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NME about the local reaction to the proposed eviction of the current operators of The Leadmill.Last week, the iconic Sheffield venue and club told music fans of the “devastating news that in one year’s time, our Landlord is trying to evict us, forcing us to close” – leading to an outpouring of upset and support from the music world.The current bosses of The Leadmill then responded to the owners, denying their intentions to close the venue. Leaders of Electric Group, the company who bought the freehold for the site in March 2017, argued that they’d be removing the current management but keeping the building as a music venue after renovations.Electric Group CEO Dominic Madden – whose company also own London’s Electric Brixton, the SWX nightclub in Bristol, and NX Newcastle – told his Twitter followers that “the management may change but the song stays the same”.

Great Expectations. Tickets for both shows can be purchased here and here.Upon hearing the news, Izzard previously said in reply to a tweet by Billy Bragg: “Totally agree with Billy.

the iconic Sheffield venue and club told music fans of the “devastating news that in one year’s time, our Landlord is trying to evict us, forcing us to close” – leading to an outpouring of upset and support from the music world.The current bosses of Sheffield’s Leadmill then responded to the owners denying their intentions to close the venue. Leaders of Electric Group, the company who bought the freehold for the site of the Leadmill in March 2017, argued that they’d be removing the current management but keeping the building as a music venue after renovations.The current management then hit back, arguing that they were being “exterminated by the landlord”.“They are destroying our business by evicting us,” they said in a statement to NME.

Jarvis Cocker, Warren Ellis and PJ Harvey are among those set to appear at Southbank Centre this summer as part of its Summer Literature Season.The long list of events are set to take place from May to September, featuring a diverse range of musicians and authors, renowned thinkers and contemporary poets.Cocker, who releases his new memoir Good Pop, Bad Pop on May 26, is set to take to the venue’s Royal Festival Hall’s stage the following day (May 27), where he will talk through the text, which dives into his time with Pulp as well as his creative process.June 2 will see PJ Harvey read poems from her new book Orlam, the first full-length book written in the Dorset dialect for decades. She will also be joined by poet Paul Muldoon in conversation.Warren Ellis – who joined forces with Nick Cave last year for the album ‘Carnage’ – will be discussing last year’s autobiography, Nina Simone’s Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost And Found, on September 15.Tickets for all the events on Southbank’s programme are available to purchase here from Wednesday (March 30).Last month, PJ Harvey teased that she’s back in the studio working on new music. The iconic singer-songwriter shared a series of black and white photos of herself in the studio, taken by Steve Gullick.Dated 2022, the three pics show Harvey playing a guitar, fiddling with some guitar pedals, and sitting in front of a mic stand. No further information or context has been shared.

Chloë Sevigny once dated “one of the most famous men in England.”

Jarvis Cocker‘s JARV IS… recently composed the score for new BBC comedy drama This Is Going To Hurt and you can now listen to the full soundtrack below.The show, which premiered earlier this month on BBC1, stars Ben Whishaw as a junior doctor in the NHS. JARV IS…have written and performed the original soundtrack for the show, which is based on Adam Kay’s award-winning international multi-million selling memoir of the same name.The soundtrack, which Cocker described as “our love song to the NHS”, was recorded at Narcissus Studios throughout 2021 and most of the performances are live takes featuring the entire band – often recorded whilst they watched the playback of key sequences from the series.Each episode features at least one song with lyrics by Cocker, who had access to the scripts (adapted by Adam Kay from his own book) from an early stage in the production process.You can listen to the soundtrack here:JARV IS… This Is Going To Hurt Soundtrack  1: ‘This is Going to Hurt’2: ‘Visiting Hours’3: ‘Adam’s Nightmare’4: ‘Dark Wave’5: ‘Dare To Love’6: ‘Shruti’7: ‘Job Description’8: ‘Difficult C Section’9: ‘Fuck This’10: ‘Just Another One of Those Days’11: ‘All I Have is Yours’12: ‘Shruti (The Golden Thread)’Elsewhere, Jarvis Cocker is set to release new memoir Good Pop, Bad Pop later this year.Set to arrive on May 26 through Vintage Publishing, Cocker describes the book as an “inventory”. It’s centred around the former Pulp frontman coming across “a jumble of objects that catalogue his story” while clearing out his loft, with the various ephemera used as a jumping off point to reflect on Cocker’s life and career.

Jamie xx, JARV IS…, and Freddie Gibbs.The three-day event, which was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will return to Helsinki, Finland between August 12-14. It’s set to host around 150 artists at the historical Suvilahti, a former power plant area in the city.Today (March 16), organisers have unveiled a bevy of new names for the festival.

Jarvis Cocker‘s JARV IS… have composed the score for new BBC comedy drama This Is Going To Hurt – listen to its self-titled theme tune below.The new show, which premiered earlier this month, stars Ben Whishaw as a junior doctor in the NHS.Its soundtrack includes indie classics, from The Maccabees, Radiohead, Florence + The Machine and more, as well as original music by Cocker and his band.Listen to JARV IS…’s ‘This Is Going To Hurt’ as the first track on a new BBC Radio 1 playlist here. Cocker’s full score for the show is set to be released later this year via Rough Trade.Elsewhere, Jarvis Cocker is set to release new memoir Good Pop, Bad Pop later this year.Set to arrive on May 26 through Vintage Publishing, Cocker describes the book as an “inventory”.

“I’ve invested my whole life in this house,” shouts an exasperated Developer (Jarvis Cocker, “Fantastic Mr. Fox”), who also happens to be a mouse.

