PJ Harvey News and Photos

Queen Sized Polly: PJ Harvey's Rid Of Me Revisited

Tue, May 21 2013 1:51pm - Source: The Quietus

Twenty years ago, I raced back home from Manchester's Piccadilly Records with an eagerly-awaited album in my sweaty paws.

Rid Of Me Turns 20

Fri, May 03 2013 8:36pm - Source: Stereogum

I couldn't presume to say that there's a right way or a wrong way to hear PJ Harvey for the first time, but I like the way that I did it.

LISTEN: Mick Harvey Covers PJ Harvey

Fri, April 26 2013 5:26pm - Source: The Quietus

Next Monday, April 29, singer-songwriter and long-term Nick Cave associate Mick Harvey releases his new album FOUR (Acts of Love) via Mute. His sixth solo album, it features a mixture of his original material alongside his interpretation of others' songs split into three acts, and notably includes a cover of an unreleased PJ Harvey track, 'Glorious'.

Q&A: John Parish

Wed, April 10 2013 9:19am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

John Parish first emerged as the drummer in shortlived new wave band Thieves Like Us in 1980.

If PJ Harvey can't replace Kurt Cobain's Nirvana renunion, who should?

Fri, March 22 2013 12:36pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

This grande dame of alt rock would sit perfectly as a front woman for the reformed Nirvana.

Polly would be a cracker: PJ Harvey asked to front Nirvana by Dave Grohl

Thu, March 21 2013 3:00pm - Source: The Independent - Music

Harvey was invited to take Kurt Cobain's place and join the band's surviving members at a London concert staged by Grohl, the trio's former drummer.

Dave Grohl reveals he asked PJ Harvey to front Nirvana reunion

Wed, March 20 2013 8:04pm - Source: NME

Dave Grohl has revealed that he asked PJ Harvey to join the remaining Nirvana members on stage to replace Kurt Cobain.

Resurrection Vinyl: Selections From a Month of Record Collecting Featuring Desaparecidos, Birds of Maya, Spacin’, Redd Kross and PJ Harvey

Sun, January 27 2013 8:20pm - Source: I ROCK CLEVELAND

How we managed to get through the Occupy Movement, not to mention all of the continued distrust and anger aimed at Corporate America, without a single album to define the moment escapes me.

Pop & Art: Sylver Tongue's Charlotte Hatherley Interviewed

Tue, November 27 2012 11:10am - Source: The Quietus

"I can't listen to music in the background," says Charlotte Hatherley.

The Inner Flame burning even brighter...

Mon, October 29 2012 10:31pm - Source: MOG

This was a keeper in it's original iteration and it's flame only burns brighter on this re-release which includes additional tracks of goodness.

stories from the city…

Tue, September 11 2012 5:19pm - Source: Music is Art

back to the east coast, back to the feelings of four seasons, back to the fall, back to the leaves changing colors, and back to the time of year when all the albums that sound so good especially as the weather changes come into our lives again. the months of september, october, and november are some of my favorite months as when they arrive, a special frame of mind comes into play. perhaps it’s being able to keep the windows open to let all that stale summer air move through, or the scent and taste of pumpkin and gingerbread spice lattes, and the excitement of the haunting halloween and warmth of thanksgiving holidays coming, but whatever it is and wherever i am, it reminds me of home. everything pj harvey does musically works especially during this time of year however her fifth studio album released in 2010, stories from the city, stories from the sea is beyond fitting for the beginning of autumn. in order to fully appreciate, the album must be started from the beginning, and listened until the end. some highlights include the opening track big exit which tantalizes your mind as pj harvey screams “ this worlds crazy, give me the gun “, then as we skip to the magic of connection inside the lyrics of one line “ and i draw a line to your heart today to your heart from mine / one line to keep us safe “, back to the despair of human suffering in the whores hustle and the hustlers whore “ speak to me of heroin and speed / just give me something i can believe “, and cradling down to the soft cries of the ending track we float as she gently sings “ one day we’ll float / take life as it comes “. as you’re inside pj harvey’s music, the songs always unfold to provide a true life soundtrack to the storyboard and memories of a head-spinning brooklyn summer of excitement, love, and disappointment. this is pj harvey’s music on another level, taking the raw edge of her precessing albums and mixing it with toned beauty. so go enjoy now, open up your window, curl up under

