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Watch Boards Of Canada's New Video 'Reach For The Dead'

It has been a surprising year of long-awaited returns, daft and otherwise, and Boards of Canada will release its first album in eight years, called Tomorrow's Harvest, on June 11 (June 10 in the UK) on Warp Records. Watch the Scottish duo's first video and single from that record, the sun-bleached, fantastically eerie "Reach for the Dead."

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Posted 5-23-13 by Kara Manning
Tags: Boards of Canada, Video

VIP Ticket Giveaway: Meet The Dandy Warhols And See The Band At Terminal 5 On May 31

Posted 5-23-13 by TAS Staff
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Celebrating the 13th anniversary of their album Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia, The Dandy Warhols are releasing a remastered, deluxe edition of the album on June 11. The band is also touring — performing the album in its entirety — and The Alternate Side is giving away a special VIP package to The Dandy Warhols' May 31 show at Terminal 5. Two lucky fans will not only win a pair of tickets to the show ... but also have the chance to meet the band backstage before the gig. Enter by May 30 at 12 p.m. ET for a chance to see — and meet — The Dandy Warhols.

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Watch Primavera Sound In Barcelona Streaming Live This Weekend

Posted 5-23-13 by Kara Manning
Tags: Blur, Crystal Castles, James Blake, My Bloody Valentine, Phoenix, Primavera Sound 2013, Wild Nothing

Wish you were in Barcelona at Primavera Sound right now, basking in the Spanish sun? So do we. Happily certain bands — like Wild Nothing which played Thursday afternoon — are allowing their sets to stream live via Primavera Sound's YouTube page. With a four-day televised lineup that includes Phoenix, Tame Impala, The Postal Service, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Animal Collective, James Blake, Hot Chip, Peace, Grizzly Bear and many more, that's pretty awesome.

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First Listen: Mount Kimbie, 'Cold Spring Fault Less Youth'

Posted 5-23-13 by guest
Tags: Mount Kimbie

The British beat-makers shed their electronics in pursuit of a sound designed to translate live. For their second album, Mount Kimbie's Dominic Maker and Kai Campos even trot out languid vocal performances and a real live drum kit, while still sounding like themselves in the process. Listen to Mount Kimbie's Cold Spring Fault Less Youth streaming now via FUV and NPR Music prior to its release on May 28. 

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Northside Festival Adds Body/Head, Majical Cloudz, Bleached And More

Posted 5-22-13 by Kara Manning
Tags: Body/Head, Kim Gordon, Majical Cloudz, Swans, The Walkmen

The Northside Festival has added Kim Gordon and Bill Nace's Body/Head, Majical Cloudz, Bleached, A Place To Bury Strangers, Chance the Rapper, Young Magic and a long list of other bands to a lineup that already includes The Walkmen, Son Volt, Swans, the reformed Black Flag (Greg Ginn and the Jealous Again lineup) and more. The festival takes place June 13-16 and FUV's The Alternate Side will co-present Lambchop's show on June 16.

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Watch The xx and Jessie Ware Cover Stardust And Modjo

Posted 5-22-13 by Kara Manning
Tags: Jessie Ware, Night + Day 2013, The xx

The xx's Night + Day summer festival is underway in Europe, an event curated by the trio that doesn't simply include bands and DJs, but is structured as a fully immersive experience with emphasis on local markets, food and a unique locale. During their show in Berlin on Saturday, The xx brought out tourmate Jessie Ware for a mashup of Modjo's "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" and Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You." The side-of-the-stage video isn't the best, but it's such a cool cover (and Ware impressively handles the Stardust track with aplomb), it's worth watching.

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Watch The National Perform 'Graceless' In Session With WFUV

Posted 5-21-13 by TAS Staff, Russ Borris
Tags: The National

Watch The National play "Graceless" off of its new album, Trouble Will Find Me, for FUV at the Cutting Room Studios in Manhattan, on NPR.org now. And tonight, listen to the session on WFUV tonight at 9 p.m. ET, also streaming online and available now.

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