Jarvis Cocker: 'Politics has turned into Game of Thrones – I can't see it...
The former Pulp frontman is back with new band Jarv Is, unable to resist his holy grail: the perfect pop song. He talks about the death of mainstream politics – and how he still believes in the good of...
View ArticleThe best storytelling albums from Bowie to Kendrick Lamar
Transport yourself with music that tells a tale, from country-soul star Bobbie Gentry to Pulitzer winner Kendrick LamarContinue reading...
View ArticleJarv Is… Beyond the Pale review – caveman Cocker rolls back the years
(Rough Trade)The ex-Pulp frontman’s pell-mell search for connection – with our ancestors, our ageing selves and each other – is a pulsating, sleazy treatIf you’re not local to Sheffield, you might not...
View ArticleFrom Beyoncé to David Bowie: 10 of the best Glastonbury sets ever
Ahead of a livestreamed version of the festival, here are some of the biggest and best performances from years gone byJay-Z walked so that Beyoncé could run. By facing down a reactionary backlash in...
View ArticleUK pop pilgrimages: from Paul McCartney’s Kintyre to Giggs’s Peckham
With festivals looking thin on the ground, why not visit the places that have inspired some of our best songs and greatest bands, including Pulp, the Undertones and … Cliff RichardYour desire to be...
View ArticleJarv Is … review – Jesus, rave and Pulp classics in Cocker’s cocksure revue
Albert Hall, ManchesterWith his fabled stage moves still wonderfully intact, Jarvis Cocker leads his current band through songs that quizzically examine an ever-changing worldJarvis Cocker sashays on –...
View Article‘Everything comes back to the spirit of rave’: Jonny Banger in conversation...
Whether adding a Nike swoosh to NHS T-shirts or asking kids to draw their feelings on the government’s Covid letters, the work of Jonny Banger blurs the line between art, fashion and activismJonny...
View ArticleGood Pop, Bad Pop: An Inventory by Jarvis Cocker review
Clearing out his loft gives the former Pulp frontman a chance to look back at his formative years, and the objects that shaped himThe first memoir from the former lead singer of Pulp would have been...
View ArticleThe Sheffield council house that became a pioneer of rock recording
Studio Electrophonique, built by panel-beater Ken Patten, gave the world Pulp, ABC and the Human LeagueA band turning up for a session at Studio Electrophonique in the late 1970s could have been...
View ArticlePulp to reform (again) for 2023 concerts
Jarvis Cocker confirmed the reunion and the Britpop legends have a list of potential dates and venuesBritpop legends Pulp are to reform and play gigs again in 2023, the band have announced.After...
View ArticleJarvis Cocker joins Pulp bandmate onstage to support Sheffield Leadmill
Threatened venue played key role in launching bands including Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic MonkeysPulp star Jarvis Cocker joined his former bandmate Richard Hawley in a surprise performance at Sheffield’s...
View ArticleThe 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and...
View ArticlePulp confirm reunion shows for 2023
The Sheffield band will reform for a second time and play standalone shows as well as sets at the TRNSMT and Latitude festivalsPulp have confirmed that they will reunite– for a second time – to play...
View ArticleGood Pop, Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker audiobook review – rummaging in the attic
Adrian Mole-ish snapshots of young, pre-fame Jarvis and his pop-stardom masterplanGood Pop, Bad Pop finds the former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker sifting through dozens of old boxes in his loft and...
View ArticlePulp’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
With a raft of reunion shows announced for 2023, we assess the Sheffield band’s best songsPulp’s luckless 1980s career has been dismissed as juvenilia – not least by Jarvis Cocker – but it’s sparingly...
View ArticleOn the road again... how band reunions can be a victory lap for their...
I once would have sneered at Pulp and Blur reuniting, but maybe it’s their way of reclaiming the pastIs it my imagination or has the music industry comeback… made a comeback? Blur have announced a...
View ArticleFavourite lyrics reveal your attachment style – psychologists would have a...
Are you secure, anxious, or avoidant: songs we play repeatedly can be revealing. So what is it with me and Pulp’s Babies?When I discover or am reminded of a song I particularly like, I am one of those...
View ArticleSteve Mackey, bass guitarist for Pulp, dies aged 56
Musician died following three month stay in hospital, with wife Katie Grand describing him as ‘the most talented man I have ever known’Steve Mackey, the bass guitarist for Pulp during the band’s most...
View Article‘He had such sharp judgment, yet you never felt judged’: Arcade Fire’s Will...
The band’s former bass player, who collaborated with the late Pulp musician on 2017 album Everything Now, pays homage to his generous, engaged friend• Steve Mackey, bass guitarist for Pulp, dies aged...
View ArticleSteve Mackey obituary
Bassist with Pulp who was also a successful producer, remixer and fashion photographerIt was a fool’s errand to try to upstage Jarvis Cocker during Pulp’s remarkable 1990s peak, but bassist Steve...
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