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84-431: The festival typically has the following stages: The first festival was held on September 16, 1989. The festival lasted just the one day, with only one stage and only French Speaking Bands. 2,000 people attended the inaugural event. The 1990 festival was of the same format but come 1991 the festival was spread across 2 days and a record 15 bands. In 1992 the festival went back to its original one day format, and attracted

168-483: A bigger budget and production from Alan Smyth , called Separations . This was a progression of the style of Freaks , with Leonard Cohen -esque ballads on side one and an acid house infused track-listing on side two. The disparate styles can be attributed to Cocker and Mackey's different and changing tastes; Mackey introduced Cocker to house music which led to them both going to raves , while Cocker introduced Mackey to " Scott Walker and Serge Gainsbourg ". Cocker

252-451: A compass . The event was first held in March 1987. The organizers considered it a regional event and expected around 150 attendees to show up, but over 700 came, and according to Black "it was national almost immediately." Meyers left Austin and the festival in the early 1990s, but Black, Barbaro and Swenson remained the festival's key organizers as of 2010. Singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked

336-569: A compilation of Pulp's early recordings on Fire Records entitled Countdown 1992–1983 was released on the Nectar Masters label. It received largely negative reviews, but due to the band's popularity at the time it reached the top 10 of the UK charts. Cocker, whose permission was not sought before release, urged fans not to purchase the album, comparing it to "a garish old family photograph album". Later in 1996, Pulp gained minor international recognition on

420-453: A fixed line-up was then established: Cocker, Dalton and two friends of theirs, David "Fungus" Lockwood and Mark Swift. The band played their first public gig at Rotherham Arts Centre in July 1980. Later that year, Cocker met future member Russell Senior , who recognised Cocker from his charismatic sales techniques in his part-time job at the local fish market . Their musical style at this time

504-425: A keynote interview of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg by technology journalist Sarah Lacy that was considered by some observers to be a "train wreck" due to an audience perception that Lacy was asking uninteresting questions, as well as mocking or terse answers in response from Zuckerberg. In 2008, a comedy element was added to SXSW; it was held for one night. (By 2012, comedy performances occurred on all nights of

588-450: A local music festival, with the help of two other people at the Chronicle : editor and co-founder Louis Black , and publisher Nick Barbaro. Louis Meyers, a booking agent and musician, was also brought on board. Black came up with the name, as a play on the name of the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film North by Northwest . It should not be confused with "southwest by south" (SWbS), a point on

672-400: A music heritage plaque was unveiled at the venue of the band's first gig, The Leadmill , Sheffield. Band members Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Steve Mackey, Candida Doyle and Mark Webber were present at the ceremony. In July 2022, following speculation from a cryptic Instagram post, Cocker announced that the band would reunite for a series of concerts in 2023. Nick Banks also tweeted confirming

756-537: A musician and the sound editor on Mutual Appreciation , is credited with coining the term "mumblecore" at a bar while at the festival. The film Hooligans won both the Feature Film Jury Award and the Feature Film Audience Award for narrative feature, while The Puffy Chair won the Feature Film Audience Award in the "Emerging Visions" category. The documentary film Cowboy del Amor won

840-488: A new album in late 1996. However, Cocker was having difficulty with the celebrity lifestyle, battling cocaine addiction and a break-up of a long-term relationship. When the band came to begin work on the next album, they had only one song – " Help the Aged ". This creative inertia meant the band took over a year to finish the next record. Indeed, it was Cocker's disillusionment with his long-desired wish for fame that made up much of

924-402: A new set of musicians were gathered: Simon Hinkler (who later joined The Mission ), David Hinkler, Wayne Furniss (who switched to guitar after playing drums in the previous lineup), Peter Boam, Gary Wilson, and Cocker's sister, Saskia. They managed to get enough local backing to record a mini-album in late 1982, entitled It (the title was a pun on pulpit , as if the band were preaching to

