Pulp


Live

Plug, Sheffield, 16/02/2007

Pulp - Plug, Sheffield,  16/02/2007

In the second night of a two evening residency at Sheffield's the Plug, Denzil Watson watches former Pulp star Jarvis Cocker, in his first home town gigs in eight years, play a stunning set


Reading Festival, 24/8/2002

Pulp - Reading Festival, 24/8/2002

One of the most established bands at the Reading Festival, Pulp prove to have lost none of their powers of showmanship. Ben Howarth enjoys a Greatest Hits set from Sheffield's finest


Albums

This is Hardcore (2008)



Pulp - This is Hardcore


In the latest in our 'Re : View' series, in which our writers look back at albums from the past, new writer Sophie Hall examines Pulp's 1998 ultimate hangover album 'This is Hardcore', which spelled the end of Britpop


Features

Ten Songs That Made Me Love... (2019)

Pulp - Ten Songs That Made Me Love...

In our series, in which our writers write about ten songs that made them love a favourite band or artist, Cila Warncke writes about her favourite songs by Sheffield indie pop iconoclasts Pulp.


Reviews


Live in London 1991 (2013)
Pulp - Live in London 1991

Patchy, but touching and ultimately compelling live album from Pulp, recorded before their chart success, at the Town and Country Club in London in 1991


We Love Life (2001)
Pulp - We Love Life

At various points titled ‘Pulp Love Life’, ‘Pulp Heart Life’ and the more sober, resigned ‘Pulp’, Jarvis Cocker and co. finally opted for the declarative, optimistic 'We Love Life' tag on their latest


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Interviews

Urge Overkill
Interview Urge Overkill - Interview

Urge Overkill are best known for their cover of Neil Diamond's 'Girl You Will Be A Woman Soon’ on the 'Pulp Fiction' soundtrack, but have another five albums to their credit. Singer Eddie Roeser speaks to Olga Sladeckova about his band's long history


Profiles

Good Pop Bad Pop - An Exhibition of Objects and Keepsakes of Jarvis Cocker Jarvis Cocker - Good Pop Bad Pop - An Exhibition of Objects and Keepsakes of Jarvis Cocker

Steev Burgess visits an exhibition of Jarvis Cocker's memorabilia at The Gallery of Everything in London to celebrate the publication of his new book 'Good Pop, Bad Pop' and has a chance meeting with the man himself.


Live

Sala Repvblicca, Valencia, 30/4/2023 Mission - Sala Repvblicca, Valencia, 30/4/2023

Philamonjaro photographs and watches a haunting, career-spanning performance from The Mission in Valencia.


Roundhouse, London, 9/11/2021 Jarv Is - Roundhouse, London, 9/11/2021

Steev Burgess watches an impressive set of old and new songs from former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker at the Roundhouse in London.


Wayne Hussey
West End Centre, Aldershot, 28/5/2003 Mission - West End Centre, Aldershot, 28/5/2003

Julia Willis has been a fan of both Wayne Hussey and the Mission for years, but at the West End Centre in Aldershot she is forced to reflect on how some things aren't meant to last...


Features

Pennyblackmusic
Ten Songs That Made Me Love... Pennyblackmusic - Ten Songs That Made Me Love...

Cila Warncke, who has written for Pennyblackmusic since 2001, reflects on ten compelling songs that have served as her 'spaceship' over the years, as well as markers of time, and tracks by artists including Cinerama, Pulp, Patti Smith and Prince.