Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles go bowling with City Pages

Photo by Tony Nelson

​We sent writer Jeff Gage out on a fun assignment this week, tagging along with seven-piece band Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles for an excursion at the Bryant-Lake Bowl. It'd been two years since we'd caught up with Michelle and her gang -- they hadn't been profiled since they won our Picked to Click poll in 2008 -- so it was a good opportunity to re-acquaint ourselves with the folk troupe.

Read the full article about Jeff's bowling adventure with LM&TVL in this week's print edition of City Pages (and online here), and for photos from the band's hangout session check out our slideshow by Tony Nelson.

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Also in this week's print edition: Ray Cummings' column 5ingles: The Songs We Can't Escape, and our weekly roundup of recommended shows, a.k.a. our Critics' Picks section, featuring previews of the Hold Steady, Tina and the B-Sides, Mark Mallman's New Year's Eve show, and more.