Articles tagged "pulp"

Sound Affects

Funny How It All Falls Away: Pulp at Their Most Life-Affirming on ‘This Is Hardcore’

by Sean McCarthy

[13.Oct.09] :. On its release, Pulp's This Is Hardcore was derided as a commercial and artistic disappointment. Not so ten years later. Was the music ahead of its time, or did critics just have to reach their 30s to appreciate it?

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Music Review

Jarvis Cocker: Further Complications

by C.L. Chafin

[13.May.09] :. Jarvis Cocker turns it up to 11 for his best album this decade.

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Column: Deconstruction Zone

The Hardest Work Imaginable: Bukowski’s Wine-Stained Notebook

by Rodger Jacobs

[14.Nov.08] :. Fear, one must understand, is the lubricant that keeps the wheels of human progress greased. Charles Bukowski understood this concept all too well.

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News

Jarvis Cocker squeezes out of Pulp and churns out a solo album

by Jim Farber [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[10.Apr.07] :. Jarvis Cocker, writer of snarky songs about sexual starvation, self-annihilation, existential drift and general human folly, did two things he never thought he’d do in the last few...

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Music Review

Pulp: The Peel Sessions

by Michael Lomas

[16.Jan.07] :. This collection of Pulp's Peel Sessions serves as a poignant reminder not only of how great a band Pulp were, but of how important John Peel was to the development and evolution of British music.

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Pulp: Different Class

by Adrien Begrand

[20.May.04] :. Along with Blur’s Parklife, it remains the high point of the Britpop era; music, lyrics, production, artwork, it’s as perfect as it gets, one that I, personally, will never, ever tire of hearing.

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Pulp: Hits

by Devon Powers

[5.Sep.03] :. Pulp have a greatest hits record, and it’s about goddamned time. The enigmatic group, fronted by the inimitable Jarvis Cocker, are by far the oldest and wisest of the Britpop behemoths.

 

Pulp: Hits

by Adrien Begrand

[13.Jan.03] :. Few British bands have come close to matching the remarkable string of excellent albums that Pulp has put together over the past 10 years.

 

Pulp: We Love Life

by David Zahl

Jarvis Cocker and company have never shied away from making grand statements, and We Love Life, Pulp’s latest album, is no exception. Rather than sarcasm, the title signifies a hard-won...