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Music review: Jarvis Cocker, The Big Melt, The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Thu, June 13 2013 10:26am - Source: The Independent - Music

Cocker returns, somewhat more reservedly, with Pulp and friends (including Richard Hawley), as musical director for a one-off performance at Sheffield Doc/Fest of The Big Melt , a film documenting 100 years of stainless steel, a product rooted in Sheffield ("Steel City").

Beck announces details of two UK live dates

Tue, June 11 2013 5:33pm - Source: NME

Beck has announced details of two solo UK shows set to take place in July. The singer will perform dates in Cambridge and London on July 6 and 7 respectively following his 'Song Reader' performance in London on July 4.

Jarvis Cocker to play Sheffield-themed show at Doc/Fest

Tue, June 11 2013 10:26am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

Jarvis Cocker is to perform live at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield this week as part of the 20th edition of documentary convention Doc/Fest. The show, which is set to take place on the first night of the five day event, is part of the premiere of 'The Big Melt', a new film directed by Martin Wallace that tells the story of the Yorkshire city's steel industry through footage from the BFI National Archive accompanied by music from Sheffield musicians.

Beck Announces Summer Shows in London & Cambridge + Tickets

Tue, June 11 2013 8:40am - Source: Stereoboard

Alt-rock legend Beck will return to the UK in July for a brace of intimate acoustic shows.

Pulp's Jarvis Cocker to perform at Sheffield premiere of steel documentary 'The Big Melt'

Mon, June 10 2013 2:29pm - Source: NME

Jarvis Cocker is to perform live in Sheffield at the premiere of new steel documentary The Big Melt this week.

Beck unveils new electronica-inspired single 'Defriended' – listen

Tue, June 04 2013 8:46pm - Source: NME

Beck has unveiled a brand new, stand-alone single called 'Defriended'.

These New Puritans' Field Of Reeds, Track-By-Track Preview

Thu, May 30 2013 10:38am - Source: The Quietus

I received an email from Graham Sutton back in February saying he was finishing a new album with These New Puritans (their third, and second to be co-produced by Sutton alongside These New Puritans' Jack Barnett), which they'd been working on for the whole of 2012.

Jarvis Cocker to talk at London Literature Festival tonight (May 24)

Fri, May 24 2013 5:20pm - Source: NME

Jarvis Cocker is to host a talk on 'What Celebrity Does to Identity' as part of the London Literature Festival 2013 tonight (May 24).

Beck plays Song Reader material

Tue, May 21 2013 5:17am - Source: The Four Oh Five

It was a 20-track "album" in the least conventional sense—it was released as sheet music.

Beck performs 'Song Reader' tracks live for the first time - watch

Mon, May 20 2013 8:17pm - Source: NME

Beck has performed tracks from his 'Song Reader' sheet music project live in public for the very first time.

Beck to Perform 'Song Reader' Album in London

Thu, May 16 2013 5:40pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Beck has assembled an all-star group of performers to help him play the songs from his latest release, the Song Reader collection of sheet music, Pitchfork reports.

Foxygen, Amen Dunes, LODRO & Prince Rupert's Drops played first BV-curated RBSS show at the Knit (pics)

Tue, May 14 2013 8:45pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

"I ate a CD once," admitted Foxygen frontman Sam France Monday night onstage to a full room at Knitting Factory.

Parlour Flames - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar, Brighton - 12th May 2013 (Live Review)

Mon, May 13 2013 2:56pm - Source: Stereoboard

With the release of Parlour Flames' self-titled debut album scheduled for Monday 20th May on Cherry Red, Mancunians Vinny Peculiar (Alan Wilkes) and guitarist Bonehead (Paul Arthurs) are currently touring the UK with a full live band featuring Cherry Ghost bassist Ollie Collins and Badly Drawn Boy drummer Che Beresford, with newest recruit Rob Steadman on keyboards completing the line-up.