Beastie Boys, Green Day, Pete Rock, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, PJ Harvey, Sebadoh, Sonic Youth, The Jayhawks, The Jesus Lizard: Quarantining The Past: Top 20 Albums Of 1992 Part Two (10-1)

Tue, September 04 2012 10:49am - Source: Prefix Magazine

Last week we showed you some of the best albums of 1992 (from 20 to 11), now here's the best of the best.

Mark Cousins On ‘What Is This Film Called Love,’ PJ Harvey, 'Prometheus' & “The Sadness Of Time Passing”

Sat, July 14 2012 4:39pm - Source: The Playlist

Having seen, and loved, Mark Cousins ' almost unreviewably subjective " What Is This Film Called Love " on its International Premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festiva l last week (read about that experience here ), we got to sit down with Cousins in person pretty much immediately afterwards.

Half Notes: PJ Harvey – White Chalk (2007)

Sun, July 08 2012 11:17am - Source: Something Else!

Tom Johnson In a bustling town like Phoenix, Tom Johnson is an oddity: The Guy Who Never Left: "I grew up here, I went to school here, I went to Arizona State University, where I studied both creative writing and then studio art. And ASU is where I met my future wife (funny enough, I actually had to 'meet' her through a mailing list for Rush – but it was only because we both went to ASU that I met her, otherwise it would have never happened). Married in 1999, they have two children. A dabbler with the bass guitar, Tom's maintained a series of well-regarded sites over the years, and recently claimed The Versatile Blogger Award for his work here at Something Else! Reviews. Contact us at reviews@somethingelsereviews.com.

pj harvey “the secret solo show” bootleg

Tue, June 26 2012 8:31pm - Source: Captains Dead

top of the day! well its almost official, our move back to chicago that is. the wife has given her 3 week notice, and i have something in the works up there. so, by august 1 we should be back in our motherland. here's knocking on wood, or something. if there is anyone in chicagoland looking for a kick ass sous chef/kitchen supervisor, the wife is looking, and please let me know. anyway, here is a pj harvey compilation/bootlet called the secret solo show which is entitled as such based on her unadvertised solo support slot for gallon drunk on 5.1.92. the rest is comprised of other performances, which you will find below.

PJ Harvey wins Ivor Novello award for Album of the Year

Thu, May 17 2012 8:58pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

In what seems like the 100th award (deserved though!) given this year to her, musician PJ Harvey has won an Ivor Novello for Album of the Year. Harvey's Let England Shake album has won countless awards, including the Mercury Prize, Mojo's Album of the Year, NME's Album of the Year and many others.

PJ Harvey Records Two New Songs For 'What Is This Film Called Love?'

Thu, May 17 2012 8:21pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

PJ Harvey Records Two New Songs For 'What Is This Film Called Love?'

Ivor Novello 2012: PJ Harvey deserved best album

Thu, May 17 2012 6:25pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

There is nothing wrong with collaboration, as Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Lieber and Stoller and Lennon and McCartney might attest.

Ivor Novello: let's hear it for the girls

Wed, April 18 2012 12:19pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

PJ Harvey is 42, and first emerged in the public eye in 1991 as a fierce yet vulnerable, raw and intense evocation of female power, a prototype riot girl raging against the pop stereotypes of the era.

PJ Harvey, Adele, Kate Bush albums lead all-female Ivor Novello Awards nominations list

Tue, April 17 2012 1:28pm - Source: NME

Adele , Kate Bush and PJ Harvey have landed nominations for best album at next month's Ivor Novello awards, the first time that all the nods in the Best Album category are for women.

