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David will be busking in front of the shop. No need to give him cash, just applause.

David Saw is a songwriters songwriter, respected and admired by fellow musicians (including Ray Davies, Carly Simon, Robert Cray, Jimmy Webb, Eric Bibb, Paul Carrack, Chris Difford, Patti Griffith, Gary Go and Judie Tzuke with whom he has toured and/or recorded) but, until now, almost unknown outside those circles. 'Until now' as, with the release of his sophomore album 'Broken Down Figure', that state of relative, and blissful, obscurity looks set to change.







Recorded in Britain and America, David is joined on some of 'Broken Down Figure's' songwriting duties by friends Judie Tzuke, Gary Go and Eric Bibb. The resulting album is one of beautifully arranged melodies, captivating vocals, exceptional musicianship and honest lyrics as he sings about life, relationships, love lost and never received, broken hearts and rescued romance. The album is produced by David, Ben Taylor and Larry Ciancia (Fiona Apple, Everlast, Ray LaMontagne) - the trio also produced Ben's latest album 'The Legend Of Kung Folk' and are co-producing Carly Simon's new album.

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'As charismatic in her own, utterly distinctive way, Welch looks and sounds like a star.' - The Sunday Times Culture

'Florence and the Machine's mad art-pop will be 2009's most beautiful noise.' - The Guardian Guide

'A dead cert for stardom.' - The Sun




After releasing just two limited singles ('Kiss With A Fist' and 'Dog Days Are Over') the magnetic Florence & The Machine has built up a formidable following of fans and critics alike, even winning this years highly prestigious Critics Choice BRIT Award. Now with the impressive debut album 'Lungs' Florence Welch looks set to exceed all hype and expectation, blowing her contemporaries out of the water.

An insight into why the wonderful world of 22 year old Florence has mesmerized more than a few, the long player is an intoxicating mix of delicate fragility, dark humour and twisted Tim Burton style fairy-tales. Production duties come care of Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, Jack Penate, Maximo Park), James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, The Klaxons, Last Shadow Puppets) and Steve Mackay (Pulp, M.I.A), who were all eager to work with the young newcomer.

From the live favourite 'You've Got The Love' to the raw blues tinged 'Girl With One Eye' to the beautifully painful 'Between Two Lungs', the album is crammed with crowd pleasers. Also boasting fresh tracks like new single 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)', 'Drumming' - with its epic denseness, the terrifyingly brilliant 'Howl' and 'Hurricane Drunk' with it's paradoxical charms of heartbreak, love and loss, 'Lungs' promises to leave us wanting more of the insanely captivating Florence Welch.

The Association of Independent Music Announce the 2nd Annual
Celebrations for:

Independents Day 09

6th - 10th July

The ICA

11.50 / Doors 7:30







After the Worldwide Independent Network's festivities last year, AIM are pleased to announce plans for Independents Day 09, the global celebration of independent music launched by AIM and WIN in 2008. To celebrate the event, AIM are working alongside Live Nation and member labels on a series of gigs at London's prestigious ICA venue between the 6th and 10th July.

The events will bring together some of the UK's most successful independent labels, with a different label curating each night, showcasing some of their finest acts. In addition to the label nights, one evening is being curated by the legendary independent record store, Rough Trade East.


The line up for the week's events is as follows:

Bella Union (Monday 6th July)

Sleeping States
Here We Go Magic
Chimes and Bells

Rough Trade Record Store (Tuesday 7th July)

Terry Lynn
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Joe Gideon & The Shark

Beggars Group (Wednesday 8th July)

St Vincent
Blue Roses

Fat Cat / One Little Indian (Thursday 9th July)

The Twilight Sad
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Kill It Kid

Ninja Tune (Friday 10th July)

Daedelus
DJ Food
Grasscut
King Cannibal
Cursor Minor

Tickets for each night are priced at 11.50 and can be booked from www.livenation.co.uk

Doors for each night is at 7:30

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'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose is the debut album by Jack, Jamie, Suren and Ed, four old schoolfriends from North London, known collectively as Bombay Bicycle Club.

It's a timeless, British debut, brimming with youthful urgency, honesty and romance. Like its bashful creators, 'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose' doesn't feel the need to shout, scream or bluster to be heard. Instead, its chiming chords and sighed melodies blaze proudly like flushed cheeks on a cold day.





Bombay Bicycle Club's first, self-released EP - 2007's 'The Boy I Used To Be' - was a pure distillation of adolescent wonder, brilliantly chronicling their coming-of-age in real-time. Two of its songs have been resurrected and retooled for 'I Had the Blues but I Shook them Loose': 'The Hill', Jack's shivery vocals sounding at once both wide-eyed and world-weary, is a memorable tumble through the heather; 'Cancel On Me' remains a startlingly dynamic piece of songwriting, and a live favourite. Their second Indie Chart-topping EP, 'How We Are', donates the plangent, reflective 'Ghost'.