40 musicians answer the Scottish independence question

Mon, May 06 2013 11:35am - Source: The Pop Cop

"Should Scotland be an independent country?" – giving each of them the choice of 'Yes', 'No' and 'Undecided' and inviting them to explain their answer.

Savage Guardians: Why Bands Are Right About Cameras At Gigs

Mon, April 22 2013 10:58am - Source: The Quietus

I don't know about you but I've never been much of a fan of note leavers.

Jarvis Cocker to release book on British folk clubs

Tue, April 16 2013 2:07pm - Source: NME

Jarvis Cocker 's first acquisition as Editor-at-Large at book publishers Faber and Faber will be a book on the history of British folk clubs.

Adam Green & Binki Shapiro - Live At Village Underground, London

Mon, April 15 2013 4:23pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

The new Nancy and Lee duo of The Moldy Peaches' Adam Green and Little Joy's Binki Shapiro has been on tour for four weeks.

Cameraphone pictures at gigs: sometimes, they're pretty great

Thu, April 11 2013 4:03pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs became the latest musicians to speak out against camera-wielding concert attendees on Sunday night, when they played Webster Hall in New York City.

Yoko Ono to bring Siouxsie Sioux, Iggy and the Stooges and Patti Smith to London's Southbank

Thu, April 04 2013 12:52pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Sioxsie Sioux, Iggy and the Stooges and Patti Smith are some of the musicians who have been chosen by Yoko Ono as curator of Meltdown festival , which happens in June at London's Southbank Centre. 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of Meltdown, which invites a different cultural figure to curate the 10-day event every year.

Duran Duran Versus Japan: The Substance Of Style

Sun, March 31 2013 1:32pm - Source: The Quietus

Some thirty years ago one pop band's trajectory (which had begun several years earlier in the drab London suburb of Catford) ended, to the surprise of the listening public, on a hard-earned artistic masterstroke achieved while fractiously splitting under the strain of internal tensions.

Robbie Williams: 'The bassist in Blur? My nan could do that'

Fri, March 29 2013 1:41pm - Source: NME

Robbie Williams has continued his rant against Britpop stars, this time saying his nan could take Alex James' place in Blur. Recording the first of his Radio Rudebox podcasts, the Take That singer said James "hadn't been very nice" to him when they've met in the Nineties, adding: "Alex is the bassist in Blur — my nan could do that. All she needs is a new haircut."

Sandie Shaw appears before parliament

Wed, March 27 2013 8:42am - Source: No Rock and Roll Fun

Yesterday the Culture, Media & Sport select committee was doing some thinking about the creative industries, which included an appearance by Sandie Shaw. It's been written up in some places as an attack on Mumford And Sons, but... well, not really: Finance is the biggest barrier for emerging artists.

They Say It’s Your Birthday: Ric Ocasek

Sat, March 23 2013 1:42pm - Source: Cover Me

They Say It's Your Birthday celebrates an artist's special day with other people singing his or her songs.

Jarvis Cocker: 'David Bowie makes me feel lazy'

Tue, March 19 2013 4:56pm - Source: NME

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has said that Davie Bowie makes him feel lazy after viewing the new London exhibition documenting the iconic singer's life though costume.

The New British Classics (Bullet For My Valentine, Bring Me The Horizon, While She Sleeps Feature)

Tue, March 12 2013 1:20pm - Source: Stereoboard

"America? They're too far gone - doesn't matter about them. But you! What are you up to? You can't watch the X-Factor. You made Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Venom, Motorhead, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, The Smiths, The Cure, The Damned, The Jam, The Police, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Jarvis Cocker, David Bowie, Queen, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Supertramp, Chemical Brothers, and the Prodigy. And if you're watching the X Factor after a resume like that then I'm telling you... You are a bit of a bastard."

Devendra Banhart - Mala

Mon, March 11 2013 1:03am - Source: The Four Oh Five

In this little thing we call the music scene, there's a dwindling amount of genuinely funny, modest, and likeable characters.

