We are MAGNET, so we are contractually and morally obligated to let you know that Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds will see their entire 14-record catalog reissued by Mute in remastered and remixed 5.1 surround sound CD and deluxe collector’s editions. The first four LPs (1984’s From Her To Eternity, 1985’s The Firstborn Is Dead and 1986’s Kicking Against The Pricks and Your Funeral… My Trial) are available starting March 30. Download “Bring It On” from Nocturama here … Leonard Cohen has followed up his first North American gig in 15 years by announcing an extended, 28-date tour. Tickets for some of the shows go on sale February 27, with additional sales on March 2 and March 9 … Indie legends Superchunk’s first new material on CD since 2001’s Here’s To Shutting Up sees the light of day April 7 (on Merge; go figure). The five-song Leaves In The Gutter EP appears to be a prelude to more ‘Chunk product: “Some of these songs are newer than others, but we kind of felt like if we’re going to get to work on a new album, we need to clear the decks of these songs first,” said frontman/back-surgery recoverer Mac McCaughan. Download Superchunk’s cover of Sebadoh’s “I Believe In Fate” here … Funny video makers OK Go kick off a bicoastal headlining tour in Philadelphia March 6. The most noteworthy aspect of this news is that the sorely overlooked (and great live) Longwave is opening the East Coast dates … Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Metallica are releasing The Complete Metallica, a digital “boxed set” comprising the band’s entire official discography March 31 on iTunes. The mammoth, 163-track effort will hit other digital services April 28 … Sincere dude Conor Oberst (pictured) and his Mystic Valley Band will release Outer South (Merge) May 5. The outfit is playing a number of West Coast dates, including the Coachella Festival. Download “Danny Callahan” from Conor Oberst here … Instrumental kooks Los Straitjackets’ latest record, The Further Adventures Of Los Straitjackets (Yep Roc), is out April 28. While some recent efforts have included guest vocals, the new LP is the band’s first all-instrumental effort since 2003’s Supersonic Guitars In 3-D … British Sea Power has written and recorded a new soundtrack for the 1934 film Man Of Aran, which is being re-released on DVD. (The CD and DVD are out May 5 on Rough Trade.) The band will perform the soundtrack live to the film at London’s BFI Southbank theater April 23. Download “Atom” from Do You Like Rock Music? here … And for those of you wondering what Jane’s Addiction has been up to—and, really, who isn’t?—the reunited original lineup is headlining the Sasquatch! Music Festival, held May 23-25 in Quincy, Wash. There’s a joke here about Bigfoot and Perry Farrell, but it’s best not to go there.
Leonard Cohen’s “First We Take Manhattan” from 1988’s I’m Your Man:
https://magnetmagazine.com/audio/FirstWeTakeManhattan.mp3
