New Music, New York

Fever Ray Finds A Fever Dream Look For Next Week's European Tour

You really didn't expect Karin Dreijer-Andersson of Fever Ray to tour Europe looking, well, normal, did you? The blissfully eccentric Dreijer-Andersson and her bandmates will begin a brief European tour next week with shaved pates and modest plaid.

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Posted 9-2-10 by Kara Manning
Tags: Fever Ray

Shabazz Palaces, Latest Project of Digable Planets Veteran, Signed To Sub Pop

Posted 9-2-10 by Kara Manning
Tags: Cherrywine, Digable Planets, Shabazz Palaces, Sub Pop

One-time Digable Planets and Cherrywine alumnus Ishmael Butler, aka "Butterfly," now sports the name Palaceer Lazaro and leads the alternative hip-hop outfit Shabazz Palaces. The collaborative has just inked a deal with Sub Pop and will release their debut album in 2011. LIsten to one of their two EPs  after the jump.

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Win Tickets To See Mystery Jets

Posted 9-1-10 by Kara Manning
Tags: Mystery Jets

Irreverent London pop rockers Mystery Jets, who released their buoyant third album Serotonin earlier this summer, will be playing two shows at Mercury Lounge this September and The Alternate Side is giving you the chance to win a pair of ducats to their 9/14 gig.

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TAS In Session: Stornoway

Posted 8-31-10 by Russ Borris
Tags: Stornoway

Evolving from a Teenage Fanclub cover band to one of the most promising English groups to come out of Oxford in recent years (also home to Radiohead and Foals), Stornoway are gathering critical kudos for their eclectic debut album, Beachcomber's Windowsill. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris recently met up with the lads for a session in Studio A.

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Caribou Lines Up Tour Dates, Live Double Album

Posted 8-31-10 by Kara Manning
Tags: Born Ruffians, Caribou, Four Tet, Sun Ra Arkestra

Caribou, the moniker for Daniel Snaith and his electro-pop persona, has announced a hefty load of tour dates, putting Snaith and his band on the road until mid-December. In addition, a live album, recorded at ATP in 2009 and featuring Caribou with Four Tet and members of Born Ruffians, Sun Ra Arkestra and Junior Boys, will be released this autumn.

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Dirty Projectors' Bitte Orca Gets A Bit Bigger

Posted 8-31-10 by Kara Manning
Tags: Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors will re-release their breakthrough 2009 album in a deluxe, expanded edition on September 28 on Domino. Plus, after the jump, a free download of an acoustic performance of "Temecula Sunrise," recorded at New York's Other Music.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending September 5

Posted 8-31-10 by Russ Borris
Tags: Arcade Fire; Foals; The Roots; Sleigh Bells; Blitzen Trapper; Kele; The National; Interpol

Arcade Fire, The Roots and Foals dominate the TAS Top 20 album chart as summer slides to autumn.

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