout
-jay reatard/busy signals at Note
-plastic crimewave sound/michael younkers at Stop Smiling space
-miss alex white/vee dee at Hideout
-lcd soundsystem at metro
-mammatus/acid mothers at Bottle
-grinderman at Metro

foot set.

i'm back to archiving my DJ-sets. since smoking in bars is now banned in Chicago, i distract myself from all those wanting-to-smoke feelings by meticulously writing out everything i play. soon i'll get around to posting my "best of 2007" list, so keep an eye out!

Club Foot set 1/28/08

the monkees- tear drop city
coathangers- tripod machine
reatards- monster child
vee dee- glimpses of another world
bobby conn- on the farm
OMD- messages
pere ubu- breath
sparks- a big surprise
icicle works- whisper to a scream (birds fly)
nick cave & the bad seeds- train long-suffering
om- unitive knowledge of the godhead
crispy ambulance- bardo plane
sisters of mercy- gimme shelter
and also the trees- suffering of the stream
the names- cut
blondie- x offender
forget the whimpering child & become the warrior- left you lying
kraftwerk- the model
ministry- cold life
heaven 17- play to win
kissing the pink- big man restless
yaz- nobody's diary
pete shelley- homosapien
the three johns- awol
robert ellis orrall- white noise
erase errata- beacon
james white & the blacks- irresistable impulse
red lorry yellow lorry- hollow eyes
killing joke- complications
gary numan/tubeway army- my shadow in vain
the the- uncertain smile
daily void- the man without a face
Q-factor- i'm not that stupid
jay reatard- my family (i KNOW, already played Reatards, this was a request!)
cpc gangbangs- what love is
vindictives- this is my face
deep wound- dead babies
loli & the chones- sick of you
dillinger 4- holy shit
ruts- babylon's burning
stranglers- (get a) grip (on yourself)
sonics- strychnine
animals- for miss caulker
yardbirds- for your love
shadows of knight- tomorrow's gonna be another day
the leaves- hey joe
DMZ- you're gonna miss me
the monks- cuckoo
truth & janey- around and around
kim fowley- the trip
the who- so sad about us
morgen- welcome to the void
clockcleaner- vomiting mirrors
dead kennedys- buzzbomb
bhopal stiffs- product of society
sham 69- hey little rich boy
dickies- rosemary
minutemen- political nightmare
big boys- no love
roky erickson- i walked with a zombie
queen- keep yourself alive
gilberto gil & caetano veloso- bat macumba
psychic tv- good vibrations
captain beefheart- white jam
hamilton, joe frank & reynolds- don't pull your love out
plastic bertrand- ca plane pour ma

been a long time comin'

i'm returning to this blog, after an extraordinarily long hiatus.

for mostly music-related ramblings...stay tuned!

setlist.

another setlist, from 2/26/07 at Club Foot.

Fat Boys- Human Beat Box #2
Wilderness- Living Through
Deerhunter- Lake Somerset
Ted Leo- The Unwanted Things
Turtles- Buzz Saw
Newbeats- Bread & Butter
Stevie Wonder- Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
Etta James- Tell Mama
Lorraine Chandler- I Can't Change
Baby Huey- Hard Times
Laura Lee- Rip Off
Jill Reed- Maybe
Peter Schilling- Major Tom (Coming Home)
Weezer- The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
Brainiac- PU55YFOOT1N'
Carbonas- Frothing at the Mouth
Jay Reatard- My Family
Wire- Mannequin
International Exiles- Let's Be Sophisticated
Kissing the Pink- Watching Their Eyes
Monochrome Set- Eine Symphonie des Grauens
Magazine- TV Baby
Wall of Voodoo- Tomorrow
Tubeway Army- My Shadow in Vain
Kommunity FK- We Will Not Fall
Comast Angels- Independence Day
Echo & the Bunnymen- Silver
Talking Heads- Seen and Not Seen
Roxy Music- All I Want is You
Mo-Dettes- Satisfy
Smiths- Bigmouth Strikes Again
Of Montreal- Suffer for Fashion
Clipse- Wamp Wamp

come to our party. valentine's day. The Onion says so.