'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose' was recorded in Autumn '08 at Konk studios in Crouch End. Bombay Bicycle Club chose it not because of its state-of-the-art facilities, but because it was 'Cround the corner'. Sessions were helmed by studio vet Jim Abbiss, the producer of landmark debut albums by Arctic Monkeys, UNKLE, Kasabian and Adele.

Bombay Bicycle Club don't fancy themselves as sonic explorers and were happy to let Abbiss take the lead. "I think he found it difficult to work with us at first because we were very lazy and laidback about the whole thing," says Jack. "He'd say 'Is this fine?' and we'd just shrug, out of inexperience more than anything." Even so, several of the beats put together by Jack as guide tracks in his bedroom were deemed worthy enough to make it all the way through to the final mix. That's why 'Magnet' sounds so garagey and claustrophobic before veering off on a minimal techno tangent. In fact, songs regularly do something neat and unexpected after their natural ending, with Suren's limber drumming, Ed's nimble basslines and Jamie's fluid chords lending Bombay Bicycle Club an impressive Chicago post-rock poise.

Yet it's Jack's presence that pulls everything together. Skinny and feminine, it's his very lack of any kind of rock posture that makes him a compelling frontman. He says his voice sounds the way it does because he was always embarrassed his family might overhear him back when he was making all those bedroom demos. Jim Abbiss had to properly rile him up in order to coax out the raw self-flagellation of 'Dust On The Ground'.

Jack claims to always write his lyrics at the last minute, partly out of procrastination, but partly as an attempt to bottle the immediacy of each song as freshly as possible. Yet he's still managed to pen plenty of nonchalantly graceful lines that perfectly capture feelings of regret, rejection and infatuation. 'You mirror-gaze while I decide/ The moment you were deified' he sings, on the tremulous 'Lamplight'. He admits there's a girl attached to almost every song; his current sweetheart should be pretty proud of inspiring that couplet.

'I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose' is an indie record in the sense of being properly 'independent', its recording funded by the band's management company, with Island only signing Bombay Bicycle Club after the wrap. "It was a really good position to be in," says Jack. "No-one came in and hassled us about the songs. We just finished it, handed it to them, and they liked it."

Everything that happens to Bombay Bicycle Club has to happen naturally. As soon as it starts to feel forced, they say, they'll stop. So they're not going to force you to like this record. You just will.

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The Maccabees are playing a special acoustic set to celebrate the of release their new single "Can You Give It".


Recently The Maccabees returned with their second album 'All Of Arms'. 'Wall Of Arms' retains all the energy and passion that made The Maccabees fan favourites first time round but is a huge leap forward creatively. Paired with the Arcade Fire producer Markus Dravs the album introduces horns and keys to their signature staccato guitar attack. The tonality of emotions explored and broad expanse of space the songs inhabit is breathtaking.



This in-store is to celebrate their new single "Can You Give It" which is already a firm live favourite inspiring mass sing-a-longs with its rallying chorus, wonky guitars and marching military-esque drums. it's an impassioned follow up to 'Love You Better'. limited 7" two in a die cut sleeve comes backed by a stunning dodworth colliery mw brass band rendition of 'Young Lions'.

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"One of the capital's hottest properties" Drownedinsound

"The Domino State make brooding, intense music that knocks spots off much of the competition." The Independent

"Everyone should be falling over themselves to go see 'em...." The Fly







The Domino State's epic, effects laden sound has as much in common with the energy of post-punk as the current shoegaze scene in which they cut their teeth. The dynamic intensity of their live performances has earned them numerous prestigious support slots including the O2 Arena with Coldplay and a tour with M83.

The Domino State's combination of bold, anthemic song writing and intoxicating wall-of-sound guitar backdrops has attracted rave press reviews and radio play in the UK and abroad (including winning Steve Lamacq's BBC6 rebel playlist). As well as appearing at several festivals this summer, they are currently putting the finishing touches to their debut album with producer Joe Adams. The new single "Firefly" will be launched with a Rough Trade East in-store appearance on July 10.

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Too long seen as a note in the margin of the history of rock, The Slits at last get a fair hearing in this revealing biography.



Wild, defiant and startlingly inventive, The Slits were ahead of their time. Although they created some unique hybrids - dub reggae and pop-punk, African rhythms, funk and free jazz - they were dismissed as being unable to play. Their lyrics were witty and perceptive while their influential first album challenged perceptions of punk and of girl bandsbut they were still misunderstood. And that infamous debut album cover, with the band appearing topless and mud-daubed, prompted further misreadings of the first ladies of punk.

