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Dapper fellow Jarvis Cocker is working on a follow-up to his solo debut, 2006's Jarvis. But he isn't exactly chomping at the bit to get it out there. As he recently told NME, he's got "vague ideas" about the record, which he'd ideally like to do "before the end of the year." (Jarvis' label, Rough Trade, confirms that it will probably be 2009 before we hear a new album from him.)

Mr. Cocker also laid a pair of possible song titles on NME: "The Usual" and "Girls Like It Too", the latter of which is apparently about male perceptions of female libido. Visions of hair metal tunes are dancing in my head, but if anybody can tackle that one tastefully, it'd be this gentleman right here.

Jarvis, as you know, joins Animal Collective, the Hold Steady, and all your other fave raves at this summer's Pitchfork Music Festival. But the Jarvster isn't about to let a trip to the colonies begin and end with the Second City, so he's lined up a pair of New York dates following his stint in Union Park.

Your next chance to see Jarvis in action is May 23, when he gives that very intriguing songwriting lecture as part of the Brighton Festival.

Jarvis:

07-19 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) *
07-21 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
07-22 New York, NY - Terminal 5

* with Animal Collective, the Hold Steady, !!!, Vampire Weekend, Dizzee Rascal, Fleet Foxes, Caribou, No Age, Jay Reatard, Titus Andronicus, Atlas Sound, the Ruby Suns, Extra Golden, Elf Power, Icy Demons, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar