News Archive
11 May 2010
Jarvis wins award for his 6 Music Show
Jarvis has won the "rising star" award at the Sony Radio Academy Awards for his Sunday afternoon show on 6 Music. The award was decided by listener votes. Jarvis used his acceptance speech to speak out against the threatened closure of 6 Music.
Listen to audio of Jarvis' acceptance speech here.
23 February 2010
Tim McCall RIP
Tim McCall, guitarist in Jarvis' band, has died unexpectedly at the age of 37. He sustained fatal injuries caused by an accident at his home in Crosspool, Sheffield. He leaves behind a wife and baby daughter.
Tim joined Jarvis' band in autumn 2006, replacing his friend Richard Hawley, who was no longer available due to solo commitments. He played on all tracks recorded for Jarvis' latest album Further Complications and receives a songwriting credit on Leftovers and Pilchard. His previous bands included Pollinates, with Pulp drummer Nick Banks, and early 90s Sheffield band Various Vegetables, who along with Pulp, were on the Gift label.
25 October 2009
Residency at London gallery
Jarvis and his band plan to follow their residency earlier this year at Galerie Chappe in Paris with a similar event at London's Village Underground. The residency will take place between Monday 9th and Wednesday 11th November at the gallery, which is located at 54 Holywell Lane in Shoreditch. They will be present each day between around 12 noon and 6pm.
Like in Paris, activities will include members of the public participating in live musical improvisations, live musical accompaniment to exercise classes (for example, yoga and aerobics), and performances and improvisation with guest artists.
On the final evening there will be a concert starting at 20:00. For this tickets will be required, which can be obtained at Clubtickets.com for £30.00 plus a booking fee. Other events will presumably be free.
A live video stream is planned at www.jarviscocker.net.
EDIT: The schedule is here.
25 October 2009
Jarvis to present Sunday afternoon radio show
From 10th January 2010 Jarvis will present a weekly radio show on BBC 6 Music. His slot will be on Sunday afternoons between 15:30 and 17:30.
Jarvis:
It's that weird time when one week's effectively over and yet the new one's not yet begun - the 'limbo-hours' if you like.
It is my intention to fill these hours with as much dodgy opinion, crackpot theories, hare-brained schemes & beautiful, beautiful music as is humanly possible.
It's a great honour to be working for the BBC, which I consider to be the greatest broadcaster in the world.
(Source)
Jarvis has appeared as a guest presenter on 6 Music on a few occasions in the past.
24 October 2009
Deluxe editions to be released in the US
The deluxe editions of His 'n' Hers, Different Class and This Is Hardcore are to be released in the US on 17th November 2009. They were released in Europe in September 2006.
3 October 2009
Further Complications / Girls Like It Too limited 7" single
Rough Trade have announced a double-A sided 7" single featuring Further Complications from the album of the same name and the previously unreleased Girls Like It Too. It will be released on 9th November and will be limited to 1000 copies (apparently only 300 to be sold in the UK).
3 September 2009
Jarvis to play in Australia and New Zealand
- 3 December - Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand
- 4 December - Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand
- 5 December - Hi Fi Bar, Brisbane, Australia
- 7 December - Metro, Sydney, Australia
- 8 December - Metro Freo, Perth, Australia
- 10 December - HQ, Adelaide, Australia
- 11 December - Forum, Melbourne, Australia
- 12 December - Meredith Festival, Meredith
20 June 2009
Jarvis on Question Time
It has been confirmed that Jarvis will appear as a panellist on Question Time. The programme will be broadcast on Thursday 2nd July at 22:35 on BBC1.
More info from the BBC website:
[...] This week presented by David Dimbleby from Cambridge. The panel includes: Harriet Harman MP, Deputy Labour Leader; Iain Duncan Smith MP, former Leader, Conservative Party; Charles Kennedy MP, former Leader, Liberal Democrats; and Jarvis Cocker, musician.
9 June 2009
Television
Jarvis is apparently going to appear on BBC1's political debating programme, Question Time, in the near future.
It is also very likely that at least part of Jarvis' performance at Glastonbury on Saturday 27th June will be broadcast on the BBC.