News Archive
22 August 2011
Jarvis at the Cheltenham Literature Festival
Jarvis Cocker is to give a talk about his forthcoming book during the Cheltenham Literature Festival. The event will take place at Town Hall (Main Hall), Cheltenham on Saturday, 8th October 2011 at 21:00. Tickets £15.
Mother, Brother, Lover, a collection of Jarvis' lyrics, is to be published on 20th October by Faber and Faber.
For more information and tickets go to the Cheltenham Literature Festival website.
17 August 2011
Reading Festival TV coverage
There will be television coverage of Pulp's set at the Reading Festival on Saturday, 27th August 2011. It will be shown on BBC3 between 8:45pm and 10:30pm.
This will be the first television coverage since Pulp's reunion.
13 August 2011
Make Do and Mend - Volume One
New compilation compiled by Jarvis.
Tracklist:
- Carol Batton - Beeing
- Yamasuki - Yamasuki
- Jean-Claude Vannier - Le Roi Des Mouches Et La Confiture De Rose mp3
- Jacky Chalard - Super Man, Super Cool (Extended Version) mp3
- Billy Green - Death Trip
- Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Drum Orchestra - The World Is A Ghetto
- Gong - Rational Anthem mp3
- Fusioon - Tocatta y Fug
- Angelo Michajlov - Haxipola's Trip
- Angelo & Eighteen - Flight 2 mp3
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Jane Weaver and Wendy Flower - Silver Chord
Bonus track - Jean-Claude Vannier - Au Desepoir Des Singes
In response to the Finders Keepers/Twisted Nerve/Bird/Battered Ormnaments stock loss in the PIAS warehouse fires caused by rioting on August 8th a few of our close label mates have come together to compile some of their favourite moments from the Finders Keepers family discography. A series of 10 limited edition CD and MP3 compilations curated by the likes of Jarvis Cocker, Demdike Stare, David Holmes and Gruff Rhys including some exclusive and unreleased tracks are now ready to order directly from the website and like minded retailers in a bid to ease us back onto our feet releasing phantastic obscure and obselete music as soon as possible.
For the next five months we will present 10 limited edition albums (one every 2 weeks) kindly compiled by B-Music stalwarts and friends, including Jarvis Cocker, Demdike Stare, David Holmes and Gruff Rhys (amongst others) choosing their favourite songs from our expansive catalogue, as well as featuring exclusive songs, edits and remixes.
To order or for more information go to the Finders Keepers website.
25 July 2011
Fire album reissues: update
The release dates for the album reissues have changed:
- UK/Europe: 24th October 2011
- North America: 25th October 2011
The tracklisting for It is now as follows:
- My Lighthouse
- Wishful Thinking
- Joking Aside
- Boats and Trains
- Blue Girls
- Love Love
- In Many Ways
-
Looking for Life
Plus - My Lighthouse (single version)
This will be the first time the single mix of My Lighthouse has been available since the single was released in 1983. It has apparently been mastered from the original tapes rather than vinyl.
The tracklisting for Freaks now includes Tunnel and Manon in addition to the tracks previously reported.
25 July 2011
New collaboration featuring Jarvis
Jarvis appears with vocals on a new track by Boys Noize and Erol Alkan called Avalanche (Terminal Velocity). Released on Monday, 25th July.
The track is available to buy from Beatport and iTunes.
It features lyrics adapted from Leonard Cohen's Avalanche.
5 July 2011
Brixton Academy dates announced
Pulp will play at the O2 Brixton Academy, London on Wednesday, 31st August. This is the first non-festival date to be announced in the UK.
Tickets went on pre-sale on Wednesday, 6th July at 9am. General sales will begin at 9am on Friday, 8th July.
A second date to take place on Thursday, 1st September, briefly appeared on the Seetickets website before being removed. It is likely that this date will take place, but it is not yet clear when tickets will be available.
NOTE: Pulp will play at the O2 Brixton Academy, London on Wednesday, 31st August 2011 AND Thursday, 1st September 2011, however both dates SOLD OUT within an hour or two of going on sale at 9am on Friday, 8th July 2011
30 June 2011
Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics
Jarvis is to release a book of his lyrics. It will be published by Faber and Faber in October.
Jarvis Cocker on Writing and Publishing his Lyrics from FaberBooks on Vimeo.
30 June 2011
This Is Hardcore on BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is to broadcast the Electronica III concert that took place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 9th June. The event was presented by Jarvis and featured a rendition of This Is Hardcore in a new arrangement with the BBC Concert Orchestra.
It will be on this Sunday (3rd July) at 14:00.
More details on the BBC website.
EDIT: In the end This Is Hardcore wasn't broadcast. It will instead be aired on Late Junction (BBC Radio 3) sometime soon.
25 June 2011
'Secret' performance at Glastonbury Park Stage
Pulp did indeed play the Park Stage at Glastonbury this evening. More details here.
Listen to Mis-Shapes, Babies and Common People on the BBC website
25 June 2011
Glastonbury rumours / Pulp play at Central St Martins party
Following weeks of rumours, Pulp look very likely to play the Park Stage at Glastonbury this evening (Saturday 25th). If the reports are correct they will be in the 'special guests' slot at 19:45.
This would follow last night's appearance at a private party at Central Saint Martins College in London. They played a set at the event to mark St Martins leaving two buildings in central London and moving to a new site in King's Cross. The party was open to invited guests only, mostly former students and staff. Jarvis studied film at St Martins between 1988 and 1991. It is, of course, also where he met the Greek girl who "had a thirst for knowledge".