Thirty years on, frontman Jarvis Cocker returns to the same source of inspiration to write comeback single Spike Island, despite never having attended the notorious Stone Roses show. Happily ...

They demonstrated the power that could attend not fitting in. One of the canniest writers on class, alienation and desire, Jarvis Cocker brought a subversive eye, via Gainsbourg and Brel, while the ...

What’s more, it makes the mistake of flooring the listener with a fantastic opening track, then peters out in a grim drizzle of indie plodders that showcase Jarvis Cocker’s way with a ...

I never thought of them in the same way again.) Nicky J Sims Which brings us to Jarvis Cocker. Heroically back this week with a storming new Pulp album, called with trademark wit More, Jarvis ...

Jarvis Cocker: “At the back of my mind, I thought that it could be good to do a record, but I didn’t want to scare everybody off by saying that because the last two Pulp albums took a very ...

“I used to watch a lot of telly as a kid,” says Jarvis Cocker, relaxing on a sofa in the meeting room at Rough Trade Records HQ in Notting Hill. “It would give me a representation of the world that ...

Jarvis Cocker is sitting in The Park restaurant in Queensway in front of a rather beautiful hot dog which he’s worrying about how to eat — “I don’t know how I’m going to eat it now and ...

Jarvis Cocker is sitting in The Park restaurant in Queensway in front of a rather beautiful hot dog which he’s worrying about how to eat — “I don’t know how I’m going to eat it now and not disgust you ...

“I was born to perform, it’s a calling,” vows Jarvis Cocker on Pulp‘s comeback single and first new material in 12 years, ‘Spike Island’. Soon, though, he’s reducing his standing as ...

Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker has said his writer's block "led the band to grind to a halt". The Britpop band, best known for their hit song Common People, will release their first album in over two ...

Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker has said his writer's block "led the band to grind to a halt". The Britpop band, best known for their hit song Common People, will release their first album in over two ...