30 April 2009
Jarvis will be playing at the following two European festivals:
21 April 2009
There is some uncertainty about the tracklisting for Further Complications.
Most tracklistings are as follows:
However, several online record stores strangely list the UK CD version as not including Further Complications nor I Never Said I Was Deep. This may well be a mistake, but there is also a chance it is correct. (EDIT: This fortunately turned out to just be a mistake.)
18 April 2009
As well as being offered as a free download on jarviscocker.net, Angela will also be released as a limited 7" single on 15th June. The B-side will be I Found Myself Looking For God.
In addition, Angela also appears on a limited edition compilation cassette released on 18th April as part of Record Store Day. An event in support of the dwindling number of independent record shops around the country. The cassette is called C09, clearly a nod towards the legendary C86 cassette. It is limited to just 300 copies, which will be sold in independent record shops for the minimal price of 99p.
17 April 2009
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
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
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
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 has recently performed at two events in London.
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
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
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
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.
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