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Alexis Petridis on random music finds

5495 days ago

Guardian Music — 'The tape that made my daughter scream'Here's a sentence you don't read every day: last Sunday afternoon, our kitchen was brought to a standstill by the sound of a broken-down fairground ride with its calliope in a state of terrible disrepair wheezin... more info

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Liam Gallagher's Off The Booze! Well, Sort Of

5497 days ago

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Liam Gallagher says he’s no longer a rock wild man after giving up booze and parties.Mad for it Liam is bored of late nights and finally feels ready to rid his life of Cigarettes and Alcohol.But the singer, 38, had a final fling watching hedonistic... more info

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Baby Scream: Baby Scream

5501 days ago

Here Comes The Flood — Dark powerpop from Argentina. The self-titled album by Baby Scream is an album with lush arrangements, folk musings, lounge lizard piano bits and great melodies that will go down well with fans of Jordan Galland, Jarvis Cocker, and The Real Tuesday... more info

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Ray Davies to curate Meltdown 2011

5501 days ago

Guardian Music — Former Kinks singer 'thrilled' to take control of the Southbank Centre's 18th annual festival, promising to forge a 'musical bridge between past, present and future'Ray Davies has been appointed artistic director of next year's Meltdown festival at t... more info

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Pilooski Side-Project Discodeine Releases Single With Jarvis Cocker, LP by Early 2011

5503 days ago

XLR8R — French producers Pentile and Pilooski (a.k.a. Discodeine) have just announced that their first single, titled "Synchronize," will be released December 6 on DFA/DIRTY, and will feature Brit-pop crooner Jarvis Cocker on vocals. Discodeine will also be ... more info

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How Roald Dahl Shaped Pop – review

5503 days ago

Guardian Music — Radio 2How Roald Dahl Shaped Pop (Radio 2) was full of peculiar and often upside-down compliments. "Not everything's nice," was how Jarvis Cocker summed up Dahl's writing. "His stuff was really sick and twisted," enthused Kate Nash. It features, said... more info

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Synchronize Feat. Jarvis Cocker by DISCODEINE - Out 12/6 on DFA Records

5504 days ago

Altsounds — If ever there could be a dream team collective of folks involved in just one single, this would be it. Together, Brit pop legend *Jarvis Cocker* has joined creative forces with two of the most exciting and innovative French producers -- *Pentile* ... more info

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Decoded: Songs and their meanings

5506 days ago

The Independent — For some, a song is all about the melody, the lyrics merely an "added extra – like a conservatory or a patio", as Jarvis Cocker once claimed. But for many others the words touch the heart and the soul, even if we're not exactly sure what they mean... more info

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Jarvis Cocker to narrate Peter and the Wolf at the Southbank Centre

5507 days ago

Guardian Music — Pulp frontman will bring bespectacled charm to bear on four December performances of Prokofiev's classicWho's afraid of the big bad wolf? Not national treasure and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, who will be bringing his lanky, bespectacled charm to bea... more info

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