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Big Boss Man have been invited to record a live session for Mark Lamarr at the BBC’s famous Maida Vale studios, including tracks from Full English Beat Breakfast – hear the session this Saturday 18th September on BBC Radio 2 at Midnight.

The long awaited 3rd album from Big Boss Man ‘Full English Beat Breakfast’ is now out! Available on CD, a lovely vinyl LP and as a download from all good retailers including Norman, Piccadilly, Rough Trade, Amazon, HMV, iTunes, eMusic, Amazon Digital and more….

Blow Up are pleased to announce that Blow Up club will reconvene for its Saturday night residency in London from Saturday 12th September 2009. The new basement venue is a stone’s throw from the Metro Club (RIP) in London’s legendary Denmark Street aka ‘Tin Pan Alley’. The first night will have live guests Blow Up Records very own Big Boss Man who will be playing tracks from their third album ‘Full English Beat Breakfast’.

Big Boss Man ‘Full English Beat Breakfast’ (Blow Up) Blow Up is pleased to announce that the long awaited third album from Big Boss Man – ‘Full English Beat Breakfast’ is soon to be released. Shipping from September 2009, the album will be available on CD, LP and as a download from all good retailers. Go to Blow Up Records Myspace or www.blowuprecords.com to listen to a preview of the album! As usual the band have made good use of their extensive collection of vintage (and temperamental) gear for Full English. Head honcho Nasser Bouzida (a.k.a the Bongolian) plays mini-VIP, Farfisa and Hammond organs, Wurlitzer piano, Moog synths and drums and percussion. Driving fuzz guitar and bass beat is provided by bassman Scott Milsom “the Hawk” and guitarist Trev Harding. The band have once again created a superb spaced-out selection of prime 60?s inspired dancefloor tracks: Northern Soul vibes with “?Black Eye”, Garage sounds with “The Bloater”, Boogaloo with “Pies and Pastiche” and even Samba with “Full Brazilian”

woZZon’s John Coleman talks to Blow Up founder & resident DJ Paul Tunkin about the Blow Up club and label here

Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck ‘Moves On The Screen’ Available now from all good download stores and taken from their acclaimed debut album ‘Days And Go’ is the second single ‘Moves On The Screen’ from Swedish indie-posters Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck DAYS COME AND GO quotes… “Think The Concretes with strings and a folky/indie edge. Grand songs, delivered well” Stool Pigeon “Lovely, gentle folk inspired indie pop that invokes the idea of Jens Lekman fronting Belle & Sebastian. Simple as that” indieMP3 “Wry but sincere hometown poetry” NME “An album to pay attention to” AllMusic

Silvery – the ‘The Nishikado EP’ (Blow Up) featuring brand new tracks – out now from all fine purveyors of digital sounds… “Silvery have produced a tribute to the one and only Toshihiro Nishikado to whom we give gratitude for the remarkable invention that it is Space Invaders – those little critters everyone knows and loves. With wild synth riffs and vocals resembling David Bowie, Silvery suck you in to the unrestrained indie madness. Identity and Murder Holes continue the fairground theme, with unruly synth sections distinguishing Silvery from current and past indie bands.” KRUGER “Wow. Take a deep breath before you enter the crazy world of Silvery. The grandiose circus music of The Nishikado takes you on a whirlwind with its relentless and spiralling organs. The cacophony of different sounds can all get a bit confusing, until the chorus when the glorious mess seems to find it’s way. The furious pace of the EP will have you bouncing off the walls and collapsed in an exhausted heap in the corner by the end. In the words of me Dad, “What a bloody racket.” But an utterly exhilarating racket, it has to be said.” ARTROCKER RECOMMENDS

Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck ‘Days Come And Go’ The second of 2 one-off UK dates for Blow Up’s swedish indiepop 8 piece Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck (the first being the night before at the Blow Up club, supporting Lucky Soul). This will be an acoustic show, and entry will be free – so what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon – on stage at 2pm.

Following their Christmas single You Give A Little Love last December, London eccentrics Silvery release their 5th single on Monday 15th June 2009, previously featured on a live BBC Radio 1 Lamacq session and a standout track from their much talked about debut album Thunderer & Excelsior (which made the ARTROCKER and ORGAN top releases of 2008 lists). The Nishikado EP features a new mix of the lead song (inspired by Toshihiro Nishikado – the creator of Space Invaders in the 1970’s) and 3 brand new tracks: Identity, Murder Holes and The Public Purse. Think Sparks at their most Glam Rock, mixed up with all sorts of musical tricks Blur and Bowie would be proud of. Watch the video now exclusively on Artrocker.TV EP. will be available 3 weeks early as an iTunes exclusive on Monday 25th May 2009 (general availability from 15/6/2009)

Blow Up’s very own swedish indie popsters Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck will be supporting Lucky Soul on Sat. June 6th at the Blow Up Club