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Daughter: TAS In Session

When London's Daughter visited FUV and The Alternate Side last October, the band members — three self-professed perfectionists — were still working on their debut album, If You Leave. The album was finally released in March. Daughter wraps its first lengthy North American headlining tour this week, but the bandd returns this August to tour with The National. Late last month, Daughter's Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella stopped by for a conversation with The Alternate Side (Elena Tonra was battling a cold). Listen the interview, including performance highlights from Daughter's fall TAS session, this Friday, May 24, on TAS on 91.5 WNYE at 11 a.m. ET, also streaming online.

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Posted 5-20-13 by Kara Manning
Tags: Daughter, In-Studio

TAS Interview: Erland & the Carnival

Posted 3-31-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Erland & the Carnival

The far-ranging, catholic tastes of Erland & the Carnival were evident on their self-titled debut, which galloped from near-madrigals to mind-bending psychedelic rockers. On their second album, Nightingale, they've managed to push the envelope even further. The Alternate Side reached out to Erland & the Carnival's David Nock and Simon Tong about the new record and as Tong describes it, "The second album is more like a married couple going to marriage guidance, swearing and throwing saucepans at each other."

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White Denim Announce Tour, Live Album Recording At Third Man Records

Posted 3-30-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Jack White, Third Man Records, White Denim

Bluesy garage rockers White Denim drop their new studio album D on May 24, but the band will record a live version of that upcoming album at Jack White's Third Man Records in Nashville this Friday, April 1 (and that's no joke). Plus, the band has announced dates for the first leg of their "For D" tour and have a mixtape available for free download.

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TAS Interview: Holy Ghost!

Posted 3-29-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Holy Ghost!

LCD Soundsystem might be saying adieu this week, but Holy Ghost!, a New York band that boasts a DFA Records pedigree and James Murphy's mentorship, are on the ascent. The duo of Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser, who drop their euphoric debut on April 5 on iTunes and physically on April 12, play two shows this week at Terminal 5, one poignantly conflicting with LCD Soundsystem's last show. The Alternate Side caught up with Millhiser and chatted about the new record, five of Holy Ghost!'s essential albums and what it means to say farewell to LCD Soundsystem ... for now. Plus, a free download of "Wait & See" from the album.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending April 3

Posted 3-29-11 by Russ Borris
Tags: Bright Eyes, Elbow, Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, James Blake, Lykke Li, Radiohead, Tennis, The Strokes, The Vaccines, Yuck

Manchester's Mercury Prize winners Elbow rocket onto the TAS Top 20 while Radiohead, fresh off of handing out free newspapers, finally take over the apex of the album chart.

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TAS In Session: The Radio Dept.

Posted 3-28-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: The Radio Dept.

The Radio Dept., Sweden's dreamy pop perfectionists, are having a very productive year, not only with the release of 2010's critically-acclaimed Clinging To A Scheme and an EP, Never Follow Suit, but a recent career-spanning retrospective, Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010. The trio, who play Coachella and Sasquatch Music Festival this spring, visited The Alternate Side for a chat and performed three songs, including a striking, stripped-down version of "Heaven's On Fire."

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Radiohead Distribute Free Newspaper To Mark Album Release

Posted 3-28-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Radiohead

To mark the physical or "traditional" release of Radiohead's The King Of LImbs this week, the band has published and is distributing free copies of a newspaper, The Universal Sigh, worldwide. If you're in the New York area, you can pick up copies in Soho, Union Square and Times Square. Plus, check out a PDF of the newspaper after the jump.

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