Logistical accidents are the best kind, as The Joy Formidable singer and guitarist Ritzy Bryan can attest. While touring in 2011 behind their raucous, critically acclaimed debut, The Big Roar, the U.K ...

Sometimes in music there’s “hype” that is purely that: manufactured excitement and buzz for the sake of selling more albums and concert tickets. Then there’s the rare totally justified hype based ...

Rolling Stone‘s SXSW 2011 day parties went out with a bang on March 19th, with five acts entertaining the free-BBQ-munching crowds at Austin’s La Zona Rosa. The day began at noon with a reprise of ...

It’s just so apropos: The Joy Formidable make their grand entrance into the full-length playing field with a record titled The Big Roar. If not a chuckle, the moniker warrants at least a little smile.

Ritzy Bryan and Rhydian Dafydd grew up together in North Wales and formed their first band, Tricky Nixon, while living in Manchester. When that outfit split up, in 2006, the two wasted little time in ...