John Cale recalls his time working with Nico on her extraordinary 1969 album, The Marble Index, in the new issue of Uncut (dated August 2013 and out now). Here, in this archive feature from our April 2010 issue (Take 155), the former Velvet Underground man, solo artist and producer of such free-spirits as Patti Smith, The Stooges and Happy Mondays, picks nine pieces of music worthy of a new society… and one by Zappa! Interview: Nick Hasted
John Cale has announced details of his new album, Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood.
The album will be released on October 1 on Domino Records' Lucky Six label and is his first since blackAcetate in 2005.
The tracklisting for Shifty Adventures... is:
I Wanna Talk 2 U
Scotland Yard
Hemmingway
Face To The Sky
Nookie Wood
December Rains
Mary
Vampire Cafe
Mothra
Living With You
Midnight Feast
Sandman (Flying Dutchman)
Cale will also tour the UK in October.
Dates confirmed are:
Friday, October 5: HMV Picturehouse, Edinburgh
John Cale has announced dates in the UK and Ireland ahead of the release of his new album later this year.
Cale is scheduled to play:
The Button Factory, Dublin on Wednesday, October 3
HMV Picture House, Edinburgh on Friday, October 5
HMV Ritz, Manchester on Saturday October 6
Coal Exchange, Cardiff on Sunday October 7
The Junction, Cambridge on Wednesday October 10
HMV Royal Institute, Birmingham on Thursday October 11
Royal Festival Hall, London on Saturday October 13
