News from 2012

“Leaving For A Day” is a brand new track taken from the forthcoming new edition of Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck‘s debut album “Days Come And Go” which has now been expanded to include additional tracks. The album made the top five list of albums of the year for Sweden’s national newspaper Sydsvenskan.

Check out the video for “Leaving For A Day”, a compilation of footage filmed during the bands last visit to the UK, including a Rough Trade East in-store, an appearance at Dot-To-Dot Festival Bristol, a support slot with Camera Obscura at King’s College, a show at the Blow Up Metro Club on Oxford Street and an acoustic session at the V&A.

Download & ltd. seven available now – the double-A debut from London four-piece Silvery.

‘Horrors’/’Orders’ was the recent winner of Zane Lowe’s Fresh Meat and was The Organ’s single of the week:

“They’ve been one of London’s best kept secrets for a little while now, packed out gigs in Camden and such, building a genuine following and a really worth of mouth flow. Silvery make timeless English pop music, a slighty quirky edge, nothing that ever stops that pop flow though. They have a slightly eccentric charm, a bright palette, those not quite pristine bandsman uniforms and those chiming keyboards. The debut album is not far away now, this should more than wet your appetite.” The Organ

“What a little belter this is. Pure, head-on pop music, fabby guitar riffs, plumptious organ, verses, choruses, middle 8 – all present and correct. The AA side ‘Orders’ reminds me of early sparks, never a bad look. Intelligent stuff, quoting the right sources but never simply copying. This could be a very good year for Silvery. They should be filling the Radio 1 playlist in place of the ghastly Feeling. Buy this record.” Artrocker

read more…
track listing & LISTEN
reviews
about silvery

links…
myspace.com/blowuprecs
myspace.com/silverytheband
‘horrors’ video on youtube

DOWNLOAD NOW:

BUY SINGLE: HMV.co.uk (FREE p+p), Norman Records, Rhythm Online & all good indies!

Big Boss Man return once again to Spain with an 11 date tour this March including Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Leon and more. See all dates here to see if they’re coming to a town near you. They’ll also be paying a visit to France in April (St. Nazaire) and June at the annual ‘Riviera Affair ’60s Mod Weekend’ in Nice.

They’ll be performing tracks from their first 2 albums Humanize and Winner, and from their critically acclaimed new album Full English Beat Breakfast!

“Excellent” Mark Lamarr, BBC Radio 2

“The Sgt Pepper of boogaloo” music 4/5, sonic 4/5 Hi-Fi Choice

“Effortlessly hip” 4 stars – Echoes

“Their best album yet ” 4 stars – Record Collector

“Big Boss Man are back and groovier than ever” 7/10 Clash

“14 scorching hot tracks here” Scootering ‘Recommended Listening’

“Will knock you flat on your back and boogaloo a victory lap”
7/10 Loud & Quiet

“Perennial party starters Big Boss Man are back with their third album. For loud’n’proud modish club soul, this is it!” Shindig!

“Big Boss Man — returning to blow our minds with an excellent dish on Blow Up Records! As loveable as anything they’ve done to date” Dusty Groove

read more…
big boss man
past releases
reviews

live: big boss man tour dates…

myspace: myspace.com/bigbossmanmyspace

3 Blow Up Records bands on one bill including UK debut for Sweden’s Mockingbird, wish me luck.

BIG BOSS MAN
The self-proclaimed “punks of hammond funk” take time out from recording their 3rd album for a one-off London show:
“Smokin’ ’60s-style beat trio, with modern dancefloor full-tiltage.” Mojo
“Funky as f**k” Maxim Online
“Music to make your head explode with joy” What’s On
“A joyful romp through Hammond-flecked funk” Musik Week

MOCKINGBIRD WISH ME LUCK *debut UK show”
An 8-piece indie pop-orchestra from Sweden who will soon be releasing their debut album Days come and Go:
“Grand songs, delivered well” Stool Pigeon
“Short, sweet and perfectly formed” Nude
“Gorgeous indie pop. I could listen to this single for months and not tire of it” Swedesplease.net
“Lovely, gentle folk inspired indie pop that invokes the idea of Jens Lekman fronting Belle & Sebastian. Simple as that” indieMP3

SILVERY
Infectious eccentric British pop four-piece from London:
What a little belter this is. Pure, head-on pop music. Reminds me of early sparks. This could be a very good year for Silvery. Buy this record” Tom Artrocker
“The psychopop of Blur, if Damon Albarn spent the 90’s taking acid… More please!” NME
“A great piece of excitable guitar music” Steve Lamacq

read more…
Big Boss Man
Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck
Silvery

links…
blowupmetro.com
facebook invite
last.fm event

myspace…
myspace.com/blowuprecs
myspace.com/bigbossmanmyspace
myspace.com/mockingbirdwishmeluckswe
myspace.com/silverytheband

Neon Plastix release their long awaited debut LP “Awesome Moves” after taking one hell of a siesta. The album is chock full of electro tinged dancefloor pop, including On Fire, Gentlemen’s Gold and ten other future smashes. Album will be preceded by single Gentlemen’s Gold.