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1008-816: A pro-drugs message." The single reached number two on the UK Singles Charts. Released in October 1995, Different Class garnered significant critical praise and debuted at the top of the UK Album Chart. This was the first album featuring Pulp fan-club president Mark Webber , who became a permanent member of the band on guitar and keyboards. The album followed similar themes to their previous work with observations of life expressed through Cocker's sexualised, sometimes dark and witty lyrics. Other singles released from Different Class were " Disco 2000 " and " Something Changed ", which reached numbers seven and ten respectively in

1092-422: A record crowd of 4,000. Come 1993 and Dour Festival really started to grow, with 3 stages, 32 bands and 9,000 spectators over two days. In 1994, Dour welcomed the likes of Pulp and Blur , which helped draw 15,000. For 1995 only the festival was held over 3 days playing host to The Ramones , Public Enemy and 78 other acts and almost tripling its attendance to 43,000. The current festival format (over 4 days)

1176-461: A release and so Pulp left Fire and signed to Warp Records imprint Gift Records in 1992. Buoyed by a changing musical current, in June 1992 Pulp released " O.U. " on Gift while Fire finally released Separations in the same month. Melody Maker made "O.U" a single of the week alongside " The Drowners " by Suede , a prominent new band. Pulp then signed to Island Records , who jointly released (with Gift)

1260-673: A result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin ; in both years there was a smaller online event instead. SXSW is run by the company SXSW, LLC, which organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and other events. In addition to SXSW, the company runs the conference SXSW EDU and the SXSW Sydney festival (from 2023, in Sydney , Australia) and co-runs North by Northeast in Toronto . It has previously run or co-run

1344-508: A small show at the 2004 SXSW Music festival, and was signed to Perry's Custard Records soon thereafter, where he would go on to release all three of his subsequent albums. The 2005 SXSW Film is considered by some to be the origin of the mumblecore film genre. A number of films now classified as mumblecore, including The Puffy Chair , Kissing on the Mouth , Four Eyed Monsters and Mutual Appreciation , were screened, and Eric Masunaga ,

1428-672: A ten-piece string section called the Elysian Collective. During this tour they also debuted two new songs; "Hymn of the North" and "Background Noise". The reunion continued into 2024 with a North America tour which began in September. During this leg they debuted three more new songs: "Spike Island", "My Sex" and "Farmer's Market". Current members Current touring musicians Former touring musicians Former members South by Southwest South by Southwest ( SXSW )

1512-640: A tour of the National Parks in the UK, even playing a show as far north as Elgin in Scotland. Richard Hawley , the Sheffield-based singer/songwriter, was also present on various dates on this tour. He later described it as "very much pink feather boas and glamour which was great and brilliant. That was about trying to find glamour among all the shit and I loved all that". In 2002 the band announced that they were leaving their label, Island. A greatest hits package

1596-579: A trade show, speakers, parties, and a startup accelerator. In July 1986, the organizers of the New York City music festival New Music Seminar contacted Roland Swenson, a staffer at the alternative weekly The Austin Chronicle , to talk about organizing an extension of that festival into Austin. They thereafter announced they were going to hold a "New Music Seminar Southwest". The plans did not materialize, however, so Swenson decided to instead co-organize

1680-475: A year, and the record was not well received. The album's darker style may be considered the antithesis of the happy and optimistic It . When Freaks failed to be a success, Pulp recorded tracks with Chakk 's label FON in Sheffield. A single called "Death Comes To Town" was due to be released by FON in early 1988, but this relationship disintegrated and the release was cancelled. It was during this time that Cocker

1764-489: Is an annual conglomeration of parallel film , interactive media , and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas . It began in 1987 and has continued growing in both scope and size every year. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days. There was no in-person event in 2020 and 2021 as

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1848-676: The Academy Award for Best Picture in 2010. The winners of the feature jury awards were, for documentary feature, 45365 , and for narrative feature, Made in China . The 2010 music festival, which took place March 12–21, was dedicated to Alex Chilton , who died shortly before he was to perform with Big Star . A tribute concert was performed in his honor on March 20, 2010. At the 2010 festival, nearly 2,000 bands were officially scheduled to perform, and festival reps estimated that over 13,000 industry representatives attended. Though traditionally

