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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

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.