Bicycle Thieves

With a new EP released in July 2003, entitled The Second Place Confession, Bicycle Thieves have already started to get radio play on DC101 and were recently chosen to play two sets (one acoustic, one electric) at the HFStival, the legendary annual concert at RFK Stadium, sponsored by one of the biggest Alternative rock stations in the country, WHFS. The Washington Post has praised the band's "smart, rocking pop songs" and the band has been garnering more awards and coveted performance slots in the DC area every year. Recent highlights include an upcoming slot at the Fort Reno concert series, which helped launched the careers of bands like Fugazi and Dismemberment Plan, and a grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities towards completion of the band's new EP. Lead singer Jon Kaplan has won the Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies) for Best Alternative Rock vocalist two years in a row and the band was awarded Best Alternative Rock Duo/Group in 2002; they've also been nominated for six Wammies this year. Finally, the band has had music licensed to MTV's "The Real World".