1932-474: The Austin Convention Center , where it is still held. In 1994, SXSW added a component for film and other media, named the "SXSW Film and Multimedia Conference". Johnny Cash was the keynote speaker. That year, the three brothers of the band Hanson were brought to SXSW by their father in order to perform impromptu auditions for music executives, in the hopes of getting industry attention. Among

2016-658: The Daily Mirror , who had attacked the band months earlier, set up a "Justice for Jarvis" campaign backing his actions and carried out a stunt at Pulp's Sheffield Arena gig on 29 February, handing out free T-shirts. The NME described Cocker's actions as a "great publicity stunt" which was "creative, subversive and very, very funny", while Melody Maker described Cocker as, "arguably the Fifth Most Famous Man in Britain" and suggested he should be knighted . In March 1996,

2100-636: The Exit festival , and the Wireless Festival . A number of additional concert dates were afterward added to their schedule. In January 2013, Pulp released " After You ", a song originally demoed for We Love Life , as a digital download single. It was the band's first single release since " Bad Cover Version " in 2002. On 9 March 2014, Pulp and filmmaker Florian Habicht premiered the feature documentary Pulp: A Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets at SXSW Music and Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The film toured

2184-520: The Glastonbury Festival (standing in for The Stone Roses at the last minute). A double A-side single, " Sorted for E's & Wizz/Mis-Shapes ", was to precede the release of their next album, Different Class (1995). Upon the release of "Sorted for E's and Wizz", the Daily Mirror printed a front-page story headed "BAN THIS SICK STUNT" alongside a story by Kate Thornton which said the song

2268-676: The Mercury Music Prize . This sudden increase in popularity was helped by the massive media interest in Britpop alongside acts such as Suede, Oasis and Blur , with Pulp supporting the latter in a 1994 tour of the United States. 1995 saw the peak of Pulp's fame, with the release of their number two single on the UK Singles Chart, " Common People ", in May 1995 and their performance in June at

2352-547: The UK Singles Chart . Pulp's musical style during this period consisted of disco -influenced pop-rock coupled with references to British culture in their lyrics in the form of a " kitchen sink drama "-style. Cocker and the band became reluctant figureheads of the Britpop movement, and were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1994 for His 'n' Hers ; they won the prize in 1996 for Different Class and were nominated again in 1998 for This Is Hardcore . Pulp headlined

2436-460: The 13,500 capacity Motorpoint Arena and made a previously unreleased track, " After You ", available for download to those who had attended the concert. It was subsequently released to the general public in January 2013 via digital download. The song had previously only existed in demo form. Their last performance was to promote the song on The Jonathan Ross Show on 9 February 2013. In May 2015,

2520-465: The 1980s the band struggled to find success, but gained prominence in the UK in the mid-1990s with the release of the albums His 'n' Hers in 1994 and particularly Different Class in 1995, which reached the number one spot in the UK Albums Chart . The album spawned four top ten singles, including " Common People " and " Mis-Shapes / Sorted for E's & Wizz ", both of which reached number two in

2604-497: The 2012 SXSW Interactive was generally stated to be " social discovery " mobile apps, which let users locate other nearby users. Social discovery apps that had a presence at SXSW included Highlight , Glancee, Sonar and Kismet. SXSW Film saw the premiere of two major Hollywood films: The Cabin in the Woods and 21 Jump Street . Two films obtained distribution deals: Girls Against Boys and The Tall Man . Another film, Gimme

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2688-523: The Austin Music Awards kick off the festival, that year organizers slated it as the closing act. Local musician Bob Schneider earned 6 awards, including Song of the Year, Singer of the Year, and Band of the Year (with Lonelyland .) The 2010 festival was also notable for appearances by the surviving members of the band Moby Grape . At the 2010 Film festival, Magnolia Pictures bought the film rights to

