Plastiscines / Free NYC In-Store

Plastiscines are an all-female French pop/rock band signed to EMI/Virgin France. They derived their band name from The Beatles' song "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds", more specifically from the verse "with plastiscine porters with looking glass ties". They formed the band in 2004 and have released one album titled LP1. This past July, their drummer Caroline left the group with the consensus of the rest of the band (she was actually a replacement for a former Plastscines member).

From their Wikipedia entry:

The Plastiscines are one of several Parisienne teenage bands, referred to collectively as les bébés rockers. Paris Calling, a compilation album of music by several of them, was released in France in June 2006 (and was due for release in Britain in April 2007). It contained the Plastiscines' first studio tracks, Shake (Twist Around the Fire) and Rake. Those present at its launch included the French Minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, and Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty. Such bands have tended to be scorned by some elements of the press for their bobo (bourgeois bohème or bourgeois Bohemian) backgrounds: in other words, they have been portrayed as "the spoilt kids of rich parents playing at being rock stars".

For you New Yorkers... Plastiscines will be in NYC this Thursday (September 6 at 5pm) to play an Urban Outfitters in-store at the SoHo location (628 Broadway) presented by Nylon and UO. It's free, but the only way to get in is if you have an e-ticket, which you can simply print out and bring with you. Although you may have a printed ticket, it's based on a first come, first enter basis. So, get there early if you can for a better chance of being admitted.