New music releases, 17th March 2014

New and notable releases in music this week, 17th March 2014:

The War On Drugs Lost In The Dream
Lost In The Dream, The War On Drugs

Going To Hell, The Pretty Reckless
Symphonica, George Michael
Kiss Me Once, Kylie Minogue
Louder, Lea Michele
St.George’s Day (Live in Manchester), Saxon
Recess, Skrillex
Happiness Is, Taking Back Sunday
All Night Long (Live 1981), Joe Walsh
Night Time My Time, Sky Ferreira
Recoiled, Coil and Nine Inch Nails
The Nocturne Diaries, Eliza Gilkyson
We Got A Love, Shit Robot
Night Tripper: Gris Gris (Remastered), Dr.John
The Complete Studio Albums (Box Set), UFO
Come and Get It, Christina Skjolberg
10000 Towns, Eli Young Band

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Nick Cave invites fans to filmed London concert

NCATHBSNick Cave and The Bad Seeds have invited fans to attend a London gig that will be filmed for a forthcoming documentary.

The band will be playing the intimate concert at London venue Koko on November 3rd. Fans can apply for tickets via an online ballot on the band’s website and need to register by October 7th, 9am.

The show is being recorded for the film 20,000 Days On Earth and will see Cave reunited with former collaborator Kylie Minogue. Minogue will make a cameo appearance in the drama-documentary which is being directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. The film is set to tell the story of Cave’s 20,000th day on earth and is due for release in 2014.

Forsyth and Pollard previously worked on the music videos for all the singles from Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ 2008 album ‘Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!’

Kylie Minogue collaborates with Hurts

Manchester pop duo Hurts have been explaining to NME.com how they managed to secure the services of one Kylie Minogue for their debut album.

The Aussie star takes a guest vocal spot on song Devotion. set to appear on first album Happiness, due for release on 6th September.

Frontman of the band, Theo Hutcraft explains: “A few weeks ago we finished our album, but it did not feel complete. We have written an album, mainly about women, which felt lost without the salvation of a woman.”

“We wrote a song about infidelity called ‘Devotion’. Since we have enjoyed an illicit life-long love affair with Kylie Minogue, we mustered up every ounce of courage we had and asked her if she would like to sing the song with us. She said yes…. If you don’t ask, you don’t get… I guess.”