2772-637: The Disco", "Dogs Are Everywhere" and "Sink or Swim". Cocker told ShortList magazine in April 2012 that he was working on ideas for new Pulp songs, but in November he told Q that the band had no plans to release new material and would be "cruising off into the sunset" at the end of the year, signalling a possible end to the reunion. The band played a one-off concert in their hometown of Sheffield in December that year, at

2856-680: The Loot , which won the SXSW Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize, got a distribution deal a week after the festival. Bay of All Saints received the Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary. 2012 was also the first year the music portion was expanded to Tuesday. The musical festival included rappers such as Talib Kweli and Lil' Wayne , along with surprise appearances by Big Sean and Kanye West ; indie bands that appeared included MENEW and The Shins . Bruce Springsteen

2940-586: The Pyramid Stage of the Glastonbury Festival twice and were regarded among the Britpop "big four", along with Oasis , Blur and Suede . The band released We Love Life in 2001 and then took a decade-long break, having sold more than 10 million records. Pulp reunited and played live again in 2011, with dates at the Isle of Wight Festival , Reading and Leeds Festivals , Pohoda , Sziget Festival , Primavera Sound ,

3024-485: The SXSW Competition Award and the Audience Award. A secret concert at the 2006 SXSW Music by the band The Flaming Lips was called one of the "Top 10 Music-Festival Moments" of all time by Time magazine in 2010. The 2006 SXSW Interactive featured a keynote panel of Misplaced Pages co-founder Jimmy Wales and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark . That year, "Screenburn at SXSW", a component for video games ,

3108-556: The SXSW Film Conference programmed over 250 sessions with 735 speakers. Past speakers included Jon Favreau , Mark Duplass , Ava DuVernay , Ryan Gosling , Nicolas Cage , Alejandro Jodorowsky , Tilda Swinton , Amy Schumer , Sally Field , Joss Whedon , Christine Vachon , RZA , Matthew McConaughey , Danny Boyle , Seth MacFarlane , Catherine Hardwicke , Richard Linklater , David Gordon Green , Harmony Korine , Henry Rollins , Sarah Green and Robert Rodriguez . Although

3192-583: The SXSW Film Festival programmed 150 feature films and 106 short films, selected from 7,361 submissions. Past world premieres included Furious 7 , Neighbors , Chef , 21 Jump Street , The Cabin in the Woods , Dance of the Dead , Bridesmaids and Insidious , and the TV series Girls , Silicon Valley , and Penny Dreadful . SXSW Interactive focuses on emerging technology. The festival includes

3276-468: The UK. In September 1996, Different Class won the Mercury Music Prize. It was at this time that Cocker gained significant media exposure due to a notorious prank at the 1996 BRIT Awards , where he invaded the stage in protest during pop singer Michael Jackson 's performance of " Earth Song " and "wiggled his backside" at the audience. After complaints by Jackson and his entourage, Cocker spent

3360-595: The Wireless festival in London's Hyde Park and a Saturday slot at the Isle of Wight Festival in 2011. In a message sent to the band's official mailing list on 1 January 2011, Cocker said the large amount of interest in the band's reunion had been "an inspiration," and that he was pleased with how rehearsals were going. The band announced 22 concerts between May and September 2011, taking place in Europe and Australia. Pulp were one of

3444-475: The announcement by saying "Hey folks, unsurprisingly it's has all gone a bit mental on here. Gig details will be revealed as and when. Stay calm, hug your #pulp records and dream of going mental sometime in 2023." The reunion was officially confirmed on 28 October 2022, with dates announced at Finsbury Park , TRNSMT , Latitude Festival as well as two homecoming shows at Sheffield Arena . Steve Mackey announced on his Instagram that he would not be taking part in

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3528-456: The audience ), which was released in April 1983 by Red Rhino Records . This largely consisted of folkish , romantic pop songs influenced by Leonard Cohen and was a change of direction from the Peel Sessions two years earlier. The album was later released by Cherry Red Records . Though It failed commercially and fame was still elusive, the band continued to seek commercial success even to

