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Listen: Björk Interview And Guest DJ Set On WFUV

Björk, the Icelandic iconoclast, artistic adventurer and occasional friend of elves (and Stephen Colbert), commences her 10-show Biophilia residency in New York tonight, February 3, at the New York Hall of Science in Queens (other shows will take place at Manhattan's Roseland Ballroom). Last week Rita Houston, music director of The Alternate Side's sister station WFUV, visited Björk at her Brooklyn home studio and chatted with the 46-year-old singer about the scope of the upcoming shows, the challenge of reworking older songs and her life as a part-time New Yorker. After the jump, stream the interview or check out Rita Houston's Whole Wide World on 90.7 WFUV tonight, February 3, at 7 p.m. ET.

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Posted 2-3-12 by Kara Manning

Tags: Audio, Björk

Jack White, Bon Iver, Beck, The Roots Lined Up for Sasquatch! Music Festival

Posted 2-3-12 by Kara Manning

Tags: Beck, Beirut, Bon Iver, Jack White, Pretty Lights, Sasquatch! Music Festival, The Roots, The Shins

Yes, the summer festival season is just around the bend and Jack White, Bon Iver, Beck, The Roots and The Shins are among the many acts announced for the Sasquatch! Music Festival over Memorial Day weekend in Gorge, Washington. Passes go on sale February 11 at 10 a.m. and after the jump, the full lineup.

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What Are Friends For? Join The Alternate Side's Winter Friendraiser Now Through February 1

Posted 2-1-12 by TAS Staff

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It might feel more like early spring outside, but The Alternate Side's Winter Friendraiser is on now through February 1. We think of our listeners as friends and we have a terrific way to thank you for your loyalty. Contribute any amount and you're a supporter of The Alternate Side. Contribute $35 and we'll send you our 9-track "Live From The Alternate Side" CD with exclusive live songs, all recorded this year in Studio A, from James Blake, Okkervil River, The Vaccines, The Naked and Famous, The Antlers and many more. For $50 you'll receive "Live From The Alternate Side" and a TAS t-shirt. You can contribute online or call 877-938-8907 now through February 1.

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Watch: Feist's "The Bad In Each Other" Plus North American Tour Dates

Posted 1-31-12 by Kara Manning

Tags: Feist

Feist heads into 2012 with a fresh video for "The Bad In Each Other," from her 2011 album, Metals, and a slew of North American tour dates, including a New York gig at Radio City Music Hall on May 5.

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Blitzen Trapper: TAS In Session

Posted 1-31-12 by Kara Manning

Tags: Blitzen Trapper

Blitzen Trapper, which released a brand new video for its single "Taking It Easy Too Long" earlier this month, kick off a West Coast tour on March 4 in Arcata, California. During their last visit to New York, Blitzen Trapper dropped by TAS and our sister station WFUV for a live session, exploring songs off of the band's latest album, American Goldwing. After the jump, check out performance videos of tracks like "Fletcher" and "Might Find It Cheap" and listen to the archived session.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 5

Posted 1-31-12 by Russ Borris

Tags: Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Guided By Voices, Los Campesinos!, M83, Nada Surf, Of Montreal, Tennis, The Big Pink, The Roots, Zola Jesus

London's The Big Pink and Cleveland's Cloud Nothings drift onto the TAS Top 20 while The Roots remain planted at the pinnacle of this week's album chart.

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: TAS In Session

Posted 1-30-12 by Kara Manning

Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

The nearly five-year span of time between Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's 2007 album Some Loud Thunder and 2011's Hysterical led many fans to think, during the band's dormant period, that a break-up was inevitable. That wasn't the case, despite CYHSY's many outside projects and frontman Alec Ounsworth's own 2009 solo record, Mo Beauty. The quintet recruited busy producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Okkervil River) for Hysterical, the band's third album and they have been on the comeback trail since its release. CYHSY kick off a UK and European tour tonight, January 30, in Leeds, England. After the jump, interview highlights and performance videos, and listen to the session this Friday, February 3 at 11 a.m. on TAS on 91.5 WNYE and streaming on The Alternate Side.

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The Alternate Side is a proud part of WFUV Public Radio from Fordham University,
90.7 FM on your New York dial and online at wfuv.org.

1. The Roots
undun

2. Guided By Voices
Let’s Go Eat the Factory

3. Nada Surf
The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy

4. Tennis
Young and Old

5. Los Campesinos!
Hello Sadness

6. Zola Jesus
Conatus

7. of Montreal
Paralytic Stalks

8. M83
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

9. Atlas Sound
Parallax

10. Caveman
CoCo Beware

11. Chairlift
Something

12. The Black Keys
El Camino

13. Alamo Race Track
Unicorn Loves Deer

14. Sleigh Bells
Reign of Terror

15. Grimes
Visions

16. Hospitality
Hospitality

17. AIR
Le Voyage Dans La Lune

18. The Drums
Portamento

19. Cloud Nothings
Attack on Memory

20. The Big Pink
Future This

London's The Big Pink and Cleveland's Cloud Nothings drift onto the TAS Top 20 while The Roots remain planted at the pinnacle of this week's album chart.

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