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The excellent Lucky Soul have just confirmed for Saturday June 6th at Blow Up … “Pop at its most glorious and heartbreaking” 5/5 Metro Album of the Week “A band to fall in love with” Independent on Sunday “A glorious collection of pop symphonies…it’s hard not to be won over” **** Uncut “Grand, unabashed pop.” 8/10 Pitchfork

London’s Silvery released their critically acclaimed album debut ‘Thunderer and Excelsior’ last year one and have been lauded by everyone from Artrocker to Marc Riley to Steve Lamacq to David Quantick. The Beat Happening will be chatting to them about Britpop, Brechtian cabaret, their favourite top hats, before they perform. Plus support provided by the uber-cool Parlour Records: Le Tetsuo + Project: Komakino. Wednesday 22nd April, The Victoria, 110 Grove Rd, Mile End, London, E3 5TH Tickets: here

Brand new ‘Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck’ track for free plus some other rather good artists on the latest Eardrums download compilation .

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Blow Up Metro Club: 2001-2009 Saturday the 17th January 2009 was last night ever of the Metro Club, 19-23 Oxford Street, London W1. Thank you to everybody who celebrated our last night with us and helped us go out with a bang! ( more about the venue closure here ). A very special and very memorable night (photos to be uploaded soon). Apologies to everyone who queued in the rain and didn’t manage to get in! Tomorrow on Saturday 24th January 2009, Blow Up will start a new Saturday night residency at Bar Rumba, 36 Shaftesbury Avenue. This is an exciting move for the club, signalling another new era with a shift back to the Wag-era concept of Blow Up – a bigger capacity with 2 sound systems once again, lights, visuals – and essentially a return to the larger weekly ‘special event’ featuring weekly live showcases as part of the club itself. Blow Up DJs Paul Tunkin and Ian Jackson will be also be joined by weekly guests DJs including some familiar names from over the club’s history.

Take part in history – this will be the LAST EVER NIGHT at The Metro due to the venue’s CPO for Crossrail. The Metro Club has been open as a club (under various names) since the 1950s – this will be your last chance ever to come to the venue. Tickets will not be on sale for tonight. Doors will open early – very early arrival recommended! Blow Up will continue the following week on Saturday 24th January at Bar Rumba.

An exclusive interview with Silvery on Dave TVs weekly vodcast, in their Bands to Watch for 2009 .

Sat. 17th January 2009 – Blow Up – Last Ever Night of The Metro Club (details below) Sat. 24th January 2009 – Blow Up – Opening Night at Bar Rumba – (details below) A bona-fide legendary club night, and now in its 15th year, Blow Up was the centre of the early to mid Nineties Brit Pop explosion, influencing the style and sound of a generation, and voted No.4 in Time Out’s Top Ten Clubs of the 90s. From its original venue The Laurel Tree, Camden Town (1993-1996), to the Wag Club (1996-2001) and then to the Metro Club (2002-2009), Blow Up has continued its long run of sold out nights for over 15 years in an unbroken run. And now, after a seven year residency at the Metro Club, Blow Up will be held here for the very last time on Saturday 17th January 2009, which will also be the last ever night for the Metro Club itself, after which its doors will close forever as a live venue and club (for press release re. venue closure see: www.blowupmetro.com/closure.aspx). The following week, on Saturday 24th January 2009, Blow Up will start a new Saturday night residency at Bar Rumba, 36 Shaftesbury Avenue. This is an exciting move for the club, signalling another new era with a shift back to the Wag-era concept of Blow Up – a bigger capacity with 2 sound systems once again, lights, visuals – and essentially a return to the larger weekly ‘special event’ featuring weekly live showcases as part of the club itself. Blow Up DJs Paul Tunkin and Ian Jackson will be also be joined by weekly guests DJs including some familiar names from over the club’s history . Blow Up was founded by DJ and promoter Paul Tunkin in a Camden pub in Oct 1993. Records were played from the emerging ‘British pop’ scene (that came to be known as Brit Pop) together with Brit-centric 60s and 70s moves and grooves; swinging soundtracks to Mod Beat and Soul; classic pop from The Beatles to Bowie to Blur. The club still stays true to its early ideals – you will hear a selection of indie pop, new wave, pop electronique, underground 60s instrumentals, experimental grooves and easy listening – all sitting nicely alongside a selection of the current favs from artists such as MGMT and Vampire Weekend. Despite its love of buried treasures, Blow Up remains an accessible yet essential night that is always a great party, week after week, year after year.

This will be the last ever New Year’s Eve at The Metro Club and as usual Blow Up will take the controls for the celebrations… Tix. £15 adv from the usual agents… http://www.myspace.com/blowupclub

Silvery ‘You Give A Little Love’ Ladies and gentlemen we present you the perfect antidote to all the current doom and gloom… We give you… Silvery performing a brand new recording of You Give A Little Love, a cover version of the Paul Williams song as featured in the musical Bugsy Malone. The song has often featured in the Silvery live set and the band thought it was high time to put a studio version down. This track is not included on their fabulous debut album Thunderer & Excelsior, but will is downloadable from all reputable purveyors of digital phonograms and just in time for Christmas! ….Its time to party like its 1929!!!