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Lucy Rose: North American Tour Blog

Posted 4-18-13 by
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Lucy Rose

Fans of Bombay Bicycle Club became familiar with Lucy Rose as the fetching vocalist backing Jack Steadman, but the 23-year-old, flame-haired singer has struck out on her own. She signed, impressively, with Columbia Records last year and released her tender and wistful debut, Like I Used To, in September in the UK. Her EP, Middle of the Bed, is out now in the States. Lucy Rose, who begins a UK tour tomorrow, April 19, recently embarked on her first North American road trip — including a stop at SXSW — and blogged about her adventures for The Alternate Side.

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TAS In Session Flashback 2012: Part One

Posted 12-24-12 by
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Diamond Rings, Django Django, Father John Misty, Friends, Here We Go Magic, Husky, Lost In The Trees, Metric, Niki & The Dove, Yeasayer

Over the past year, The Alternate Side staff has relished the chance to interview dozens of bands, hailing from all over the world, from Stockholm, Sweden (Niki & The Dove) to Ballarat, Australia (Gold Fields) to Omaha, Nebraska (Icky Blossoms). We loved all of the interviews we did with bands and over the next two weeks, we'll look back at some of those sessions — and live performance videos — that were most meaningful to us in 2012 and report on what's coming up for those bands in 2013. A big thanks to WFUV/The Alternate Side's outstanding engineering and video teams too.

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Bombay Bicycle Club: TAS In Session

Posted 8-13-12 by
Tags: Blur, Bombay Bicycle Club

Bombay Bicycle Club had a big day on Sunday, opening for Blur, New Order and The Specials in London's Hyde Park, a concert that marked the end of the 2012 London Olympics, concurrent with the Closing Ceremony. The British quartet just wrapped a swing through the States in support of 2011's A Different Kind of Fix and, despite getting slightly lost on their way to the Bronx, the band made it to The Alternate Side's Studio A for a brilliant session. Watch the videos of their four-song set and listen to the session when it airs on TAS on 91.5 WNYE this Friday, August 17 at 11 a.m. EDT, also streaming on the TAS site.

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Win Tickets To Bombay Bicycle Club At Webster Hall On July 30

Posted 6-25-12 by
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Plants and Animals

Bombay Bicycle Club has been tapped to join Blur, New Order and The Specials for the huge outdoor concert in London's Hyde Park on August 12, coinciding with the closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games, but the band will be touring the States prior to that auspicious occasion. The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to see Bombay Bicycle Club, still supporting the excellent  A Different Kind of Fix, at Webster Hall on July 30, joined by TAS faves Plants and Animals.

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Win Tix To Bombay Bicycle Club At Bowery Ballroom On March 5

Posted 1-30-12 by
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club

Bombay Bicycle Club's handsome new album, A Different Kind of Fix, was just "officially" released in the U.S earlier this month, but the record, which came out in 2011 in the UK and Europe and digitally in the States, topped many critics' lists as one of the best releases of the year. The London band returns to New York for two dates this March, bringing along their frequent collaborator, the excellent Lucy Rose, and Toronto rockers The Darcys as openers. The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to BBB's Bowery Ballroom gig on March 5.

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Win Tix To Bombay Bicycle Club At MHOW On March 3

Posted 1-23-12 by
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Lucy Rose

Bombay Bicycle Club's handsome new album, A Different Kind of Fix, was just "officially" released in the U.S this month, but the record, which came out in 2011 in the UK and Europe and digitally in the States, topped many critics' lists as one of the best releases of the year. The London band returns to New York for two dates this March, bringing along their frequent collaborator, the excellent Lucy Rose, and Toronto rockers The Darcys as openers. The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to BBB's Music Hall of Williamsburg gig on March 3.

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TAS Picks The Songs Of Summer 2011

Posted 9-8-11 by
Tags: Battles, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bon Iver, Foster the People, Holy Ghost!, SBTRKT, Sleeper Agent, Washed Out, Wild Flag

The TAS staff has been having a hard time accepting this week's unofficial end of summer 2011  - and we're really dreading the official dénouement of all of that hot fun on September 23. After the jump, the list of singles that made our personal playlists for the last three sultry, way-too-humid months.

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TAS In Session (MusicFestNW Preview): Givers

Posted 9-6-11 by , Claudia Marshall
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Deerhoof, Givers

The summer festival season isn't quite over yet; MusicFestNW in Portland, Oregon takes place this week and one of the younger bands receiving some lavish attention is Lafayette, Louisiana's Givers. The band, whose debut album In Light is out now on Glassnote/Island in the States and will finally drop October 10 in the UK, will release their second single "Meantime" on October 3. Not long ago Givers came by WFUV and The Alternate Side's Studio A to chat with Claudia Marshall about their rapid rise from unknowns to festival favorites, their love of dance music and much more. Now on a fresh North American tour, Givers return to New York to play Terminal 5 on October 20.

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Villagers, Foals, Everything Everything, the xx Earn Ivor Novello Nods

Posted 4-19-11 by
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Everything Everything, Foals, Plan B, The xx, Tinie Tempah, Villagers

Villagers' Conor O'Brien, Oxford rockers Foals, Manchester's gleefully verbose Everything Everything and Mercury Prize winners the xx are among the excellent nominees for the 2011 Ivor Novello Awards, the UK's most prestigious songwriting award.

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SXSW Lineup Includes Bright Eyes, Surfer Blood, Bombay Bicycle Club, Chromeo, Friendly Fires, Owen Pallett And Scores More

Posted 1-18-11 by
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Bright Eyes, Chromeo, Friendly Fires, Owen Pallett, Surfer Blood

Throngs of musicians, fans and music industry types will descend on Austin, Texas from March 16-20 for SXSW and the overwhelming list of bands includes Bright Eyes, Surfer Blood, the much buzzed-over Anna Calvi, Bombay Bicycle Club, Friendly Fires, Chromeo, Owen Pallett, Toro Y Moi, Gold Panda, The Kills, The Twilight Sad, The Joy Formidable and scores more.

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Bombay Bicycle Club, Steve Mason, Klaxons, MSTRKRFT, El Guincho, FM Belfast, Erykah Badu Headed to SXSW 2011

Posted 11-2-10 by
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, El Guincho, Erykah Badu, FM Belfast, Klaxons, MSTRKRFT, Steve Mason

Yes, it's only November, but the first round of bands headed to Austin this March for SXSW has been announced. The ever-expanding lineup includes Bombay Bicycle Club, Klaxons, MSTRKRFT, El Guincho, Suuns, Mark Eitzel, FM Belfast, Erykah Badu, Chapel Club and scores more.

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