On The Road 9 A reading in a cinema complex in Sheffield for the Off the Shelf Festival, followed by a Q & A session on contemporary poetics and related literary topics: Me: OK, one last question. Man: In a fist fight between you and Jarvis Cocker, who'd win? Me: Er . . . I've never met him, but from the pictures I've seen I'd have [...]
Beck tocará por primera vez Song Reader junto a Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand, y más Ha pasado casi un año desde que Beck lanzó su 'álbum' de partituras Song Reader . Y el 4 de julio, por primera vez, lo tocará completo junto a conjunto interesante de invitados como Jarvis Cocker de Pulp , Franz Ferdinand , Beth Orton , Charlotte Gaingsbourg , y más, en el Barbican de Londres. Por otro lado, Beck tiene una serie de fechas programas en [...]
Beck. El 4 de julio en The Barbican de Londres, Beck dará un concierto más que especial: será la primera vez que presente en vivo las composiciones de su Song Reader . Por si fuera poco, el músico estará acompañado por una gran cantidad de colegas y amigos como Jarvis Cocker , Franz Ferdinand , Beth Orton , Charlotte Gainsbourg , Joan as a Police Woman , Conor J O'Brien , The Staves , The Guillemots , Michael Kiwanuka , James [...]
It's been almost a year since Beck released an album of non-recorded sheet music . On the Fourth of July, he'll perform the material live for the first time during a star-studded concert at London's Barbican, which promises appearances from Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand, Beth Orton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and more, according to SPIN . Meanwhile, Beck has a number of upcoming U.S. tour dates scheduled for this summer, where he'll be previewing material from an upcoming acoustic record . Beck 2013 Tour Dates: [...]
Last year, Beck released Song Reader , an album that was only available as sheet music; it's still the closest thing to a proper album he's dropped since 20082s Modern Guilt . Beck has resisted any and all requests to play songs from the album live, so we've only heard those songs in our imagination's version of Beck's voice, not in Beck's actual voice. That's about to change. Read More... [...]
Last year, Beck released Song Reader , an album that was only available as sheet music; it's still the closest thing to a proper album he's dropped since 20082s Modern Guilt . Beck has resisted any and all requests to play songs from the album live, so we've only heard those songs in our imagination's version of Beck's voice, not in Beck's actual voice. That's about to change. Read More...
Forthcoming plans following Beck 's last release, 20122s sheet music album of sorts Song Reader , have been vague and varying. But it seems like before an expected new acoustic album release later this year, Beck is to re-visit Song Reader one more time with a special London outing just announced. The American musician will appear at the capital's Barbican Centre on 4 July for a star-studded cast of big name companions, all contributing to perform the record in its entirety. [...]
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Beck will play a one-off show at London's Barbican, with a string of well-known names performing his recent 'Song Reader' album. Released last year, 'Song Reader' features twenty separate songs, all entirely original and totally unrecorded; simply written as sheet music. It's available as a book from publishers Faber & Faber, with full-colour, unique art by the likes of Marcel Dzama, Leanne Shapton, Josh Cochran and Jessica Hische. Guests bringing the release to life at the 4th July Barbican gig include Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand, Beth Orton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan As Police Woman, Conor [...]
There's a bit of a trend for Indie folk/rock a la James Taylor / Neil Young (no bad thing) at the moment and one of the finest exponents currently is the Sheffield singer/songwriter Neil McSweeney . Despite his relatively low profile, he's worked with leading lights right across the Sheffield music scene. [...]
In an attempt to save you (not to mention ourselves) from the general Monday-morning awfulness that tends to follow a lovely spring weekend, Flavorwire has compiled a playlist of indie/rock/generally guitar-based songs that are genuinely funny. These are 20 of the flat-out wittiest and most amusing songs we know - and we guarantee that at least one of them will make you chuckle. (Note: we're discounting actual comedy songs here, so no Lonely Island/Flight of the Conchords/etc.) Keep the hilarity going by adding to our list in the comments. [...]
There've been many awesome Stooges-related things that have come out of the last week or so, not least the band's new album (which is actually quite good ) and their killer performance at New York's Le Poisson Rouge. But perhaps most awesome all is the photo that's been making the rounds of Iggy clutching two kids in junior versions of his trademark sequined jeans. They look terrified, he looks delighted, and the whole thing is many kinds of awesome. So, in a similar [...]
Kevin Parker. El dúo francés, Discodeine , está de regreso. Después de lanzar su gran sencillo "Synchronize" con la patricipación de Jarvis Cocker en las vocales, la pareja de productores estrena "Aydin". En esta canción, el invitado de lujo es Kevin Parker (vocalista de Tame Impala ), quien presta su voz para crear una fantasmagórica canción. Llena de delay , la voz de Parker es el complemento perfecto para los beats primaverales con toques arabescos de Discodeine . el EP Aydin contará con remixes [...]
Famous Belgian electro rockers SOULWAX are keeping things slow and quiet these days but for the upcoming Record Store Day they seem to make an exception. The band is releasing a remix of After You, a track by legendary britpop band PULP. Originally the song was an old b-side by the group but was recently The post Soulwax present new remix for "After You" by Pulp appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker is set to release the first book following his new role as Editor-At-Large of publishers Faber & Faber with an author recommended to him by fellow Sheffield musician Richard Hawley . Singing from the Floor by JP Bean has been described as "an oral history of British folk clubs" and will be released in April 2014, with Jarvis saying that it "portrays an important movement in vernacular culture in the [...]
Just time for a quick look at the Sony nominations - congratulations to Lauren Laverne, Jarvis Cocker and Cerys Matthews for their recognition. Seeing those names together makes the awards list look like the cover of Select magazine. Also nice to see Danny Baker getting better treatment here than he got at Radio London. Breakfast show of the year (10 million plus) Breakfast – BBC Radio 3 Chris Evans – BBC Radio 2 The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show – Absolute Radio KISS Breakfast with Rickie, Melvin [...]
Jarvis Cocker tiene un programa de radio los domingos en la BBC llamado Sunday Service en el que comparte la música que le interesa, y aveces tiene interesantes invitados. Está vez fue el turno de la vocal de The Kills y Dead Weather , Alison Mosshart . Alison platico con el líder de Pulp y presentó su música favorita en torno a la palabra "Amor". Escuchen el show completo dandole click aquí . La entrada Alison [...]
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker is set to give a talk at the Southbank Centre in London this May. Joined by artist Gavin Turk , the pair will deliver speeches on 'What Celebrity Does to Identity'. The event, which takes place on 24 May at 7.45pm, will be hosted by journalist Miranda Sawyer . The press release has the following blurb: "Both of these people are famous. But what does that really mean, and how do [...]
As we reported earlier last week, Jarvis Cocker is taking a holiday from his BBC 6 Music Sunday afternoon slot and has a whole host of famous names keeping his seat warm. The Kills' Alison Mosshart is set to sit in for three weeks next month, but yesterday saw legendary punk-poet John Cooper Clarke take control of things. He played the likes of Nico, David Bowie, Buzzcocks and even LA scuzz-punks FIDLAR . Listen to that here .
Alison Mosshart La vocalista de The Kills y The Dead Weather suplirá como locutora al cantante de Pulp durante el programa de radio que tiene Jarvis Cocker en la BBC 6 Music cada domingo. Esto debido a que Jarvis se ausentará por tres semanas a partir del 10 de marzo. Mosshart dijo sentirse honrada y agradecida con 6 Music por haberla invitado. Dijo también que tratará de cuidar la silla de Cocker , mantenerla aceitada y que se vea bien. [...]
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