PJ Harvey 'Let England Shake: 12 Short Films to be screened at Hay Literary Festival

Wed, April 11 2012 12:28am - Source: Music-News.com

The short films created by Seamus Murphy to accompany each of the 12 tracks on PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake' will be screened at the prestigious Hay Literary Festival on 6th June, followed by a Q&A with Seamus Murphy.

Out this week: Ed Sheeran, Foo Fighters and PJ Harvey

Mon, February 20 2012 10:26am - Source: Music Week

In the album chart, Torontonian house outfit Azari & II release their self-titled debut, Simple Minds bring out X5 through EMI and Sleigh Bells' Reign of Terror is released by Columbia.

Contest: Win A Copy Of PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake' DVD

Tue, January 24 2012 6:43pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

We're here to give you yet another reason to dive into PJ Harvey's absolutely wonderful 2011 release, Let England Shake.

PJ Harvey @ State Theatre

Fri, January 20 2012 12:31am - Source: Oceans Never Listen

A woman of slight stature, but great substance entered the stage.

PJ Harvey in sexist review row

Wed, January 18 2012 7:53am - Source: Music-News.com

PJ Harvey has silently pointed out a review of her Perth show drenched in gender stereotypes and the general feeling that women need to prove themselves worthy of inclusion in the gang of their male counterparts.

James Blake, Kate Bush, PJ Harvey Up For Brit Awards

Thu, January 12 2012 8:07pm - Source: Stereogum

The Brit Awards are the UK's annual equivalent to the Grammys, and our British friends have a way of making their award-nominations lists look just slightly cooler than ours.

BrooklynVegan's Favorite Albums of 2011

Fri, December 30 2011 11:18pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

For someone who seemingly can't stop releasing songs, when Bradford puts out a proper full length, it always comes off as a cohesive piece of work and Parallax is his most focused album yet.

STN Albums Of The Year no.1: PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Fri, December 30 2011 11:22am - Source: Sweeping the Nation

Let England Shake is an album about war, but not in the usual browbeating fashion.

The Other Half of the Answer (Gabe talks about what music he loved this year, part 3)

Sun, December 25 2011 8:27pm - Source: Songs Save Lives

This is a no-nonsense album, so I'll give it a no-nonsense write-up.

BEST SONGS OF 2011

Mon, December 19 2011 7:34am - Source: Said the Gramophone

These are my 100 favourite songs of 2011: songs I love more than plums & peaches & lesser harvests of almonds.

Best albums of 2011, No 1: PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Fri, December 16 2011 12:47pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Depicting war has always been an overwhelmingly male concern, even though it tears up lives indiscriminately.

Spotifriday #121: The Antlers, PJ Harvey, The Shins + more

Fri, December 16 2011 11:08am - Source: Drowned In Sound

This week's Spotify playlist, formed from the week's content on the website.

SUTC - Cover Magazine

Sun, December 04 2011 10:36pm - Source: MOG

-Welp, it seemed to one day that both songs had the same chord structure.

PJ Harvey + Seamus Murphy's Let England Shake films to get DVD release

Thu, December 01 2011 2:15pm - Source: Drowned In Sound

Many times this year we've listened to PJ Harvey 's Let England Shake and almost each and every time we marvel at its brilliance.

PJ Harvey to release 'Let England Shake' short films on DVD

Wed, November 30 2011 8:27pm - Source: NME

PJ Harvey is set to release the short films made by war photographer Seamus Murphy to accompany her album 'Let England Shake' on DVD on December 12.

PJ Harvey wins Uncut award

Tue, November 29 2011 9:07am - Source: Music Week

The album was selected from a shortlist that included albums from Radiohead, Bon Iver, Bill Callahan, Fleet Foxes, Josh T Pearson, Paul Simon and Gillian Welch by a panel of judges including BBC Creative head of music entertainment Mark Cooper, comedian Stewart Lee, singer Linda Thompson and Uncut editor Allan Jones.