Today, Jarvis Cocker announced the release of an EP of new music composed especially for the upcoming TV series, “Likely Stories”. The Sky Arts series, which airs next Thursday, May 26, is the work of directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (who directed the excellent Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days On Earth) and is based […]
Record Store Day 2015 – Our Picks
Record Store Day will soon be tempting us once more with promises of exclusive coloured vinyl, limited pressings, and picture discs. If you’re starting to make your wish list for Record Store Day 2015 (mark your calendars for Saturday, April 18!), you might find our picks of the best to be of use. Links below […]
6 Places You Never Expected To See Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker is a versatile kind of guy. Besides forming Pulp in 1978, and embarking on a successful solo career, he has been a BBC radio presenter, an editor, and sometime documentarian. Though it’s increasingly common to see photos of him rubbing shoulders with famous musicians and Hollywood stars, there are still some places you’d […]
Watch This 9-Year-Old Sing Pulp’s ‘This Is Hardcore’
Last August, Jarvis Cocker made a rare American appearance at a Brooklyn screening of Florian Habicht’s Pulp doc, Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, and Supermarkets. This wasn’t just a routine screening of the film, though. Along with a post-screening Q + A with the producer and singer in attendance, Jarvis Cocker presided over the […]
NYC Pulp Karaoke To Be Judged By Jarvis
Hey, Common People of New York! Do you experience a F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E every time you think of Sheffield’s greatest export, Pulp? If so, plan a Joyride to Rooftop Film’s August 7 (that’s next Thursday!) screening of the new Florian Habicht documentary, PULP: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets. As North Americans may know, this is […]
The New Pulp Doc DVD Will Be Released On ‘Monday Morning’
‘Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets,’ — which had its world premiere at SXSW in April, followed by a massive event in June at the Sheffield Doc/Fest with the band in attendance — will have its DVD release on Monday, July 14. The acclaimed 90 minute documentary chronicles Pulp’s triumphant return to their […]
Unreleased Blur, Pulp On ‘Britpop At The BBC’ Compilation
The BBC are continuing its celebrations of the twentieth anniversary of Britpop with a new compilation featuring previously-unreleased performances from some of the greatest British bands of the 1990s. Mark your calendars: on July 14, Britpop At The BBC, an amazing three-disc collection, will be released. The first disc will be devoted to Radio 1’s […]
Pulp, Blur Studios To Be Turned Into Flats
Britpop fans may soon be able to live on the actual site where some of the biggest Britpop albums were made. The site of Townhouse Studios in Shepherd’s Bush, West London has been sold to developers looking to turn it into a new set of luxury flats. The £7.5 million deal was finalized by Irish […]
‘Pulp’ Film To Have Its UK Premiere June 7
‘Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets,’ which had its world premiere at SXSW last month, will finally hit cinemas in the UK on June 7. The UK premiere will occur at the Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 7, with the band and other local stars in attendance. There will be a Mark Radcliffe-hosted Q&A […]
Best Britpop Guitar Moments
Here is a list I can get behind. Music Radar put together a list of 13 Best Britpop Guitar Moments and I have to say that it’s a really good list. Normally I find myself disagreeing with others’ “best of” lists because they are so subjective. These best of Britpop lists also always tend to […]