Author Zo Street Howe speaks to The Slits themselves, to former manager Don Letts, mentor and PIL guitarist Keith Levene and many other friends and colleagues to discover exactly how The Slits phenomenon came about and to celebrate the legacy of a seminal band long overdue its rightful acclaim.

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Charlie Winston grew up, with his folk-musician parents and his musical siblings, in a Suffolk hotel through which passed an endless procession of itinerant artists, orchestras, actors and thespians. Such an environment had a great impact on Charlie giving him a deep love for the performing arts and entertainment whilst nurturing his musical talents.








At the age of eight he learned to play the drums, before turning his hand to the piano when he was ten and two years later writing his first songs. Aged seventeen Charlie relocated to London, studied music at Brunel ("I later realised that I got too caught up in the 'technicalities' of music, I had become engrossed in the world of Jazz and Minimalism"), subsequently leaving college penniless and piano-less. Living in Clapham with his brother (Tom Baxter) the only instrument he played was a beaten up bass found 'just lying around'. So with Charlie now playing bass they formed the band 'Baxter', a period that lasted three years and that Charlie regards as his degree course - An Introduction To The Real World Of Music.

Charlie's musical development continued - writing music for theatre productions (The Almeida, Sadler's Wells, The Gate, The Unicorn and others) and writing and playing music for short films, dance productions, TV adverts as well as producing and recording records with various artists. "This was a fantastic training ground for me. I learned to write to a brief with a deadline. This became an invaluable discipline, and a very important part of my 'process'. A little pressure can produce a lot."

Singing or playing with many different bands on either bass, piano or percussion, Charlie wrote and arranged music for brass and strings including the London Symphonietta and the BBC Concert Orchestra and came to the fore of the stage as lead singer in an eight piece reggae band 'it brought out my strength as a front man'. In his early twenties he picked up the guitar for the first time "it helped me focus on the beauty and simplicity of songwriting and storytelling once again - the precise things that had drawn me into writing in the first place when I was in my teens."

In 2003, when Charlie was recording bass for his brother Tom's album at Real World Studios, he was introduced to Peter Gabriel and became friends with Peter's daughter Mel. "Although I had a new EP that I was anxious to give him, I decided to wait until he knew me as a person first, before introducing him to my music. It turned out to be the right choice." A year later, when he was babysitting for Peter's son, Charlie finally gave him his EP - in return Peter gave him a recording contract, produced his first album 'Make Way' and invited Charlie to open for him on his European tour.

A Volkswagen television advert, in which Charlie was the voice of a dog who unleashed a mightily impressive rendition of the classic Spencer Davis Group song 'I'm a Man', became a global smash and is also now a YouTube classic.

Charlie's story then moved to France where he had come to the attention of record label Atmosphriques who introduced him to Mark Plati (David Bowie, The Cure, Louise Attaque) with whom Charlie recorded his second album 'Hobo'. The "Hobo" sessions took place primarily in Paris, at the Pigalle Studios, with brass and strings added in London and the finishing touches added at Plati%u2019s New York studio. The core of the record sees Charlie on guitar, piano, and "vintage" keys (Wurlitzer-Celest-Hammond), Ben Edwards on his harmonicas, Daniel Marsala on the bass and Medi on the drums.

The resulting album is a collection of songs with soul inspired by the great 'soul men' - Ray Charles, Randy Newman, Richie Havens, Tom Waits. Thoughtful and captivating and musically witty the stories are at times serious, at others ironic but always profoundly human.

'Hobo' was released in France in January 2009. The single 'Like A Hobo' shot to number one in the iTunes chart within forty eight hours; the album followed suit within a week. 'Like A Hobo' was number one on all download charts for four weeks, a feat only ever achieved by four other artists. Certified platinum, the album CD has now been in the top ten of the physical charts since its launch in January and the single topped the French CD charts on its release.

Featured in all the main French press, Charlie has performed on the influential TV show Taratata an unprecedented three times and on Le Grand Journal in both Paris and at the show's Cannes Film Festival opener. He is currently on an extensive sold out headline tour of France and has been invited to play at all the major summer festivals in France, Belgium and Switzerland. On stage Charlie the 'song-singer' becomes Charlie the entertainer, one steeped in music, dance and theatre who puts on quite a show - "Because I am a songwriter with an album called 'Hobo' it can easily be misconstrued that I'll just be on stage with a guitar or a harmonica. But I'm a performer and an entertainer and my experience with theatre and dance means that it's more about being an artist than just a songwriter."