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Live Lounge update

The Live Lounge is in flying form of late! Last week we heard the Horrors cover Beyoncé (below) there and today Bombay Bicycle Club hit the studio to cover the buzz act of the moment, Lana Del Rey. They brought a giant marimba for “Video Games,” giving it a much more delicate take than the version we heard Friday.

“We hadn’t heard it until we started thinking of something to do for this, and then we were all just blown away,” said frontman Jack Steadman. “That’s my song of the year, I think.”

Listen to their take – which features Lucy Rose tackling some of the vocals – below. The Lounge also has performances by Noah and the Whale, Kasabian, and Coldplay coming up in the next couple weeks, so check back to see what they cover.

Lots of love going on

Hannah Hooper met Christian Zucconi late one evening on the lower east side of Manhattan. They had both been living in New York for years and had never crossed paths before. But from that night forward the two could hardly be pulled apart. Soon after their connection Hooper was invited to an art residency in Greece on the island of Crete and Hooper insists “without any hesitation” she invited Zucconi to join her on this journey.

On Crete, in a small remote mountain village, Hooper and Zucconi met the members of their future band “GROUPLOVE” a year before it was officially formed.

Like all good things, the summer and the residency came to an end and the five friends scattered back to their homes all over the globe. With Sean in London, Christian and Hannah in Brooklyn and Ryan and Andrew in Los Angeles GROUPLOVE was faced with the challenge of what to do now.

This is what happened:

Grouplove (2011)
Tracklist
01. Itchin' On A Photograph 4:19
02. Tongue Tied 3:38
03. Lovely Cup 4:17
04. Colours 4:17
05. Slow 3:38
06. Naked Kids 3:30
07. Spun 3:25
08. Betty's Bomb Shell 3:34
09. Chloe 3:18
10. Love Will Save Your Soul 3:47
11. Cruel And Beautiful World 4:03
12. Close Your Eyes And Count To Ten 4:48

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