3612-455: The award for Best Narrative Feature. The 2010 Interactive festival had an estimated 12–13,000 paying attendees, which represented a 40% jump over the previous year. This was the first year in which the interactive festival's attendance surpassed the music festival's. The keynote presentation was an interview of then-Twitter CEO Evan Williams by Umair Haque , an interview that many in the audience found disappointingly superficial. Also during

3696-578: The back of the inclusion of the track "Mile End" on the Trainspotting soundtrack . In August, the band played their last public performance for almost two years as headliners of the 1996 V Festival . It was during this period of intense fame and tabloid scrutiny that longtime member and major innovator in the band's sound Russell Senior decided to leave the band, saying, "it wasn't creatively rewarding to be in Pulp anymore". The band were due to begin working on

3780-410: The band The Polyphonic Spree at the 2002 SXSW Music festival helped bring them to national attention before they had signed with a major label. At the 2002 SXSW Film Festival, the film Manito won the jury award for narrative feature, while the documentary Spellbound won the jury award for documentary feature. British singer James Blunt was discovered by producer Linda Perry while playing

3864-463: The band re-released three of their albums ( His 'n' Hers , Different Class , and This Is Hardcore ), each with a bonus disc of B-sides, demos and rarities. On 23 October 2006 a 2-CD set compiling all of Pulp's John Peel Sessions from 1982 to 2001 was released. In November 2010 it was announced that the Different Class line-up (Cocker, Banks, Doyle, Mackey, Senior and Webber) would be playing at

3948-400: The band, they were signed to Fire Records . Soon after signing to Fire, in November 1985, Cocker fell out of a window while trying to impress a girl with a Spider-Man impression and ended up in hospital, temporarily requiring the use of a wheelchair in which he appeared during concerts. Pulp's relationship with Fire Records was tempestuous and Cocker admitted later that the band only accepted

4032-488: The big leagues of film festivals around the world." That festival was also notable for having the premiere of the film Bridesmaids . The March 15 screening of the Foo Fighters documentary Back and Forth was followed by a surprise live performance by the band itself, with a setlist that included the entirety of the then-upcoming album Wasting Light . SXSW 2012 ran from March 9 to 18. The standout technology of

4116-535: The camera. Festival programming categories include: Special Events, Headliners, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition, Visions, Midnighters, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal, Episodic, Festival Favorites, and Short Film Programs. The SXSW Film Awards , which occur on the last day of the Film Conference, honor films selected by the Feature and Short Film Juries. In 2015,

4200-425: The deal as it "was the only offer on the table". During this period, the singles " Little Girl " and " Dogs Are Everywhere " were released. Pulp's next major release was Freaks (1987), an album recorded in one week due to record label pressure. Cocker was irritated, and remarked that "the songs could've been done a lot better if we'd have had a bit more time...". The release of Freaks ended up being delayed for

4284-456: The establishment of a new, more experimental, artier and noisier direction for Pulp. They were subsequently augmented by Peter Mansell (bass) and Tim Allcard (keyboards, saxophone, poetry). The new incarnation of Pulp survived a number of ill-fated gigs (including one at a rugby club at Brunel University which ended in a riot ) before Allcard left to be replaced on keyboards by Magnus Doyle's sister Candida . Following her first performance with

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4368-548: The events North by Northwest (1995–2001), West by Southwest (2006–2010), SXSW Eco (2011–2016), SXSW V2V (2013–2015), and the me Convention (2017–2019). In addition, a large number of other events, past and present, sometimes collectively referred to as "four-letter festivals", have been inspired by SXSW. The Austin Convention Center in Downtown Austin functions as the "hub" of the festival; most events associated with

4452-489: The festival take place at venues in and around Downtown Austin. In April 2021, Penske Media Corporation purchased a 50% stake in SXSW. SXSW Music is the largest music festival of its kind in the world, with more than 2,000 acts as of 2014. SXSW Music offers artist-provided music and video samples of featured artists at each festival via their official YouTube channel. The music event has grown from 700 registrants in 1987,