Hi people.

My DJ partner, John, and I are throwing a party at the Beat Kitchen on Valentine's Day (Wed). John B. (aka "The Headliner") and I (aka "Tainted Love") will be DJing all night. I really, really, really hope that y'all can come by. it's $5 to get in.

OH YEAH THE ONION talked about this in their little "Stuff To Do: Events Around Town This Valentine's Day:"
Dance (Or Die Trying): A St. Valentine's Day Massacre: The Beat Kitchen throws a dance party with DJs John B. and Melissa G. They say dance is a great aphrodisiac- but not if you're that guy who thinks finger-guns are an acceptable dance move

We're totally famous. So come out and hang with us. This will be like the Hideout circa 2001 when Saturday late-night parties were awesome. I'm so excited. And I would seriously love you forever if you could repost this or tell your friends about it.

More info:
Hosted By: John B / House Call Ent / Beat Kitchen
When: Wednesday Feb 14, 2007
at 9:00 PM
Where: Beat Kitchen
2100 W Belmont
Chicago, IL 60618
United States
Description:
John B / House Call Ent / Beat Kitchen

Click Here To View Event

skeletally yours.

pretty sure that i made a killing with this Halloween-themed set last night (thank you, Monday Night Drinking Club/Club Foot):

Skip James- Devil Got My Woman
Clovers- Devil or Angel
Brenda Lee- Let's Jump the Broomstick
Elvis Presley- (You're the) Devil in Disguise
Hank Williams- Howlin' at the Moon
Johnny Cash- (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
Charlie Daniels- The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Jumpin' Gene Simmons- Haunted House
Round Robin- I'm the Wolfman
Archive King- Vampires
Searchers- Love Potion No. 9
Bobby "Boris" Pickett- Monster Mash
Shangri-Las- Leader of the Pack
Screamin Jay Hawkins- I Put a Spell on You
Ghastly Ones- House on Haunted Hill
Shaggs- It's Halloween
Neanderthals- Martian Hop
Sonics- Witch
Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs- Little Red Robin Hood
Roky Erickson- Don't Shake Me Lucifer
King Khan & BBQ Show- Zombies
Jay Reatard- Blood Visions
Exploding Hearts- Your Shadow
Rocket From the Crypt- Evil Party
Angry Samoans- Not of this Earth
Dead Kennedys- I Kill Children
Vindictives- The Terrible Monster
Weirdos- We Got the Neutron Bomb
Suzi Quatro- Devil Gate Drive
Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden- The Number of the Beast
Slayer- Raining Blood
Death- Open Casket
Vee Dee- Blood Zombie
Misfits- Horror Business
Ministry- Every Day is Halloween
Sisters of Mercy- This Corrosion
Ramones- Cretin Hop
Big Boys- Mutant Rock
Only Ones- Creature of Doom
Devo- Mongoloid
Shudder to Think- A Vampires Proposal
Pixies- In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists- I'm a Ghost
Skull Kontrol- Satan is Jesus to Me
Delinquents- Alien Beach Party
Destroy All Monsters- Vampire
Lake of Dracula- Dracula Killed Frankenstein
Scratch Acid- Monsters
Crime & the City Solution- Dangling Man
Artery- The Death of Peter X
Crispy Ambulance- October 31st
Kommunity FK- Haunt
Shellac- Ghosts
Melvins- Blood Witch
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince- A Nightmare on My Street
Whodini- Freaks Come Out at Night
Ray Parker, Jr.- Ghostbusters
Sparks- Eaten by the Monster of Love
Gary Numan- Praying to the Aliens
Siouxsie & the Banshees- Spellbound
Aural Exciters- Spooks in Space
Andrew WK- Ready to Die
My Chemical Romance- Dead
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- Red Right Hand
Neutral Milk Hotel- Ghost
Soft Cell- Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go

i live for windy city nostalgia.

