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Jarvis Cocker? Funny guy. Beards? Also funny. Jarvis + beards?? Simply too hot to handle. So it was as the Rough Trade 30th Anniversary Tour rolled through London's Shepherds Bush Empire last week, with Jarvis and his newfound facial hair headlining, and relatively recent Rough Trade roster addition Jeffrey Lewis opening.

Mr. Cocker also treated folks to a brief slideshow-assisted lecture on the history of Shepherds Bush Empire and, for some reason, a local shopping center, while Lewis entertained with an animated video telling Rough Trade's story. The short but sweet celebratory tour concludes tonight (December 2) at Birmingham's Academy, and Jarvis has one festival date this weekend.

Oh hey, and speaking of Rough Trade, the illustrious label wants your demos! Yes, yours! Look for the demo drop box at tonight's gig, or head here to learn how to do things the old fashioned way. I think we speak for everyone when we say, please, no demos that suck. kthxbye

Jarvis Cocker












Jeffrey Lewis


Jarvis:

12-02 Birmingham, England - Academy
12-06 Taipei, Taiwan - Simple Life Festival