Pulp Fiction

A couple of years ago, inspired by our love of music and words, we gathered together stories written by lots of talented people to curate the Stories from Songs project, a collection of short stories inspired by lyrics from songs, a zine of the stories, and an event where talented musicians performed covers of the

The best Christmas present yet?

Pulp – After You It’s All Happening loved their socks, were rapt at the gifts of cheap aftershave, and utterly delighted with the sixth tin of Family Circle biscuits, but this post from Jarvis and the gang has got to top all the presents. The enviably lucky attendees of Pulp’s recent Sheffield homecoming show were were

Scared To Dance Pulp Special

Look for Scared To Dance and you’ll find a twice monthly club night, fanzine, and podcasts, all of which are packed with the kind of music we like to hear – indiepop, new wave, sixties pop, post-punk, punk, synthpop, C86, lo-fi and DIY music. Home is London, but they’ve taken the night to New York,

Two Thousand And Eleven – top year

Ah  2011. What a year. It probably won’t go down in musical history like 1977 (Sex Pistols), or 1995 (Britpop), 1963 (The Beatles) or dammit, even 2004 (X Factor), but we’ve still had a bloody good time listening to music, getting all fired up on the thrill of a good melody and a banging riff.

The Standards – Mice

Released November 7th 2011 on Schnapps House Reviewed by Francesca Baker My initial thought was ‘Oooh, they remind me of Pulp.’ Anyone who knows It’s All Happening, or myself, will aware that this is emphatically. A. Good. Thing. The occasionally venomous lyrics plinky piano and bouncy melodies employed by The Standards are used to an