News Archive
17 April 2009
Album update
A website to promote Jarvis' new album has appeared at jarviscocker.net. New track Angela is available as a free download (email address required).
The album's tracklisting is as follows:
20 March 2009
New Jarvis UK Tour Dates
10 June - Blackpool Empress Ballroom
12 June - Glasgow ABC
14 June - Rock City, Nottingham
16 June - Brighton Dome
17 June - London Troxy
24 July - Secret Garden Party, near Huntingdon
Also, on 16 April Jarvis will perform an acoustic set at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. This is a charity appearance with funds going to the Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Also appearing are Badly Drawn Boy, I Am Kloot and Stephen Fretwell.
20 March 2009
New Jarvis European Tour Dates
29 May - Primavera Festival, Barcelona
31 May - Vega, Copenhagen
2 June - Fabrik, Hamburg
3 June - Rockhal, Luxembourg
4 June - Bataclan,Paris
6 June - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
7 June - Paradiso, Amsterdam
Plus:
19 June - Ejekt Festival, Athens
8 August - Berlin Festival
30 December 2008
Jarvis to be guest editor of the Today programme
On 31st December 2008, Jarvis will guest edit the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. The morning news and current affairs show traditionally picks a selection of guest editors between Christmas and New Year. It is reported that Jarvis' programme will focus on the credit crunch.
There is a video trailer for the programme on the BBC website.
30 December 2008
Jarvis - recent appearances
Jarvis has recently performed at two events in London.
Twisted Christmas, Barbican Centre, London (Thursday, 11 December)
Information from the Barbican website:
A deliciously dark evening of twisted Christmas songs from an exciting line-up of singers, musicians and stage actors performing their own versions of Christmas songs past, present and future.
Featuring Jarvis Cocker, Patrick Wolf, Sandy Dillon, Daniel Knox, Bonfire Madigan, Mary Margaret O’Hara, The Inn-Ringers, The Smoke Fairies, Foy Vance, Kathryn Williams and Neill MacColl, The New London Children’s Choir, Lou Rhodes, Frank Sidebottom & more.
He performed an interpretation of the traditional Christmas carol God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, and also a song he had written himself called Slush
Shlomo - A Concert Against Knife Crime, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (Saturday, 13 December)
Information from the Southbank Centre website:
Beatbox artist Shlomo hosts a very special show to promote music as an aid to fight knife crime in the UK. A diverse cast of guest artists collaborate with Shlomo for one night of spontaneous music.
The idea for the concert is based on Shlomo's two-hour show at Glastonbury festival this year, where he brought out a whole host of guest artists to collaborate and jam in front of 15,000 people.
In this performance, each artist performs one or two songs, either solo or duetting with Shlomo or other guests, with Shlomo's beatbox choir, The Vocal Orchestra, always on-hand as the backing band.
He performed Fat Children with his usual band replaced by beatbox artists vocally mimicking the sounds of the instruments.
Jarvis reportedly met beatboxer Shlomo while on a recent trip to the Arctic to raise awareness of climate change.
Related pages: Jarvis - Miscellaneous Live Performances
30 December 2008
This is Hardcore vinyl reissue
It appears that This is Hardcore is going to be reissued on heavy 180 gram vinyl in the US. Copies of the original double LP have recently been selling on eBay for silly amounts of money and that may have prompted the reissue.
The information below has been gleaned from various online listings and is not necessarily entirely accurate.
The tracklisting is the same as the original vinyl release, and is as follows:
Side A:
Side B:
Side C:
Side D:
Release date: 20 January 2009 (USA) UPDATE: It has been delayed and maybe available in April 2009. UPDATE 2: Finally released in May.
Label: Plain Recordings (PLAIN131DLP)
5 December 2008
New songs
Around 10 new songs were played during Jarvis' recent five date UK tour and festival appearance in Taiwan. Some of the songs had already been played during shows in North and South America earlier in the year, while others were completely new.
Jarvis now clearly has almost an album's worth of new material and is likely to start recording early next year.
Apparently
Played at Manchester Academy (30 November).
Also, reports suggest another new song was played at Birmingham Academy (2 December). Anyone know any more?
Related pages: Song list
1 December 2008
Jarvis to play at Taiwanese festival
On 6 December Jarvis will play in Taiwan for the first time. He will appear at the Simple Life Festival in Taipei.
Related pages: Jarvis at Simple Life 2008; Jarvis gigography
20 November 2008
Born to Cry
Tony Christie has recorded a cover of Pulp song Born to Cry for his new album called Made in Sheffield. The LP was released 10 November, with Born to Cry also appearing as a download only single a week before. The album's other tracks feature material from other Sheffield artists, including the Arctic Monkeys and The Human League, and it was produced by local musicians Colin Elliott and Richard Hawley.
Richard Hawley co-wrote Born to Cry with Jarvis Cocker in 1998 when he was Pulp's live guitarist. It is a somewhat obscure part of Pulp's back catalogue having only been released on the UK version of the Notting Hill film soundtrack in 1999.
2 November 2008
Jarvis – five UK dates announced
- 25 November - Academy, Sheffield
- 26 November - Shepherds Bush Empire, London
- 28 November - Picture House, Edinburgh
- 30 November - Academy, Manchester
- 2 December - Academy, Birmingham
These concerts under the title Looking Rough At 30 commemorate the 30th anniversary of Jarvis' record label Rough Trade.
Rough Trade press release:
Proud founders of Rough Trade Geoff and Jeannette, have hatched a plan to commemorate our 30th anniversary and in the good sprit of rock ‘n’ roll they’ve decided that five parties are better than one. You’re all invited, all you need to do is make it down to either Sheffield, London, Edinburgh, Manchester or Birmingham on one of the dates below.
Each one will feature special Rough Trade guests including our own in house legend Jarvis, who will be headlining on each occasion and giving a little talk about our history, here’s what he had to say about it all,
Jarvis Cocker:
“Strangely enough, this is also the 30th anniversary of my first involvement with making music (the first incarnation of Pulp was formed during an Economics lesson towards the end of October 1978). How could I have known then that our two destinies would become so intertwined? I’m proud to be part of these birthday celebrations – I know there’s an awful lot of Anniversary Culture out there but this is one that’s actually worth celebrating: Rough Trade has always been about discovering the new, exploring the unknown & giving a voice to those who would otherwise remain unheard. And they’re still doing it 30 years on. This is no dewy-eyed nostalgia trip – it’s an on-going revolution. Stand up & be counted! (Actually, comfortable seating IS available in most of the venues – should you require it).”Party on Wayne!
Related pages: Jarvis gigography