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Just confirmed for Saturday 7th August at Blow Up are The Sound Of Pop Art (acoustic set) and an opportunity to hear some genuine Beatnik Pop / Acoustic Soul of the finest order. Think, Odessey & Oracle The Zombies, Syd Barrett, Up The Junction Manfred Man, John Barry. TSOPA features Chris Free who previously wrote/played sonic guitar for one of the UK’s first & finest beat punk groups The Users, and was asked to join Paul Weller’s Respond label as songwriting duo A Craze, penning the 1983 UK summer soul hit for Tracie Young Give It Some Emotion: “English to the hilt, Cambridge’s T.S.O.P.A.  update Mod riffs and attitudes and pour sunny harmonies over them. Influenced by The Who, The Kinks and The Jam [and] infectiously enthusiastic, this is classic boho pop” **** Chris Roberts – Uncut

Silvery are recording a session for Mark Riley on BBC 6music to be broadcast live tonight from 7pm. Expect to hear previews of tracks from their forthcoming 2nd album Railway Architecture which will be released on August 9th, and is preceded by the single The Naked & The Dead on July 26th which was recently up for 6music’s Rebel Playlist. If you’re not in the UK or don’t have digital radio you can listen online here .  Here’s what they’ve said so far about Railway Architecture: ” One of the most distinctive sounds you’re currently likely to hear. Irrepressible and exhilarating ” NUDE Look out for Artrocker’s Summer Special issue out now – the covermount CD features the Silvery track ‘Identity’ taken from the new album. Check out the video for The Naked & The Dead, directed by Alastair Brotherton and Jock Mooney, and produced by Rich Barnett/Trunk, the same team behind Silvery’s video for ‘Horrors’, which was awarded Best Music Video at the London Short Film Festival in 2009;

Blow Up’s Paul Tunkin will be spinning records as part of the Leuka Mini Masters annual celebrity golf tournament hosted by Dougray Scott in aid of the Leuka charity, and Silvery (Blow Up Records) will be playing live too. Event info at here and found out more about Leuka charity.

Silvery will be releasing the follow up to their 2008 debut album with their second album Railway Architecture on August 9th . The first single ‘The Naked & The Dead had its first play last Thursday on Marc Riley’s 6 Music show, and if you’re quick you can listen back on the BBC iPlayer(38 mins in).  Riley has invited the band in for a BBC 6Music Session on 12th July – stay tuned for more details. Silvery’s debut Thunderer & Excelsior was a BBC 6 Music Album of the Day , Artrocker Album of the Year (No 19) , an Organ Top 10 album of the year and gained a multitude of supporters across press and radio including Steve Lamacq, Marc Riley, David Q

Neon Plastix ‘Awesome Moves’ (Blow Up) After one hell of a siesta Neon Plastix release their long awaited debut album Awesome Moves this week. It’s chock full of electro tinged dancefloor pop, including On Fire, Gentlemen?s Gold and ten other future smashes… Available from all good stores on CD and download including: Rough trade, Piccadilly, Norman, Townsend, amazon.co.uk, amazon.com, play.com, hmv.com, emusic, Napster, itunes and more…

Big Boss Man live at Blow Up, 29th May 2010 Just confirmed at Blow Up are Blow Up Records’ very own Big Boss Man – on stage 10.30pm (doors 10pm). The band are fresh back from their 2010 tour of Spain , and along side favourites such as ‘Sea Groove’ and ‘Party 7′, Big Boss Man will be playing tracks from their 3rd album ‘Full English Beat Breakfast’. Followed by resident Blow Up DJs Paul Tunkin & Ian Jackson more…

Blow Up presents Exclusive Blend Volumes 1 & 2 For the very first time ever Volumes 1 & 2 of the ‘ Blow Up presents Exclusive Blend Series ‘ are available for download from iTunes ( Vol.1 / Vol.2 ),  Amazon.co.uk , Amazon.com , Napster ( Vol.1 / Vol.2 ), eMusic and more.  Don’t forget, both have recently been reissued on LP (& CD) too if you’d rather get your hands on some vinyl – from all good stores, as well as Blow Up Records mail order . Volume 1 sees Paul Tunkin, DJ & founder of Blow Up club , taking us on a journey deep into the vaults of the KPM music library. Originally released in 1996, the Blow Up Exclusive Blend series were one of the first commercial introductions to Music Library and the twilight world of the session man. Volume 1 features the cream of the KPM Music Library writers including Keith Mansfield , Alan Hawkshaw , Alan Parker and Johnny Pearson . Most of these tracks had never been commercially available before this release. Volume 2 sees Blow Up’s Paul Tunkin entering the vaults of De Wolfe , Amphonic and once again KPM . As with a bulk of Exclusive Blend 1, many of these tracks were receiving their first commercial airing on this album’s release. Originally released in 1997, the album also introduced James Clarke’s Wild Elephants to the world, which was later retitled ‘ Blow Up A-Go-Go ‘ as a thankyou from the writer and became the title track for the successful V2 / Blow Up compilation ‘ Blow Up A-Go-Go! Dancefloor Classics from The Legendary Blow Up Club’ . This album includes tracks from many great music library theme writers including Keith Mansfield , Alan Hawkshaw , Syd Dale , and Alan Moorhouse . blowuprecords.com

Neon Plastix release their long awaited debut LP ‘Awesome Moves’ on May 10th 2010 (UK)  + 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’

Big Boss Man return once again to Spain with an 11 date tour this March including Madrid, Barcelon, 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!

Blow Up comes to Oxford for a special one off at The Cellar this January – Resident Blow Up DJs Paul Tunkin & Ian Jackson will be bringing you a mix of Orgasmic Pop 60s Mod Soul New Wave action. Plus special live guests Blow Up Records’ The Bongolian.