#Pulp

25 Years Ago, Pulp Hit Pop-Meets-Social-Commentary Peak With Different Class

There's this well-know story in the history of Pulp about the time they played Glastonbury as a replacement for The Stone Roses. It was June of 1995 and the band was still a few months away from the release of their landmark album Different Class. The album's lead single, "Common People," which had...

Liz Ohanesian

ONLY NOISEReal(istic) Love

ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Erin Lyndal Martin shares a selection of songs that jar her out of a sardonic mindset when it comes to romance. There’s nothing wrong with sugary love songs. But I...

Erin Lyndal Martin

ONLY NOISEGoodbye Sunday

In the two brief periods I lived in London, I developed a new relationship with Sundays. For 15 plus years of my life, Sunday was directly associated with Monday, and therefore brought about a rash of panic as the unfinished homework piled up and the unknown week stretched like a canyon before me....

Madison Bloom

TRACK OF THE WEEK 01/13"Falling From the Sun" off Everything Is New

There are multiple layers in which to delve with this track. First, “Falling From The Sun” is a product of Edinburgh band Marram, however it features Margaret Bennett and Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker. The song will be part of a collection of collaborative tracks on Sun Choir, which is half of a two-album...

Madison Bloom