Guardian Music — Ceremony at Brixton Academy also dishes out prizes to Pulp, Florence + The Machine and the SmithsFormer Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher was declared a godlike genius at the NME Awards on Wednesday night.The magazine's editor, Krissi Murison, hailed hi... more info

Guardian Music — 'Cocker's lyrics were what made me want to write stories'I first heard Jarvis Cocker's voice when he read Ian McEwan's "Last Day of Summer" on Radio 1, some time in 1993. The reading sparked an early interest in McEwan's work, but it also led me to t... more info

Guardian Music — 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 musical comebacks. Increasingly, browsing through the live ads at the back of rock mag... more info

Guardian Music — Arena, NottinghamIf you were to attempt to design a band guaranteed to be unsuccessful, you might come up with the Black Keys. From unfashionable Akron, Ohio, they are a guitar-based band when guitar music is supposedly going the way of the dodo. The... more info

DrownedInSound — 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 editor going. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Chorus.fm — *Leonard Cohen* (http://www.leonardcohen.com) hosted a playback of his new album, Old Ideas, last night in London. The night also saw Jarvis Cocker (*Pulp* (http://www.pulppeople.com/)) interview (http://www.clashmusic.com/news/leonard-cohen-chats-to... more info

Guardian Music — Songwriter on Old Ideas, his first album in eight years: 'This record invites one to be swept along, even if you have written it'His detractors may sarcastically call him Laughing Len, but Leonard Cohen kept a roomful of journalists entertained on We... more info

ContactMusic — Pulp star Jarvis Cocker has thrown his support behind the ongoing Occupy protest movement calling the campaigners visionary and praising their dedication The British rocker admits he was pleased to see demonstrators take over swathes of cities includ... more info

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