4536-516: The festival.) The 2009 festival was held March 13–22. The Interactive section of SXSW in particular drew larger attendance levels; the influx strained the networks of providers such as AT&T (primarily due to heavy iPhone usage). Also new was the founding of an international organization for those not attending, dubbed NotAtSXSW. Coordinating through Twitter and other online tools, notatsxsw events were held in London, New York, Wisconsin, Portland, Oregon and Miami. The 2009 SXSW Interactive saw

4620-461: The film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , where he fronted a group which included Steve Mackey and members of Radiohead . In 2006 he collaborated with Air, Neil Hannon and Charlotte Gainsbourg on her album entitled 5:55 . In 2007 he appeared on Air 's album Pocket Symphony , co-writing and giving vocals to the tracks "One Hell of a Party" and "The Duelist". His first solo album, Jarvis , with

4704-419: The film festival highlights independently produced films and emerging directing talent with unique visions, the festival has long served studios as a barometer for their comedies, with enthusiastic fans indicating how they might play in wide release. The SXSW Film Festival runs nine days, simultaneously with the SXSW Film Conference, and celebrates raw innovation and emerging talent both behind and in front of

4788-627: The first year of the conference, to over 161,000 attendees in 2018. SXSW Film and SXSW Interactive events have grown every year, bringing over 32,000 registrants to Austin in March 2013. Bands must cover their own expenses for travel and lodging at the event. All performers are offered a cash payment or a wristband package that allows access to all music events. SXSW Film Conference spans five days of conference panels and sessions, and welcomes filmmakers of all levels. Programming consists of keynote speakers, panels, workshops, mentor sessions and more, with expert filmmakers and industry leaders. In 2015,

4872-538: The interactive festival, the first-ever (and so far only) "Hive Awards For the Unsung Heroes of the Internet" were held. The 2011 SXSW festival ran from March 11 to 20. The keynote presenter for SXSW Interactive was Seth Priebatsch, founder and CEO of the mobile-gaming platform SCVNGR . The 2011 Interactive festival was by far the largest it had ever been, with an estimated 20,000 attendees. Also in attendance at SXSW

4956-596: The international film festival circuit and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories in the US in November 2014. It is the first film about Pulp (and Sheffield) that has been made in collaboration with the band. The band once again went on hiatus following this, but in 2022, Cocker announced that the band would be reuniting for a second time to play a series of shows in 2023. Pulp were formed in 1978 at The City School in Sheffield by Jarvis Cocker, then 15 years old, and Peter Dalton, then 14. Cocker's original preference

5040-529: The launch of the Foursquare application, which was called "the breakout mobile app " of the event by the Mashable blog. In 2009 the first Indian classical music artists performed at SXSW: Canadians Cassius Khan and Amika Kushwaha. The 2009 SXSW Film screened 250 films, including 54 world premieres. The event was notable for having the United States premiere of the film The Hurt Locker , which went on to win

5124-412: The local music scene as a result. The tracks recorded were in the typical Sheffield sound of the time (cf. The Human League and Comsat Angels ): electronic new wave and post-punk . These tracks were released in 2006 on The Peel Sessions compilation. Despite their exposure on national radio, success was not forthcoming and, apart from Cocker, most of the core line-up left for university. Soon,

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5208-416: The mainstream press, heralding a turning point in Pulp's quest for fame. Pulp's repertoire was growing rapidly. Tracks such as "Babies", "Space" and "She's a Lady" were being played live throughout 1991 and in October of that year, they played their first overseas gig, a concert organised by French magazine Les Inrockuptibles . However, the band were still frustrated that Separations still had not seen

5292-506: The night in Kensington Police Station charged with actual bodily harm and assaulting the child performers. However, with British comedian and former solicitor Bob Mortimer acting as legal representation, he was released without charge. This incident propelled Cocker into great controversy in the UK and elsewhere, and Pulp's record sales soared as a result. The event also coincided with the beginning of their first arena tour and

