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Pulp to reissue first three albums

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Even though Pulp never got the sort of respect in America that Blur and Oasis did (that is, a passing dalliance stoked by an overseas rivalry that lived for the tabloids), fans from all over will be glad to hear that they are remastering and reissuing their first three albums, It, Freaks and Separations. Each album will come with new artwork, a...
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I Read The News Today... For June 27, 2011

Toronto alt.country band Cuff The Duke will return with a new album dubbed Morning Comes, which will come out through Paper Bag Records on Oct. 4. The first single is "Count On Me," and the LP reportedly includes an eight-minute tune dubbed "Bound To Your Advice." And it's the first part of a two-part album. Pixies frontman Black Francis will...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 16, 2010

Silverstein have signed with Universal Music and will release a new EP, Transitions, on Dec. 7 through the label. Their next full-length album will come out in the spring. Here's a trailer: Jason Collett's fourth annual Basement Revue series will return to Toronto's Dakota Tavern on Tuesdays this December. Previous guests and performers...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 8, 2010

Lily Allen is back in hospital and is being treated for blood poisoning. Allen miscarried her second baby last week and is said to be getting better with treatment. —Sky News Marilyn Manson's signed with Cooking Vinyl, which will release his upcoming new album on his own Hell, etc. imprint sometime next year. Bizarrely, it's supposed to be a punk...
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Jarvis Cocker — "Further Complications"

Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker's video for the title track to Further Complications is like what would happen if a GAP TV or magazine ad turned against its model. He struggles against the background changing on him at whim and trying to crush him while "pages" rumple his face. Further Complications, Cocker's second solo album, is...
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Pulp Could Reunite For Glastonbury 2010

Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker may have noticed just how successful reunion shows played by his fellow Brit-poppers in Blur were this year, and now he's talking about getting his old band back together for the 2010 Glastonbury Festival. Cocker told Britain's The People he and his former bandmates have been talking about playing the festival,...
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Pumping: Pulp — Hits

There was a point a bunch of years ago when you'd want to vomit on whatever DJ or moppy haired fuckface was playing "Common People" again. We're over that and can just quietly appreciate it as a good song now. It's not as good as "Trees" or "This Is Hardcore," which are super-classics, though. ...And that goes in...
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Jarvis Cocker's Solo Debut Coming To North America

Pulp main man Jarvis Cocker's Jarvis solo debut, which came out in Europe last November, will receive a North American release via Rough Trade next month. After collaborating with the likes of Air, Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithfull and Charlotte Gainsbourg, and contributing to such projects such as the Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man documentary and...
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Pulp — We Love Life

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Pulp's new album could arguably be one of their best offerings to date. It's orchestral in parts, acoustic in others and lyrically clever throughout. Although this sound is nothing like their earlier His 'n' Hers or Different Classes, the album still comments on the themes that Jarvis knows best. Songs like "Weeds" and "Origin Of The Species" are...
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