Jarvis Cocker has joined forces with Gucci Soundsystem – the collaborative project between Riton and Ben Rhymer – on a new track called ‘Let’s Stick Around’.Released last month to coincide with the conclusion of COP26, the song was described by the Pulp frontman as “the world’s first sustainable banger”.Today (December 2) the group has shared its official video, which was directed by Tim and Barry. It includes footage from the recent Glasgow conference and a characteristically flamboyant performance from Cocker, who was playing in the city with JARV IS… at the time.Between interviews with various demonstrators, we find the Sheffield artist theatrically roaming around an abandoned market as he delivers lyrics about climate action.

Grace Jones, TLC and Tom Misch are among the first wave of acts announced for the first ever Kite Festival.The multi-day festival is set to take place next year across June 10-12 at Kirtlington Park, Oxford.

Jarvis Cocker has announced he’ll release a memoir titled Good Pop, Bad Pop next year.Set to arrive on May 26 through Vintage Publishing, Cocker describes the book as an “inventory”. It’s centred around the former Pulp frontman coming across “a jumble of objects that catalogue his story” while clearing out his loft, with the various ephemera used as a jumping off point to reflect on Cocker’s life and career.

Jarvis Cocker and Riton have shared a new collaboration based around climate change and billed as “the world’s first sustainable banger” – listen to ‘Let’s Stick Around’ below.The song arrives to mark the end of the COP26 climate change conference, which has seen world leaders converging in Glasgow over the past month to tackle the environmental issues facing the planet.“‘Let’s Stick Around’ is the world’s first sustainable banger,” Cocker said of the song, with Riton adding: “I’m really excited this track is coming out during COP26.

Jon Burlingame editorEvery Wes Anderson film is filled with musical delights, from offbeat songs to unexpected score cues, and “The French Dispatch” is no exception.Composer Alexandre Desplat and music supervisor Randall Poster are among the first to read any new Anderson script. “He and I have been corresponding with music since the day we met,” says Poster, “and over the course of 25 years there’s a lot of musical history that we draw upon for different projects.”“The French Dispatch,” an homage to the New Yorker magazine’s traditions and writers, was special for the Paris-based Desplat because the film is based in “a fantasized France,” as he puts it, a not-quite-real France as seen through Anderson’s unique prism.

Jarvis Cocker’s cover of French pop song ‘Aline’.The cover, originally arriving earlier this month, has been recorded as part of a new album of French music, ‘Chansons d’Ennui Tip-Top’, that ties in with Anderson’s new film The French Dispatch. The music video features animations from Javi Aznarez and depicts Cocker’s character Tip Top travelling through a French city.Watch the video below:‘Aline’ was first written and recorded by French singer Christophe in the ’60s.

Recently, it was revealed that Wes Anderson’s upcoming film, “The French Dispatch,” would not only feature a soundtrack with Alexandre Desplat’s beautiful score, but it would also be accompanied by an entire companion album with French classics covered by singer-songwriter Jarvis Cocker. And one of those songs is “Aline,” which now has a brand-new music video directed by none other than Anderson himself.

Folks, we are mere weeks away from “The French Dispatch” finally arriving in theaters. After numerous delays, the long-awaited Wes Anderson film is upon us.

DEALSRound Hill has acquired publishing rights and recording royalties linked to 30 songs from producer / songwriter / guitarist Tim Palmer, which includes his work with Pearl Jam and Ozzy Osbourne.————————————————–RELEASESSt Vincent‘s new mockumentary ‘The Nowhere Inn’ is out this Friday, and ahead of it she’s released a song of the same name. The full soundtrack album is also out this week.Jarvis Cocker has announced details of an album of French language cover versions that will accompany Wes Anderson’s film ‘The French Dispatch’.

Jarvis Cocker has collaborated with director Wes Anderson for a new companion album of French music to tie in with the latter’s new film The French Dispatch.Anderson’s latest movie is set for release on October 22, with the film’s accompanying soundtrack – which includes Alexandre Desplat’s original score – set to arrive on the same day.The French Dispatch soundtrack LP also includes Cocker’s cover of the French pop hit ‘Aline’, which was originally written and recorded by the singer Christophe in 1965.Cocker and Anderson have collaborated further to curate a full companion album of French music, featuring covers of songs that were originally released during the era that the new film is set in.‘Chansons d’Ennui Tip-Top’ includes renditions

K.J. Yossman Netflix has announced that a host of bold-name British stars – including actor Helena Bonham Carter and rapper Dizzee Rascal – will join the cast of its quirky new animated series “The House.”The announcement was made during a session at the Annecy International Animation Festival, where Netflix offered fans a sneak peak at the adult-oriented show, which is being produced by Nexus.Bonham Carter will voice Jen, an “eccentric tenant,” while Rascal will voice a character only known as “the Policeman”.Joining the duo are Mia Goth (“Emma”), Miranda Richardson (“Stronger”) and Matthew Goode (“Stoker”).

The Rolling Stones have joined Tom Gray’s #BrokenRecord campaign which is calling for better streaming revenues for artists.Back in April, over 150 artists – including Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, Damon Albarn, Chris Martin, Noel Gallagher and Wolf Alice – signed an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking to help reform the streaming economy.Proving unsuccessful, the first letter that went to Johnson received an “interested but non-committal reply” from a junior minister in the business department.The campaign has now enlisted the help of the Stones, Tom Jones, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, Emeli Sandé, Alison Goldfrapp and Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, as well as the estate of the late Clash frontman Joe Strummer, in the hope that they will