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Aging hipsters of the country, unite: following their recently announced set at Coachella, reunited Britpoppers Pulp have added a few dates in New York City and San Francisco. They'll play NYC's Radio City Music Hall on April 11 and San Francisco's Warfield on April 17, with Coachella dates smushed in between and after. It's been a long time coming -- Spin notes that Pulp last played New York on June 16, 1998, San Francisco on May 21, 1996. God willing, it'll be a shorter time before the next show.

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Recognizing that la vie Parisienne might jeopardize his reign as the gray, existential conscience of modern Blighty, our beloved Jarvis Cocker has negotiated his new geography by journeying into Anglo-Teutonic territory.

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Amazing Baby Rewild (Shangri-La) - Maybe it’s because their songs owe a great debt to the Stone Roses and Frank Zappa, or perhaps it’s because all five of them have long, messy hair, but Amazing Baby, the Brooklyn-based heirs apparent to MGMT, have been pigeonholed as “drugged-out nudist hippies” -- even before the release of their debut album. Rewild is, however, a major acid trip down psych-pop lane, flitting between synthesizers and traditional instruments, a playfully (and deliberately) regressive bathtub brew of escapist melodies. On tracks like “Bayonets” and “Kankra,” one gets the sense that these babies are moving one step forward, and two steps back -- in the best way possible. -- Bryan Levandowski

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● Justin Long and Drew Barrymore are just friends now; so what do platonic former lovers do for a date? They go to the flea market! [JustJared] ● Keira Knightley’s domestic violence PSA has been banned because the violence depicted is too violent. [Pop Crunch] ● English rocker Jarvis Cocker has spilt from his fashion stylist wife, which makes him single and ready to mingle with all you artsy girls who have a horn-rimmed glasses fetish. [Digital Spy]

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The press release heralds: “Jarvis Cocker appears in-person in the virtual Lower East Side on April 30th!” But is he really “in-person” if he’s hiding behind an avatar? Excuse us while we rummage through our old Baudrillard coursepack in search of the answer. In the meantime, read this: “One of the foremost forbearers of Brit Pop will be making an in-person appearance in our beloved vLES on April 30 at 3 PM EST." That's right, the bespectacled, wiry one—Jarvis Cocker—will be in the virtual Bowery Ballroom for a Q&A session.

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