Jarvis Cocker backs independents in battle of the music labels

Ex-Pulp frontman tells Association of Independent Music that furore over BBC 6 Music could spur golden age of independent musicIn an age of plummeting CD sales, rampant digital piracy and slashed expenses budgets, music executives are rarely cheerful. But today the atmosphere was quietly optimistic at the biggest gathering of independent record labels of the year.Alison Wenham, chief executive of the Association of Independent Music which was holding its annual general meeting, said that indep...

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