Nearly 15 years is a long time to be in a band. How do you keep the creative juices flowing? Some acts find one thing they’re good at, and then keep doing it, ad infinitum. (See: Bad Religion, most ...

The Joy Formidable will open for The Front Bottoms. Mobley is also on the bill. When: 8 p.m., Friday Where: The Knitting Factory, 919 W. Sprague avenue. Cost: $59.50. Info: (509) 244-3279, ...

The Lonely Forest and The Joy Formidable perform at Webster Hall. The Lonely Forest playing New York’s Webster Hall on Friday, April 29th. Photo: Leigh Belz I have to agree with Dave—"Whirring" is one ...

Anyone who saw the Joy Formidable's blistering set at Billboard's South by Southwest showcase in late March knows that this Welsh trio doesn't do anything small. By Jem Aswad Anyone who saw the Joy ...

The Joy Formidable’s riff-splintered alt-rock star has yet to dull in a fourteen-year-strong career, seamlessly tacking the riotously melodic with an immediacy that has helped secure an international ...

Welsh band The Joy Formidable lives up to its name—and with a name that could easily eclipse the caliber of music produced, that’s no small feat. Lyrics off 2011’s The Big Roar acknowledge grief with ...

Riot Fest stopped over in Denver last weekend. The traveling music festival, which started in 2005 in Chicago, typically books artists decades into their career as headliners. The 2015 Denver roster ...

The Joy Formidable is rooted in a childhood friendship. This trio from Northern Wales started to grow when Ritzy Bryan (vocals, guitar) and Rhydian Dafydd (bass, vocals) began to work together in ...

“There’s a real hunger to [record] when you’re on the road,” says Ritzy Bryan, frontwoman for storm-brewing Welsh alt-rockers The Joy Formidable. Thankfully, she’s been able to satiate herself. The ...

The Joy Formidable lives up to its name in the music the alt-rock trio makes, and they’ve got the attitude to back it up. Ritzy Bryan, the Welsh band’s frontwoman, is not afraid. In conversation she’s ...

Feisty Welsh trio The Joy Formidable brought their tour with Blood Red Shoes to NYC last week for shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg (4/17) and Webster Hall (4/18). Sets pretty evenly split between ...

The Joy Formidable consists of only three musicians, but the trio from north Wales made a formidable noise Friday during their late-afternoon set at the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience. Featuring ...