
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles are a psych-folk band blending ukeleles, accordion, electric guitar, upright bass, cello, drums and (of course) Lucy Michelle's vocals. They're set to release their fourth album, HEAT , produced by Matt Boynton (MGMT, Beirut, Bat for Lashes) at Vacation Island Recording Studios in Brooklyn. Download the title track to the new album below, and watch a band created trailer for HEAT out this April. Read more »

You're about to be HOTT Mix'd. Pretty much all new music on this one, so I encourage you to explore the names you don't recognize. Spread the word and be sure to support the artists you enjoy. Band Of Skulls - "Sweet Sour" Lower Dens - "Brains" Memoryhouse - "The Kids Were Wrong" Capybara - "Neighbor Crimes" [...]

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Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles - "Just A Kid" [LOCAL] The new full-length album from Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles , HEAT , will be out on 4/24. Be sure to download the free mp3 of "Just A Kid" below. Source: Local Current Blog
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Lucy Michelle and the The Velvet Lapelles have three full length records to their credit. But it's this new 3 song ep that has just introduced me to the band. Besides posts about singer-songwriters and folk artists you should know by now that I also post any gypsy/circus music I can get my hands on. This qualifies as that. "Monsters" is an indie folk orchestrated tune with ukelele, cello and accordion. Lucy Michelle's vocals are just the right combination of restrained coy and lustful yearning; the song really picks up at the end [...]
photo via LunaluxSho Nikaido has been arranging some interesting nights of cross-disciplinary mind-meltery during his band Seated Heat's Monday night residency at our Cities' den of forward-thinking
[LOCAL] Tonight's edition of MFR's New Music Tuesdays features the great Lucy Michelle...
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles played their last show until this fall at the Memory Lanes Block Party in Seward. The band just wrapped their latest album last week at the Terrarium in Northeast and will be on hiatus as Lucy spends the summer in Colorado. Light rain fell during the second half of their set, no one in the crowd seemed to mind.
Heiruspecs are inviting a huge crew of special guests to join them at tomorrow night's benefit show.

Lucy Michelle and The Velvet Lapelles and Big Trouble played @ The Cedar on 2/13. It was a great night, with Dave Campbell of The Current singing with Big Trouble and The Velvet Lapelles. Love songs were in the air, most notably (and to the delight of the crowd) cheesy 80s tunes.
Today 6:30 PM A MUSICAL SALUTE TO BRUCE ALLEN with THE SUBURBS & THE SUICIDE COMMANDOS @ First Avenue (SOLD OUT) 7:30 PM LUCY MICHELLE & THE VELVET LAPELLES GET IN BIG TROUBLE @ THE CEDAR 'CELEBRATING, LIKE 100 YEARS OF ROMANTIC COMEDIES' 9:00 PM Charlie Parr, Spider John Koerner and Tony Glover @ Turf Club 9:00 PM [...]
Featuring Cusack, of course.
Zoo Animal, Lucy Michelle, Bethany Larson, Guante, and many more are scheduled to perform.
A countdown of the best Twin Cities albums of 2009.

Curtiss A and friends with Lucy Michelle and The Velvet Lapelles, Romantica, and many more played last night in the main room at First Avenue. I tend to avoid tribute shows, but this was fantastic.
One of the perils of playing Minneapolis' 7th St. Entry is that there is only a thin wall separating the tiny club from the First Avenue Mainroom, leading to a fair amount of noise bleed from some of the louder acts. And as far as noise goes, Wednesday night's imbalance between Dinosaur Jr. (Mainroom) and a three band female folk lineup (the Entry) was about as large a gulf as there is. However, even though whenever the door opened the ladies were drowned out by J. Mascis' screaming guitar; they still put on an admirably lovely show.
Photo coverage of Mount Eerie and Lucy Michelle at Minneapolis' Bedlam Theatre.

Event Dates Tue, Nov 10, 2009 - 6:00pm Doors @ 5 Nov 10, 2009 Doors @ 5pm. Show at 6pm sharp. $10 All ages. Done by 10pm. Mount Eerie No Kids Lucy Michelle and The Velvet Lapelles Sponsored by . Event Dates Tue, Nov 10, 2009 - 6:00pm Doors @ 5