at this exact moment, i am watching the men of Naked Raygun acting as guests on the legendary Chicagoland area public access television show JBTV. first of all, i am shocked and amazed that JBTV is still airing, as i used to watch it fairly religiously when i was a tiny little teenager, and was exposed to many a great local (and national) underground/punk band through it- shit, i must have been 17 years old the last time i watched an episode. secondly, i am delighting in the fact that (so far) they have chosen to play videos of Jesus Lizard and Mustard Plug. also lot's of old Raygun live footage. i suppose that this is all something of an advertisement for the upcoming Riot Fest 2006, which i have already taken the entire day off work for. i am ready and more than willing to relive my teenage years, thank you very much.

i am perpetually nostalgic for the good ole days of the chicago underground. perhaps this is why i spent about 2 hours last night searching for old Fireside Bowl videos on Youtube. or maybe it's because i have no life. your call.

My Lai, sometime in 1998 or 1999. one of my favorite bands to ever come out of Chicago.
MK Ultra, i have no idea what year. one of Chicago's greatest hardcore bands (besides Crudos).
4 Squares, a video for one of their songs. some scenes show at Fireside.
Vindictives, ok, this isn't at the Fireside (i have no idea where this is shot at), but it's the Vindictives for fucks' sake!
The Locust, 7/24/99.
Arab on Radar, sometime in '99.

a while ago i was toying with the idea of doing a Dance of Days style book about the Chicago punk scene. all of these Chicago punk band reunions that are happening all willy-nilly are causing me to toy with this idea a little more. another (more ambitious) idea is doing an all-reissues label that focus on Chicago area bands....possibly called Stupid Little Label (bonus points if you know what that's a reference to).

she's crafty.

spending a lot of time in bed throughout the past month has spawned quite a lot of knitting and crocheting, crafty firsts, and catfighting (getting cats away from moving yarn is not easy). below are some pictures of my most recent finished projects.





(right) knit pink & black fuzzy scarf. made with cheap yarn that's like 2 strands twisted together (a pink velveteen strand with a fuzzy black string yarn). i used knit stitch straight through, and added some easy tassling at either end. it's really fucking long, almost 6 ft!






(left) my first blanket! i'm aware of the horrendous colors, but this yarn (Lion Brand Homespun) was on sale and picked over when i picked up the pattern, and i had to take what i could get. this is crocheted. double crochet with 2 strands at once, only stitching through the back loop. border is some weird combo of double crochet and chain stitches, but i couldn't quite keep it regular. but it's warm, the cats love it, and that's all that matters.











(right) another simple knit scarf. done with a few skeins of (again) cheap Caron Charming yarn (fancy term for "confetti"). knit stitch all the way through, easy tassling, easy scarf. took a couple hours. maybe less.






















(left) my first hat! this was fun. i messed it up something major, which i'll discuss later. crocheted from a pattern in Stitch N Bitch
Crochet: Happy Hooker, although i made some slight changes because i couldn't get the gauge quite right. used cheap (do you see a pattern here?) Red Heart Worsted Weight black yarn. i took some liberties with the earflaps and totally fucked them up, as you can see, they are way too big and floppy. i'm hoping to add a little length to them, and maybe some buttons, so that i can strap 'em underneath my chin (see top picture for reference).

















so that's that. sorry for all of the 'emo' bathroom mirror shots, but i had no models available at the time of shooting. more music-related stuff later.

long time, no bones.

well, about a months' worth of sickness and two weeks without a computer have contributed to my ridiculously pitiful procrastination here. thankfully, i am almost recovered and my poor laptop has (finally) come back healthy from the Apple Fix-It Headquarters, Inc., and i am ready to rebound with more useless posting.

