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March 18, 2013 – Road warriors the Joy Formidable bring a slice of spontaneity to their newest video, "Little Blimp," from their sophomore album Wolf's Law. The short consists of live footage of the band's recent concerts in London, Brighton, and at South By Southwest, shot with a Go Pro camera attached to the neck of frontwoman Ritzy Bryan's guitar. …
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January 22, 2013 – On an unseasonably warm Manhattan afternoon in late January, as the Joy Formidable prepped backstage for their first performance on Late Night on NBC, they had at least one goal in mind. "We're going to make Jimmy Fallon shit himself," said frontwoman Ritzy Bryan. The band cackled, but this wouldn't be the first time their loud and energetic live show rendered a large part of the audience incontinent. …
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January 20, 2013 – After showcasing Mercury Prize-nominated Brits Jessie Ware and Michael Kiwanuka earlier this week, Late Night host Jimmy Fallon welcomed Welsh power-trio Joy Formidable to the stage for a muscular run-through of "This Ladder Is Ours," the opening track off the three-piece's upcoming sophomore effort, Wolf's Law. …
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March 28, 2011 – This week: The Joy Formidable, whose soaring The Big Roar won kudos from SPIN earlier this year. The Welsh trio are currently on a spring tour of the United States.(See past episodes of Name That Band! here.)
Why Joy Formidable: "We came up with the name when we were writing songs together in north Wales in 2008," recalls frontwoman-guitarist Ritzy Bryan. …
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December 3, 2010 – We can't get enough of the emerging Welsh trio the Joy Formidable. They've played just a few shows in the States, starting off the year opening for Passion Pit, then returning for a smattering of dates in the Spring and Fall, but each gig was a reminder that this was a band worth following. Before they headed back to the U.K. …
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September 15, 2010 – Welsh trio the Joy Formidable, one of this summer's most talked about new bands, have posted the first song from their upcoming debut album, The Big Roar, which is due in 2011. …
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June 18, 2010 – Every band hopes people will get off on their music. But the Joy Formidable found itself in the strange position of fans literally doing just that. …
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May 4, 2010 – While many teenagers do spend a lot of time in parking lots, that doesn't necessarily make a giant stretch of asphalt an ideal festival locale -- especially when you compare it to, say, the palm tree-lined desert setting of last month's Coachella. …
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April 28, 2010 – New Jersey's Bamboozle festival is happening May 1-2 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, NJ, and to get you in a Turnpike-rockin' good mood we've posted our 25 Must-Hear Artists list -- click here to check it out! …
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