The band have achieved a cult following both in the UK, Europe and USA, despite having only released 2 singles to date (Neon Invasion/Prick Tease, On Fire/Dream), and secured deals along the way with E.A Games ‘Need For Speed’ and Sony Eriksson for use of their music. Neon Plastix have played multitudes of dates across Europe, even including a spot at Glastonbury, as well as touring with Late Of The Pier amongst others (who they also remixed). After they declared an inevitable hiatus whilst some members finished college courses and such, the band have woke up and rubbed their eyes, dusted themselves down and are ready to release their debut album “Awesome Moves”

“These new-wave songs force a grin regardless of gender. An impassioned and feel-good statement of intent” NME

“This one’s sure to go mental. Think pop-punk new wave disco floorfiller” Rough Trade

“Doesn’t it just conjure up the pungent whiff of hair gel and cheap fluorescent spirits?” Drowned In Sound

read more…
neon plastix

links…
neonplastix.com
facebook.com/neonplastix

Neon Plastix “Awesome Moves”
Cat. No. BU054CD/DD
Release Date: Mon 10th May 2010 (UK)

Neon Plastix “Gentlemen’s Gold”
Cat. No. BU055DD
Released: tbc

Following on from the release of the ltd. single debut ‘Black Lounge’/’3 Dollar Dress’ comes the release of the debut self-titled Baltic Fleet album.

“Paul Flemming has delivered a faultless piece of instumental music that captures the spirit of Eno, NEU! all the way through to modern post rock and chamber music. The album swerves from haunting piano pieces ala donnie darko full of melancholy to driving upbeat kraut inspired propulsive grooves. This is getting heavy rotation in rough trade east and is one of our tips for the top in 2008” Rough Trade East

“BUNNYMAN HAS FUN ON THE AUTOBAHN – Sombre, Sigur Ros-like-post-rock, fuzzy bass grooves [and] energising Neu!-style motorik.” Uncut

“This is just a great album – nothing that obviously sounds like anyone or anything else. Just a rather beautiful and rather recommended instrumental album.” The Organ

Album chosen for Rough Trade’s Album Club May 2008!
More info: thealbumclub.com (other albums for May include Crystal Castles and Foals).

Baltic Fleet was asked to peform at Rough Trade East’s ‘Record Store Day’ on Saturday 19th April, followed by a DJ set from Irmin Schmidt (Can) & Kumo so in good company!
More info: roughtrade.com

read more…
track listing & LISTEN
baltic fleet
reviews

links…
myspace.com/blowuprecs
myspace.com/balticfleet

buy…
Norman Records / Piccadilly / Rough Trade / Rhythm Online
& all good indies more shops here

download…

The ltd. debut single and debut album from Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck

Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck – an 8-piece indie-pop orchestra from Ängelholm, Sweden – release their debut album Days Come and Go on Monday 9th June, preceded by the limited single Pictures (Too Big To Fit In A Sight) on Monday 2nd June (features B-Side not on the album).

Unplugged version of “Pictures (Too Big To Fit In A Sight)”he ltd. debut single and debut album from Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck

Over the last few years, Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck have been recording songs, just a few at a time, describing themselves as “the slowest recording band ever”. Everything has done without any outside help and in the true DIY indie spirit – drums were recorded in their rehearsal room and almost everything else in their parents’ apartment. Despite their admittance that “nobody really knew which buttons to push”, by the time Blow Up Records made contact in early summer 2007, they had quite a collection of songs – both beautiful and unforgettable.

“Grand songs, delivered well” Stool Pigeon

“Short, sweet and perfectly formed” Nude

“Gorgeous indie pop. I could listen to this single for months and not tire of it” Swedesplease.net

“Suggests the potential to usurp KoC as Scandinavia’s finest exponents of indiefolk” Kruger

“Lovely, gentle folk inspired indie pop that invokes the idea of Jens Lekman fronting Belle & Sebastian. Simple as that” indieMP3

“A pop album for picnic days and warm nights of dancing with all the windows open” Kitten Painting

read more…
track listings & LISTEN
mockingbird, wish me luck
reviews

myspace: myspace.com/mockingbirdwishmeluckswe

youtube: “pictures (too big to fit in a sight)” (unplugged)

buy album & single: HMV / Norman / Rough Trade / Rhythm Online
& all good indies more shops here

download album & single…

The debut album and 2nd single from Silvery

buy both : Rough Trade / Norman / Piccadilly / hmv.co.uk
Amazon.co.uk & all good indies more shops here

download both…

London’s Silvery release their debut album ‘Thunderer & Excelsior‘ – a 14-track blast of infectious eccentric British pop and an essential release for 2008. Crafted in their East London studio with Kevin Feazey and mastered by John Davis, the album features previous sold-out single ‘Horrors‘/’Orders‘ and their second single ‘Devil In The Detail‘ which will be released the same day and is strictly limited to 500 numbered 7″s. The single also features an exclusive B-side ‘The Squadron Leader’ not on the album.

