Guardian Music — Kasabian, the Specials and Metronomy to join veteran stars Tom Jones, Neil Young, Bruce Spingsteen and Blur at this summer's festival, as lineup is revealedIt's a case of out with the new and in with the old at Glastonbury 2009, as organisers confirm... more info

Quick Before It Melts — A more appropriate title for Jarvis Cocker’s second solo album can’t exist.  Further Complications sees Cocker take his classic working class tales full of acerbic wit and social commentary and pass it through the meat grinder, endin... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has just released "Further Complications," his second solo effort. The sharp, unpredictable Britpop iconoclast continues to keep fans on their toes, from his counterintuitive choice of Steve A... more info

Gigwise — From Swine Flu and Jarvis Cocker to the return of Jesus Juice... more info

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Guardian Music — A stop-motion version of the former Pulp frontman will feature in Wes Anderson's forthcoming film of Fantastic Mr FoxThe forthcoming film adaptation of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox will feature a stop-motion Jarvis Cocker, it was revealed this week.... more info

Rollo & Grady — Jarvis Cocker Au Revoir Simone - Still Night, Still Light (Buy) Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange (Buy) Headless Heroes - The Silence of Love (Buy) Iron & Wine - Around the Well (Buy) Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications (Buy) Jason Lytle - Y... more info

Battery In your Leg — This is a particularly good week for new releases! It not only includes what will likely land the top spot on my list for album of the year - Miss Polly Scattergood’s debut - but releases from indie powerhouse John Vanderslice, former Pulp frontman... more info

Rolling Stone — Five years after exiting with Encore, Eminem returns to record stores today with Relapse, an album documenting how Slim Shady spent his long vacation: with a lot of pills. Paced by Dr. Dre’s stripped down, low-end-funk production, Em raps about his... more info

Pop Justice — The artwork for Jarvis Cocker's new album looks great - slightly blurry and in distressingly low resolution - as a... more info