first off, Part 2 of Setlist Mania(c), from Club Foot 9/25/06:
round 1
Brian Eno- Backwater
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band- Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man
Animals- It's My Life
Velvet Underground- Rock & Roll
Shadows of Knight- Oh Yeah
Turtles- You Showed Me
Yardbirds- Putty
Dixie Cups- You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked At Me
Monks- Love Came Tumblin' Down
Sonics- Cinderella
Monkees- Circle Sky (live)
Brian Jonestown Massacre- When Jokers Attack
Mountain Goats- This Year
Devin Davis- Paratrooper With Amnesia
Miss Alex White & The Red Orchestra- Walk Around
Sleater Kinney- Things You Say
Team Dresch- Hate the Christian Right
Monorchid- A.P.B.
V. Reverse- Stupid Little Zine
Bhopal Stiffs- Road to Bhopal
Winepress- The Girl That Broke My Heart
round 2
Black Flag- Jealous Again
Vindictives- Get Lost
Queen- Don't Stop Me Now
Scissor Sisters- I Feel Like Dancin'
Rapture- Get Myself Into It
Talk Talk- It's My Life
Yaz- Nobody's Diary
Joy Division- Disorder
Malaria!- You You
Glaxo Babies- This is Your Life
Liaisons Dangereuses- Etre Assis Ou Danser
Black Heart Procession- To Bring You Back
William Elliott Whitmore- One Man's Shame

randomness in the form of a numerical list:
1. awesome bands i have seen live in the past month include (but are not limited to): Cheer Accident, Team Dresch (reunion show of sorts for the Estrojam Festival), Bobby Conn, Detholz!, Om, Screaming Yellow Zonkers, Mastodon.
2. awesome shows i have missed due to sickness, lack of money, or other factors: Winepress/Mushaganas reunion, Pissed Jeans, Grizzly Bear, Sweet Cobra, Zombi/Supersystem.
3. for feminist-y types who have torrid love affairs with Pop Culture, i highly recommend buying/borrowing/renting/netflixing the "Roseanne" DVD sets (seasons 1-5 are currently available). this being my favorite sitcom of all time, i have slowly been acquiring these collections, and watching the episodes as an 'adult' is a completely interesting and worthwhile experience. i'm beginning to regret not writing my undergraduate thesis on the subject of "'Roseanne' as Pivotal Mainstream Television" via feminist critique (rather than the subject of "Riot Grrrl as Pivotal Subcultural Movement"....yawnz).
4. all i want to listen to as of late is modern classical/composition: Erik Satie, Gorecki, Debussy, Bela Bartok, Penderecki, John Cage, Charles Ives, etc.
5. and also, the greatly underappreciated Ut, whose classic albums "Griller" and "In Gut's House" have finally been reissued by Mute/Blast First. this trio of ladies began on the tail-end of the New York No Wave scene, never got much recognition in the States, moved to London, and didn't get much recognition there, either. sad, because these albums are chock-full of weirdly abrasive, jagged, no-wavey artpunk. "Griller" was produced by Albini, too. check it out if you like Lilliput or Bikini Kill or anything in between.

setlist mania(c).

what follows is my setlist from last night's Monday Night Drinking Club at Club Foot. you may notice that my set was particularly short...this was due to me being 45 minutes late (damn CTA). also, can you tell that i have not unpacked my record bags since Nick Cave night? always the procrastinator...:

Einsturzende Neubauten- Yu-Gung (Futter Mein Ego)
Uzeda- Wailing
Throbbing Gristle- Adrenalin
Bauhaus- In the Flat Field
Flying Lizards- TV
Suicide- Johnny
Fall- C.R.E.E.P.
Orange Juice- Blue Boy
PiL- Annalisa
Au Pairs- Unfinished Business
Pere Ubu- Real World
Erase Errata- Another Genius Idea From Our Government
Mika Miko- Take Hold
Sonic Youth- Youth Against Fascism
Lungfish- Necrophones
Subway Sect- Parallel Lines
Radio Birdman- Murder City Nights
Nancy Sinatra- Lies
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- Stagger Lee
Stooges- I Wanna Be Your Dog
New York Dolls- Bad Girl
Alice Cooper- Long Way To Go
Cramps- I Can't Hardly Stand It

post-crucifixion, baby.

My first (hopefully) annual Nick Cave-themed night at Club Foot went quite smoothly. Of course, my anal and obsessive-compulsive tendencies led me to bring about 15 hours worth of potential Great Songs to Play, but i was able to whittle it all down once the night got going and the requests started pouring in (requests were mostly for 'the hits,' of course).

