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Watch: The Joy Formidable's 'Wolf's Law'

Posted 8-22-12 by
Tags: The Joy Formidable

Welsh-English trio The Joy Formidable have been working on a followup to The Big Roar and on Wednesday night the band posted a sneak peek of that sophomore album: a dramatic, black and white video for their majestic, whisper-to-a-roar new song "Wolf's Law."

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Win Tickets To The Joy Formidable At Terminal 5 On March 28

Posted 3-19-12 by
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers, Exitmusic, The Joy Formidable

The Joy Formidable has spent the better part of the last four years on the road maintaining a tireless schedule, nurturing its bold, uplifting dream rock, and graduating from tiny clubs to major venues. For over a year the Welsh-English trio has supported its confident 2011 debut, The Big Roar, with headlining shows, major festivals and support gigs with Foo Fighters. They return Stateside this spring for another string of dates and will headline Terminal 5 on March 28, joined by two excellent New York bands, A Place To Bury Strangers and Exitmusic, and The Alternate Side is giving away tickets for what promises to be a great — and very loud — night.

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The Joy Formidable Set For Headlining Tour This March

Posted 1-10-12 by
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers, Exitmusic, The Joy Formidable

Shoegazing Welsh-English rockers The Joy Formidable, who tirelessly toured last year supporting their official debut The Big Roar and even opened for The Foo Fighters, return to North America this March for another batch of dates, including a stop at New York's Terminal 5 on March 28.

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The Boxer Rebellion's SXSW Blog: Part Two

Posted 3-21-11 by
Tags: Hanson, Michael Stipe, North Mississippi Allstars, The Boxer Rebellion, The Joy Formidable

The Boxer Rebellion, who have been blogging for The Alternate Side at SXSW, not only made it through music festival madness, but they also had the chance to transcend Austin fun with a more globally-relevant concern - the SXSW4Japan telethon benefitting survivors of Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, Hanson, North Mississippi Allstars and more. Part two of drummer Piers Hewitt's SXSW blog after the jump.

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SXSW Weekend Broadcast/Stream Schedule For TAS/WFUV

Posted 3-18-11 by
Tags: Bright Eyes, Middle Brother, The Antlers, The Joy Formidable, tUnE-yArDs, Wild Flag

The Alternate Side and its sister station WFUV continue SXSW coverage tonight, March 18, and throughout the weekend with performances from The Joy Formidable, The Antlers, Bright Eyes, WILD FLAG, Smith Westerns, Yuck, Middle Brother and more.

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Hear Bright Eyes, The Antlers, The Joy Formidable, Smith Westerns And More On TAS/WFUV SXSW Broadcasts

Posted 3-15-11 by
Tags: Bright Eyes, Bun B, James Blake, Middle Brother, Raphael Saadiq, Smith Westerns, The Antlers, The Joy Formidable, tUnEyArDs, Wild Flag

The Alternate Side and WFUV team is in Austin, Texas this week for the SXSW Music Festival for four non-stop days of bands, burritos and a serious lack of sleep. Festival coverage on both stations (plus NPR Music programming) begins on Thursday, March 17 with broadcasts of performances from Bright Eyes, The Antlers, Smith Westerns, The Joy Formidable, Yuck, Raphael Saadiq, James Blake, Wild Flag, Middle Brother, Emmylou Harris and many more. After the jump, the full schedule.

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The Joy Formidable Roll Out Tour Dates, Including Coachella

Posted 1-26-11 by
Tags: The Joy Formidable

Welsh-English trio The Joy Formidable, whose explosively beautiful rock chops won the group a major label deal with Canvasback/Atlantic Records here in the States, unleashed their official debut album The Big Roar in the UK this week and will release it in the U.S. on March 15. They've lined up a generous North American tour this spring, including stops at the Coachella Festival and New York's Webster Hall.

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TAS in Session: The Joy Formidable

Posted 3-1-10 by
Tags: The Joy Formidable

This trio of effervescent, sky-gazing rockers is one of the most exciting, young bands to tumble out of Britain in the last two years. Guitarist/vocalist Ritzy Bryan, bassist Rhydian Dafydd and drummer Matt Thomas dropped by The Alternate Side back in January for a live session and we've got exclusive performances of "Cradle," "The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade" and a brand new song, "Magnifying Glass" from their debut album, due out in June.

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Breaking Bands! TAS Predicts What New Faces Will Be Causing A Commotion In 2010

Posted 12-31-09 by
Tags: Broken Bells, Cloud Control, Delphic, Freelance Whales, Jónsi, Local Natives, The Drums, The Joy Formidable, Two Door Cinema Club

The last days of December are so 2009. We're looking ahead to a fresh year with new faces - bands like Delphic, Freelance Whales, Two Door Cinema Club and The Joy Formidable - who we think you'll be talking about in 2010.

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