5376-474: The participation of Mackey, was released to critical acclaim in November 2006. Candida Doyle has performed live with Cocker on his solo tours. Mackey produced tracks on the debut album by M.I.A. , Arular , and on Someone to Drive You Home by the Long Blondes , both of which were critically well received. He has also produced tracks for Bromheads Jacket and Florence + The Machine . On 11 September 2006

5460-572: The people who heard them was A&R executive Christopher Sabec , who became their manager, and would soon afterward get them signed to Mercury Records . In 1995, the SXSW Film and Multimedia Conference was split into two separate events, "SXSW Film" and "SXSW Multimedia". In 1999, SXSW Multimedia was renamed "SXSW Interactive". Singer-songwriter John Mayer 's performance at the 2000 SXSW Music festival led to his signing soon thereafter with Aware Records , his first record label . A performance by

5544-468: The point of recording a single, "Everybody's Problem"/"There Was". The single demonstrated a style shift advised by Red Rhino's Tony Perrin who had convinced Cocker that he "could write commercial songs like Wham! ". This approach also failed and Cocker was becoming unhappy with his chosen musical direction. He was set to break up the band and go to university himself before a practice with Russell Senior (violin, guitar, vocals) and Magnus Doyle (drums) led to

5628-400: The science-fiction film Monsters on the night it screened, in what was the first-ever "overnight acquisition" at SXSW. Journalist Meredith Melnick of Time magazine called this purchase a turning point for SXSW, leading to a greater interest among film studio executives in attending the festival in person. That year also saw the premiere of the indie favorite Tiny Furniture , which won

5712-506: The singles " Babies " and " Razzmatazz " to increasing chart success. Next were the singles " Lipgloss " and their first top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart , " Do You Remember the First Time? ", which were put out as full Island releases. These singles were followed by the Ed Buller -produced album, His 'n' Hers (1994), which reached number nine on the UK Albums Chart and was nominated for

5796-505: The songs which comprise the album and being dissatisfied with the results. Subsequent interviews also suggested interpersonal and artistic differences, including managing the fallout of the Britpop/ Different Class era. Singer/songwriter Scott Walker agreed to produce the record and this symbolised a new phase in Pulp's development. This new effort fell short of expectations and was to be Pulp's last. Pulp subsequently undertook

5880-459: The soundtrack to the film Great Expectations . The song was also used in the Adult Swim cartoon The Venture Bros. season 4 finale " Operation: P.R.O.M. " Pulp then spent a few years "in the wilderness" before reappearing in 2001 with a new album, We Love Life . The extended period between the release of This is Hardcore and We Love Life is partly attributed to having initially recorded

5964-418: The subject matter of This Is Hardcore , which was released in March 1998. The album took a darker and more challenging tone than that of Different Class and lyrical topics – pornography (the title track), fame ("Glory Days") and the after effects of drugs ("The Fear") – were dealt with more earnestly than on previous records. Also in 1998, Pulp collaborated with Patrick Doyle on the song "Like A Friend" for

6048-777: The surprise special guests at Glastonbury Festival 2011 in June where they played on The Park stage on Saturday evening. They performed at the Sziget Festival in Hungary on 10 August, Way Out West Festival in Sweden on 13 August, and played as co-headliners to The Strokes at the Reading Festival and the Leeds Festival during the final weekend of August 2011. They headlined the Electric Picnic on 4 September, their last festival of

6132-477: The tour but stated; "Wishing Candy, Nick, Mark and Jarvis the very best with forthcoming performances in the UK and also an enormous thanks to Pulp's amazing fanbase, many of whom have sent me lovely messages today". On 2 March 2023, the band announced that Mackey had died at the age of 56. For the reunion tour, the band were joined by Andrew McKinney on bass, Emma Smith on guitar and violin, and Adam Betts on keyboards, guitar, and percussion. The tour also featured

6216-651: The year. On 9 January 2012, the Coachella festival line-up was released, with Pulp listed as part of the line-up. Further dates were announced, including North and South America and a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Senior did not take part in the 2012 gigs. In February 2012, It , Freaks and Separations (the albums released by Fire Records ) were re-issued. These editions came with bonus tracks, including "Death Goes to

