Tag Archives: Pulp

The Great British Songbook #8: ‘Common People’

By | Posted on April 16th, 2012

I don’t know much about the personal circumstances into which William Shatner was born. I’m not aware if he was raised on a dirt-poor farm or carried around by servants in a penthouse suite at the top of the only invisible ...

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Five Songwriters Who Deserve The Comic Book Treatment

By | Posted on August 5th, 2011

This November, at the Tucson Comic-Con, a new comic will be launched, called Unite and Take Over: Comic Book Stories Inspired by The Smiths. It’s the 78-page brainchild of publisher Shawn Demumbrum, who brought in artists like ...

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Five Great Performances From This Year’s Glastonbury

By | Posted on June 27th, 2011

They’re packing the tents up now. The mud has developed a crust, and the tailbacks of cars leaving the site are preposterous.

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Five Great British Gentleman Singers

By | Posted on June 13th, 2011

The British Gentleman Singer is a unique beast. Part peacock, part librarian, he exists in a strange world where being the beefiest, brawniest man in the room won’t necessarily get you all the girls.

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WATCH: Pulp Return to the Stage for Small French Gig

By | Posted on May 26th, 2011

Ah, do you remember the first time? Some very lucky French fans are singing exactly that after seeing Pulp perform their first show nearly a decade on Wednesday night (May 25).

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A Five Song Guide To The British Landscape

By | Posted on May 18th, 2011

Capturing the idiosyncracies of England’s green and pleasant land is not a straightforward activity. You might have a tune and a set of lyrics which nails the essential rolling greenery, but does it also cast a shadow over the ...

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Pulp Use Fan Videos To Re-learn Their Own Songs

By | Posted on April 6th, 2011

Sometimes the right way to ease yourself back into a job is to watch someone else do it first, especially if they don’t do it terrifically well. Always a confidence boost, that.

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My Chemical Romance Covers Pulp, Twitter Fans Go Nuts

By | Posted on March 31st, 2011

Earlier today (March 31), American alt-rock outfit My Chemical Romance stopped by BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge to tease their latest LP, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and more. And during their visit, Gerard ...

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Music Roundup: Adele Bests the Beatles

By | Posted on February 22nd, 2011

While the rest of the world has been enjoying it for nearly a month, Adele finally brings her long-awaited second album, 21, to U.S. shores today.

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Jarvis Cocker Takes On Children’s Classic ‘Peter and the Wolf’

By | Posted on December 30th, 2010

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker descended Royal Festival Hall in London on Wednesday (December 29) for the first of four readings of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev‘s Peter and the Wolf.

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