Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician and
frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a
figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus,
Cocker has led a successful solo career. Jarvis Cocker currently presents his
own radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music 'Jarvis's Sunday Service'. In ... read more

Dodgy's fifth album is a musical reunion worth celebrating

I thought I'd had my fill of musical comebacks, but Dodgy's new album is a revelationSelf-evidently, there are all kinds of issues surrounding the modern mania for musica...
Posted 1 day 6 hours ago — Comment on this

"I never had a strategy": Leonard Cohen launches new album

Leonard Cohen was in fine form on Wednesday night when he chatted with Jarvis Cocker in front of a theatre crammed full of what seemed like every music and cultural edito...
Posted 20 January 8.58am — Comment on this

Jarvis Cocker Shows Support For The Occupy Movement

In new column...
Posted 13 January 9.36am — Comment on this

Other Voices festival in Dingle, Ireland – in pictures

Other Voices is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Take a look at the church in which the gigs take place, and at previous performers including Jarvis Cocker, Ri...
Posted 30 November 2011 12.32pm — Comment on this

Nme - Rapper Banks Tops Nme's Cool List

Rapper Azealia Banks has topped a list of musics coolest stars British magazine Nme has named the rising rapper top of the publications 2011 Cool List ahead of Pulp front...
Posted 25 November 2011 11.06am — Comment on this

Where has Radio 1's young audience gone?

The average Radio 1 listener is 32, according to recent research. So what are the youths that Radio 1 thought it was entertaining really listening to?Research by rival st...
Posted 8 November 2011 8.00pm — Comment on this

I'm with Jarvis Cocker: we were music fan freaks

If teenagers today feel that a grazing, sharing and cloud-driven way of relating to music is the norm, some new technology will soon upend thatJarvis Cocker built a caree...
Posted 20 October 2011 10.31pm — Comment on this

WATCH: Jarvis Cocker Goes Back To School

Listen to his first song...
Posted 17 October 2011 10.21am — Comment on this

Jarvis Cocker goes back to school to talk Pulp and poetry - video

The Pulp singer returns to The City School in Sheffield, where he studied and his band played their first gig, to speak to students … and return some overdue librar...
Posted 17 October 2011 8.00am — Comment on this

Jarvis Cocker: 'Music has changed. It's not as central, it's more like a scented candle'

On a visit to his former school in Sheffield, the Pulp frontman talks about youth, fame and the changing face of popAnyone trying to spot the pop star in a Sheffield comp...
Posted 16 October 2011 8.00pm — Comment on this

Pulp's Jarvis Cocker goes back to his old Sheffield high school

Singer returns a library book and plays a short acoustic set
Posted 8 October 2011 6.00pm — Comment on this

Old Music: The City – I Wasn't Born to Follow

Sometimes you think you know a song – only to hear a version that makes you reconsider everything you previously feltIf you had asked me, just a couple of months ag...
Posted 23 September 2011 12.22pm — Comment on this

Jarvis Cocker - Cocker Hints Pulp Reunion Is Over

British singer Jarvis Cocker hinted that his reunion with Pulp is over during the band's last gig of its summer tour on Sunday (04Sep11). The 1990s Britpop icons announce...
Posted 5 September 2011 4.01pm — Comment on this

Pulp play 'last ever' show at Electric Picnic?

Jarvis Cocker hints that Irish festival may have been the end of their reunion
Posted 5 September 2011 1.19pm — Comment on this

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