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I have this mental image of Jarvis Cocker sitting outside a Parisian coffee bar watching the world scratching its collective head over his second solo album Further Complications. The truth is that... Read more

(ROUGH TRADE) Om onbevangen naar Further Complications te kunnen luisteren, moet je het eerdere werk van Jarvis Cocker en Pulp loslaten. De man wilde eens iets anders en nam producer Steve Albini i... Read more

If you fought in the Britpop Wars of the mid-1990s, you’ll know there was much more depth than the media-constructed Blur vs. Oasis feud. Supergrass, Ash and Saint Etienne all played their part but... Read more

Mensen. Het blijft een gecompliceerd volkje dat maar moeilijk te begrijpen valt. Laat staan dat je er op een beetje normale wijze mee om kunt gaan. Toegegeven, stiekem is het wel lekker om je te we... Read more

The news that Jarvis Cocker’s new album was to be produced by Steve Albini was definitely one of those moments that prick the interest. It’s not exactly a solution to the problems in the Middle... Read more

Jarvis Cockers tweede solospruit is een Siamese tweeling geworden. Half rockgod, half troubadour, samengehouden via de navelstreng van een discosong. Nu de schaduw van Pulp langzaam maar zeker uit ... Read more

My landlord is a Royal Navy pilot, he flies those big grey helicopterswhich carry the ominous observation globe on their undercarriage. Thebase isn’t far from here and I often see them flying ove... Read more

When Jarvis Cocker last graced the eager ear’s of music fans with an album of new material—that would be 2006’s Jarvis for those keeping score—the results were less than enjoyable. Somehow, between... Read more

Om maar meteen met de deur in huis te vallen: Jarvis Cocker is niet meer de Jarvis Cocker die we kenden als stijlvolle, brildragende voorman van Pulp, grossierend in even stijlvolle popsongs met ee... Read more

Tuned in, turned on and ready to rock out, the second solo album by the former Pulp frontman and full-time icon of indie-cool is almost great. The lyrics are quintessentially Jarvis, witty, risqué... Read more