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Lianne has spent the best part of December 08 writing new material as well as assembling her new band.

She plays her first show of 2009 in February supporting ‘La Roux’ at Yo-Yo on February 12th

Lianne will be going into the studio in late February to work with a number of very exciting writers and producers.

The band have just finished recording their follow up single to ‘Suffragette Suffragette’ with Luke Smith. The two tracks ‘Photoshop Handsome’ and ‘DNA Dump’ will be released in March. The band have also been busy this week shooting their new video. Expect something quite special!

The band will be announcing their March 2009 tour very soon.

The Rumble Strips return with a 21 date UK tour this March to precede their as yet untitled second album. This is the band’s first headline UK tour since the Girls and Weather album tour of Autumn 2007

The boys are in the studio this week recording two very special tracks in preparation for Island’s 50th Birthday celebrations. The tracks will be re-workings of some very well know tracks from the incredible Island back catalogue. The tracks will be released later this year

The band will be in Prague week commencing the 19th to work with the national philharmonic orchestra on putting the finishing touched on their new album. The orchestration for the record has been arranged by Owen Pallet (arcade firs, Final fantasy).

Tip for 09 – The Observer

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The Rumble Strips signed to Scruffy Bird Management over 5 years ago. During this time, the band have released 3 EPs (UK, US and Japan) 6 UK singles and their debut album ‘Girls and Weather’ was released worldwide in 2007.

The band have toured the UK, Europe and America extensively; they’ve also performed at every major UK festival.

After completing their first full length US tour in New York to a sold out Bowery Ballroom, the band went straight into the studio to start work on their second full length album. The album is scheduled to be released in June 09 and is being produced by Mark Ronson with a little help from Owen Pallet (Arcade Fire, Last Shadow Puppets), Rich Woodcraft (Radiohead) and Matt Kettle (The White Stripes).

The band are currently in London putting the finishing touches to the album.

They begin touring the UK at the start of March 09.

A recent signing to Scruffy Bird Management (October 2008) and it’s already been a very busy few months for this newly formed Manchester band.

The band’s debut single, ‘Suffragette Suffragette’ (XL/Salvia) received heavy rotation at national radio with multiple plays from Zane Lowe, Colin Murray, Huw Stephens, Marc Riley as well as strong support coming from XFM’s John Kennedy. The band’s self produced and directed music video also received a great amount of coverage from MTV2. The video debuted at number 5 in MTV2/MYSPACE’s chart as well as being a favourite of Zane Lowe’s ‘Gonzo Show’.

Everything Everything have just completed their first ever UK tour and 2009 is set to be an incredibly exciting year: They are going into the studio with Luke Smith (Depeche Mode – new album, Clor, Shit Disco) to record their follow-up single. Then the band are touring the UK again in March. They have recently been tipped by critics – including the Observer, OMM and Gigwise – as one of the acts to break through in 2009.

Newly Signed Lianne Barnes is a 19 year, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter from South London.

Lianne is currently busy writing new material with an EP and live dates planned for 2009.

The Young Knives and Scruffy Bird Management enjoyed 5 successful years working together. The band’s debut album, ‘Voices of Animals and Men’, was a Mercury Music Prize Nominee and was one of the most innovative and critically acclaimed guitar records of 2006: Also seeing all 4 of the band’s singles going top 40#. The album debuted at number 21# in the UK charts and went on to sell over 80,000 records worldwide. They made appearances on Jools Holland, The Culture Show, MTV and were famed not only for their electrifying live performances, but also for their sharp and witty stage banter.

Having successfully toured the UK visited many of the UK’s major festivals: the band released the follow-up to ‘Voices of Animals in Men’ in spring 2008. Titled ‘Superabundance’, the album was critically acclaimed and received healthy support from daytime national radio.It charted at number 28# in the UK and has gone on to sell over 40,000 records worldwide. The band are currently writing new material for their third album.