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Could Bombay Bicycle Club have anticipated that this is the year they'd finally get some kudos? Fresh from wowing the hordes on the NME Awards Tour and their rightly deserved win as Best New Band a... Read more

The comedian Richard Herring has a nice little monologue about this lot. He noticed a boy in the street wearing a T-shirt with Bombay Bicycle Club on it, and this caused him to have a ponder about ... Read more

With the album well and truly rinsed, it's great to have something new from Bombay Bicycle Club. This new song 'Jewel' serves as a B side to 'Evening/ Morning' showing a thoughtful and understated ... Read more

Die Chancen stehen fünzig zu fünfzig. Bombay Bicycle Club stehen mit ihrem Debütalbum auf der Klippe zwischen Durchbruch und Absturz. Einerseits haben die Briten dank eingängiger und doch spannende... Read more

Eine listige Gesellschaft ist das, die Songs vom Bombay Bicycle Club. Kaum glaubt man, die Stimmungsschwankungen des quirligen Quartetts eingefangen zu haben, sprießt schon die nächste scheue Neuro... Read more

Wie ooit in Mumbai is geweest, zal beamen dat fietsen daar niet zo'n briljant idee is. Tenzij je een acute doodswens hebt. Als je strot al niet door de luchtvervuiling dichtgeknepen wordt, is de ka... Read more

Off the bat I just want to apologise for my week long absence from Altsounds. Unfortunately the records I was scheduled to receive last week only arrived yesterday afternoon. I understand this is... Read more

I Had the Blues but I Shook Them Loose: de titel klopt wel voor de jongens uit Londen die hun bandnaam aan een Indiaanse restaurantketen hebben ontleend. Bombay Bicycle Club doet niet aan tranentre... Read more

True to form, it's just at the point at which I am mid-rant about all these new bands who go about calling themselves deliberately ornate, Victorian or Edwardian names, that a decent one comes alon... Read more

BBC's latest effort isn't miles away from their previous releases. The music is urgent, pacy and raw with a catchy guitar riff placed around the anthem-like chorus they do so well; "He took the bac... Read more