6300-410: Was "pro-drugs" and called for the single to be banned. The single had an inlay which showed how to conceal amphetamines in a DIY 'wrap'. Cocker released a statement two days later saying: "...'Sorted' is not a pro-drugs song. Nowhere on the sleeve does it say you are supposed to put drugs in here but I understand the confusion. I don't think anyone who listens to 'Sorted' would come away thinking it had

6384-465: Was added to SXSW Interactive. The 2007 music festival took place from March 14 to 18, and more than 1,400 acts performed. Two of the top film premieres that year were Elvis and Anabelle and Skills Like This . The social media platform Twitter notably gained a good deal of early traction and buzz at the 2007 SXSW Interactive, though it did not launch at SXSW 2007 as is sometimes reported. The 2008 SXSW Interactive got media attention due to

6468-549: Was also inspired by the band Magazine 's early works that "had attack to it combined with a real intelligence, without going into ponce territory". Like Freaks , the release of Separations was delayed, to an extent lessening the potential impact. In the meantime, however, in 1991, a 12" recording, " My Legendary Girlfriend ", became music periodical NME ' s single of the week. Stuart Maconie described it in his review as "a throbbing ferment of nightclub soul and teen opera". Furthermore, " Countdown " began to be mentioned in

6552-541: Was boxing legend Mike Tyson , promoting his new iPhone game with RockLive at the Screenburn Arcade. At least two films screened at the SXSW Film festival gained distribution deals: the documentary Undefeated (which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ) and the thriller The Divide . As a result, film critic Christopher Kelly wrote that in 2011, SXSW Film went from being "a well-regarded but fundamentally regional event" to having "joined

6636-657: Was first held in 1996 and has constantly been growing ever since reaching a current attendance of around 150,000 each year. 50°24′19″N 3°46′29″E  /  50.405319°N 3.77479°E  / 50.405319; 3.77479 Pulp (band) Pulp are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. At their critical and commercial peak, the band consisted of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Russell Senior (guitar, violin), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Nick Banks (drums, percussion), Steve Mackey (bass) and Mark Webber (guitar, keyboards). Throughout

6720-412: Was released: Hits , with one new track. It is unclear whether this was the band's decision or released to satisfy contractual agreements. A music festival, Auto, was organised (held at Rotherham's Magna centre) where they played their last gig before embarking on a 9-year hiatus. Cocker was involved in a number of one-offs and side projects, including the group Relaxed Muscle with Jason Buckle and

6804-542: Was taking a part-time foundation course at Sheffield Polytechnic . This led to him leaving for London to study film at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design , effectively folding the band. The fold was short-lived however. Steve Mackey , a regular at their Sheffield and London gigs, was also studying in London and was asked to join the band as a bass player. The line-up now consisted of Cocker, Mackey, Senior, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks (drums). In mid-1989, they began recording another album for Fire, this time with

6888-450: Was the keynote speaker at the 1992 South by Southwest. She caused controversy by delivering a speech, written by her then-husband Bart Bull , criticizing white musicians for stealing music from African American artists; and then later during the same conference when she tried to kick the band Two Nice Girls off of a benefit concert, a move that some called anti-gay, due to Two Nice Girls' overtly lesbian image. In 1993, SXSW moved into

6972-653: Was to name the band after the film Pulp starring Michael Caine , though it was decided that this was too short. Instead, the two took inspiration from a copy of the Financial Times which listed the Arabicas coffee bean in its commodity index. Cocker and Dalton used this, with a slight spelling change, and the band became "Arabicus". Early rehearsals took place in Cocker's house and featured Cocker, Dalton and Dalton's younger brother Ian. After finally deciding on "Arabicus Pulp",

7056-473: Was varied, approximately described as "a cross between ABBA and The Fall ". A local fanzine also noted this eclecticism, describing them as sounding "as if they listen to the John Peel show every night in an endless quest for influences". Indeed, in October 1981, they gave a demo tape to Peel, who granted them a Peel Session . The session was a giant leap forward for the young band, who became well known on

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