The Birthday Party Archives

Watch the Trailer for The Birthday Party Documentary “Mutiny In Heaven” — Film to Screen in North American Cinemas This Autumn

The youthful indiscretions of The Birthday Party, that tumultuous post-punk troupe of the late 70s and early comprised of Nick Cave, Rowland S Howard, Mick Harvey, Tracy Pew, and Phil…

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Obituary

Anita Lane, of The Bad Seeds and The Birthday Party, Has Passed Away

Anita Lane, the brilliant artist known for her work in The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, has left this mortal coil. Lane was a pioneer in the exploration of…

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Mute Re-Releases Rowland S. Howard’s “Teenage Snuff Film” and “Pop Crimes”

One of the seminal figures of Australia’s post-punk movement, Rowland S. Howard put his melancholic, atmosphere-soaked stamp on Young Charlatans, then played alongside Nick Cave and Mick Harvey in The…

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Listen to Australian/American Post-Punk Band Terremoto’s EP “The Bridge” | Plus West Coast Tour

One of our favorite releases of 2018 was Terremoto’s debut EP The Bridge, a beguiling collection of 5 tracks soaked in old-school post-punk charm, that coalesce with icy guitars combined with a rapid…

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The Birthday Party | Junkyard

On May 10th, 1982, The Birthday Party released their third and final studio album Junkyard. The abrasive and Bluesy LP, featuring sleeve design by famed artist Ed Roth, who designed hot…

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Nick Cave gets a graphic novel biography

Nick Cave is getting another addition to his strange and post-modern biographical material. Following 2014’s documentary musical 20,000 Days on Earth—this time the Caveman is chronicled via a graphic novel written…

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An interview with Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb and Fixmer/McCarthy

On September 8th—right outside of the legendary nightclub Berghain in the Cantine area,—Post-Punk.com had the pleasure of interviewing EBM and Industrial music legend Douglas J. McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb and…

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Reissues

Lydia Lunch & Rowland S. Howard | Shotgun Wedding vinyl reissue

Shotgun Wedding, produced by J.G. Thirlwell, was orginally released in 1991 through Triple X records, and is the only studio album by Lydia Lunch and Rowland S. Howard. The album features…

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