‘Devil In The Detail‘ has been spun so far by Steve Lamacq (6 Music and Radio1), who has invited the band to record a session for his BBC Radio 1 show, to be broadcast a week before the album & single release, Marc Riley (6 Music) who has requested a session, Gary Crowley (BBC London), as well as Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie (Radio 2). Both sides have already been aired in the US too by KROQ legend Rodney Bingenheimer.

• Silvery in October’s Artrocker Magazine & Converse Music
  Full page article on Silvery, plus a free download from Converse Music for this month only. read more…
• Silvery in Session on BBC 6 Music with Marc Riley
  Thursday 25th September Tracklisting here…
• Silvery in Session on BBC Radio 1 with Steve Lamacq!
  Mon 4th August Tracklisting here…
• ‘Thunderer & Excelsior’ will be BBC 6music’s album of the day!
  Tue 12th Augustread more …
• ‘Devil In The Detail’ winner of last week’s Round Table on BBC 6 music with Steve Lamacq!read more & listen again …
• Silvery on Steve Lamacqs 6music blogread blog …

“This album has barely been out of my CD player at home all week”
“You will not hear anything like this all year”
Steve Lamacq

“A fine debut album from the London band, just as they promised it would be” The Organ

“It’s mental and it rocks” Artrocker ‘Recommended’

“Exciting, forceful, intelligent, and on all the time”
David Quantick, Word Magazine

“The potential to capture the imagination of a generation” Classic Rock

“MADCAP LONDONERS MAKE AN ARTY RACKET” Q Magazine

“Silvery’s eccentric organ-led pop is quintessentially British with more than a nod to David Bowie, a wink to Syd Barrett and a wave to XTC” 8/10 Alternative Ulster

“A wonderfully ebullient album of eccentric, quirkily catchy, organ-led Brit Pop with singalong choruses aplenty” Nude

“Get used to the madness because Silvery could be around for a very longtime” Rock’N’Reel

“A band to get rather excited about” Clash

“Strange, surreal and stunning – purchase on sight” losingtoday.com

read more…
track listings & LISTEN
silvery
reviews

live: silvery tour dates…

myspace: myspace.com/silverytheband

download both…

After weeks of plays on BBC Radio (Lamacq, Riley, Lamarr, Crowley, Radcliffe & Maconie amongst others) and both BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music live sessions, Silvery release their third single ‘Action Force‘, taken from their acclaimed debut album ‘Thunderer & Excelsior‘.

The double A-side is ‘The Nod‘, a new non-album exclusive recording of a live favourite. Its the perfect showcase for their unique and riotous Victoriana inspired sound and a worldview that suggests a heady concoction of British Sea Power through a filter of Sparks, Bowie, XTC and Blur at their punky fairground best.

• Action Force / The Nod
  Steve Lamaqc’s *BBC 6 Music Single of The Week* 27/10/08
  The single has just been chosen by Steve Lamacq as his Single Of The Week on BBC 6 Music, which means it’ll be spun every day read more…

“Action Force is my favourite rapid-fire, jerky pop song of the year”
Steve Lamacq (BBC Blog)

“More of their Victorian gentleman’s club brit pop, Action Force is a catchy slice off the London band’s well received recent album. The Nod is a previously unreleased goodness and one of their best tracks – if ever there was a model of a modern major general and all the Sparks that fly and the bits of early Blur and XTC and Jules Verne adventurer”
The Organ

“Tumble-dried Blur melting Sparks into liquid pop”
What’s On The NME Stereo?

read more…
track listings & LISTEN
silvery
reviews

live: silvery tour dates…

myspace: myspace.com/silverytheband

‘BALTIC FLEET’Rough Trade’s Top 50 Albums of 2008

Baltic Fleet’s eponymous debut has made it into Rough Trade’s Top Album’s of 2008 at No. 29. Rough Trade’s Top 50 here.

VOTE FOR BALTIC FLEET
for a chance to win all 50 Rough Trade albums of 2008
Pick your top 3 albums from Rough Trade’s Top 50 albums of 2008 for their ‘People’s Voice’ award vote here

‘BALTIC FLEET’Piccadilly Records Top 100 Albums of 2008

… and is also in Piccadilly Records Top 100 Albums of 2008 at No. 69:
Piccadilly’s Top 100 here

read more…
track listing & LISTEN
baltic fleet
reviews

links…
myspace.com/blowuprecs
myspace.com/balticfleet

buy…
Norman Records / Piccadilly / Rough Trade / Rhythm Online
& all good indies more shops here

download…