Setlist is as follows (note: "Nick Cave" typically denotes "Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds," typing all of that out a hundred times is too much!):

Nick Cave & Shane Macgowan- What a Wonderful World
The Good Sons- Straight to You
Gun Club- Bill Bailey
Jan Mayen- Nick Cave
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- Where The Wild Roses Grow (w/Kylie)
Crime & the City Solution- 5 Stone Wall
Nick Cave- Brother My Cup is Empty (live)
Nick Cave- Sleeping Annaleah
Birthday Party- Roland Around in That Stuff (peel session)
Boys Next Door- Shivers
Nick Cave- Jack the Ripper
Birthday Party- Mutiny in Heaven
Nick Cave- The Big Hunt
Nick Cave- Rhye Whiskey
Nick Cave & Johnny Cash- Cindy
Pogues- Rainy Night in Soho
Cramps- Goo Goo Muck
Nick Cave- Sugar Sugar Sugar
Nick Cave- Tupelo
Birthday Party- Mr. Clarinet
Pere Ubu- Street Waves
Die Haut w/Nick- The Victory
Einsturzende Neubauten- Morning Dew
Nick Cave- Janglin' Jack
Birthday Party- Nick the Stripper
Boys Next Door- After a Fashion
Au Pairs- Set Up
Birthday Party- Wild World
Nick Cave- Cocks & Asses
Pop Group- She is Beyond Good and Evil
Nick Cave- Deanna
Birthday Party- Ho Ho
Nick Cave- These Boots are Made For Walking (live)
Nick Cave- Jack's Shadow
Nick Cave- Into My Arms
Nick Cave- Weeping Songs
Nick Cave- Stagger Lee
Nick Cave- From Her to Eternity
Birthday Party- Hairshirt
Birthday Party- Cry (peel session)
Malaria!- How Do U Like Me New Dog
Boys Next Door- Brave Exhibitions
Magazine- Model Worker
Fall- Rollin' Dany
Boys Next Door- Dive Position
Birthday Party- Jennifer's Veil
Nick Cave- Tower of Song (short version!)
Nick Cave- Curse of Millhaven
These Immortal Souls- Get Lost (Don't Lie)
Birthday Party- Dead Joe
Birthday Party- Zoo Music Girl
Sonic Youth w/Lydia Lunch- Death Valley 69
Nick Cave- Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart
Nick Cave- Papa Won't Leave you, Henry
Nick Cave- Mercy Seat
Birthday Party- She's Hit
Birthday Party- Friend Catcher
Nick Cave- Train-Long Suffering
Nick Cave- Dead Man in my Bed
Birthday Party- Funhouse (live)
Nick Cave- I Let Love In
Nick Cave- (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?
Nick Cave- God is in the House
Nick Cave- Death is not the End

A few things that I would have like to played if I had a lot more time:
Subway Sect ("Don't Split Up"), Radio Birdman ("New Race"), Saints ("I'm Stranded"), Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood ("Some Velvet Morning"), Velvet Underground, Sensational Alex Harvey Band ("Hammer Song"), Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Love Life ("Blame the Devil"), Ramones ("Commando"), Uzeda ("This Heat"), Elvis Presley ("In the Ghetto"), Neil Young ("Helpless"), Swell Maps, Joy Division, Bongwater ("Nick Cave Dolls"), Concrete Blonde ("Ship Song"), Marianne Faithful ("Crazy Love"), Mountain Goats ("Wild World"), Pulp ("Disco 2000"), Roy Orbison ("Running Scared"), Current 93 ("All the Pretty Little Horses"), Anita Lane ("Fullness of his Coming"), Scott Walker, PJ Harvey, etc. etc. etc.

If you are a huge Nick Cave fanatic,
check out this insanely comprehensive website.
It hasn't been updated in a while, but there is so much information that it doesn't even matter. This site helped me a lot in researching songs that Nick has covered and bands that have covered Nick songs!