Interview: Oli Steadman of Stornoway

Mon, February 25 2013 11:32am - Source: There Goes the Fear

Us here at TGTF Towers are all abuzz about the new Stornoway album, which comes out in March on 4AD.

Alison Mosshart to host Jarvis Cocker’s BBC 6 Music radio show

Fri, February 22 2013 12:06pm - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

BBC Radio 6 Music have confirmed that The Kills singer Alison Mosshart will sit in for Jarvis Cocker in his Sunday afternoon slot next month.

Bland Of The Year goes to... The Brits

Fri, February 22 2013 3:13am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

AS One Direction's Harry Styles swaggered on stage at the Brit Awards on Wednesday night, he looked into the crowd, turned his palms to the sky and gave the classic "come on then" football fan gesture.

Boring BRITs was the pits

Fri, February 22 2013 1:52am - Source: Daily Star - London - UK

THE BRITs were dubbed the PITs last night after pop fans slammed the bash as the most boring ever.

DiS Does Pop #13: What's the point of the Brit Awards?

Tue, February 19 2013 9:53am - Source: Drowned In Sound

It's a rotten January evening and Drowned In Sound's writers have gathered together to ring in the new year with a drink or three.

Hidden treasures: Sir John Betjeman's Banana Blush

Fri, February 15 2013 10:18am - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Back in April 1974, I picked up my brother's copy of New Musical Express (as it was then known) for my weekly dose of rock'n'roll polemic and happened across an interview with Sir John Betjeman.

Kraftwerk to headline T In The Park 2013

Wed, February 13 2013 9:49am - Source: NME

The 20th anniversary of the Scottish festival will also see sets from Mumford & Sons, Rihanna, The Killers, Jake Bugg, Paloma Faith and Alt-J. Of Kraftwerk's addition as headliners for the festival - which takes place July 12-14, 2013 in Balado near Kinross – festival director Geoff Ellis said: "Kraftwerk are a truly seminal band. Their revolutionary sound altered the face of contemporary music, and paved the way for so many artists across so many musical genres. They are a massively influential group and an incredible live act, and we are hugely excited to welcome Kraftwerk to T in the Park for the first time this July, in what will be a very special moment in our 20th year celebrations."

Jarvis Cocker, Professor Brian Cox and more see Kraftwerk play 'The Man-Machine' in London

Sun, February 10 2013 2:12pm - Source: NME

Kraftwerk last night (February 9) played the fourth date in their ongoing residency at London's Tate Modern gallery, where the German electronic group performed their classic 1978 album 'The Man-Machine' in full.

Serafina Steer - Live At St Leonard's Church, London

Tue, January 29 2013 12:42pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

St Leonard's Church on the border of Shoreditch and Hackney.

50 GREAT ALBUMS IN MY 50th YEAR (Part 6)

Thu, January 24 2013 6:14am - Source: THE VINYL VILLAIN

We can argue long into the night about the merits or otherwise of Britpop.

Playlist: Emily Solan's Top Ten Albums Of 2012

Sat, January 19 2013 10:37pm - Source: Faded Glamour

So many good albums came out in 2012 but here are my top ten from last year, including strong debuts from the likes of TOY and Spector and excellent follow-ups from Richard Hawley and Tame Impala.

Jessie Ware says 'music gods' are on her side after receiving two Brit Awards nominations

Sun, January 13 2013 4:10pm - Source: NME

Jessie Ware has told NME that she believes the "music gods" are on her side after she picked up two Brit Awards nominations.

Year In Review: Top 25 Albums Of 2012

Fri, January 11 2013 7:03pm - Source: Faded Glamour

None of these things happened. 2012 was as healthy a year for music as any.

Serafina Steer - The Moths Are Real

Wed, January 09 2013 11:27am - Source: BBC Music

Serafina Steer plays a harp and sings in a dew-fresh style that lends itself well to storytelling.

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