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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending June 23

Mikal Cronin's summer-friendly power pop slips onto the TAS Top 20 as The National deflates Daft Punk's bid for another week at No. 1.

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Posted 6-18-13 by Russ Borris
Tags: Top Album Chart

TV On The Radio's Gerard Smith Passes Away

Posted 4-20-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Gerard Smith, TV on the Radio

In very sad news, it was announced this afternoon, April 20, that TV On The Radio's Gerard Smith has lost his battle with lung cancer. According to a statement on the band's website, Smith died this morning after a "courageous fight" with the disease. TV On The Radio has cancelled all shows through April 26. Smith was just 34.

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Bon Iver Confirms Album Release This June, Tracklisting

Posted 4-20-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Bon Iver

As The Alternate Side reported last month, Bon Iver is on track to release a second album this summer, confirmed for June 21 via Jagjaguwar. The follow-up to 2007's critical darling, For Emma, Forever Ago, is self-titled and features 10 new songs. Tracklisting after the jump.

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Animal Collective Book More US Dates, Including Brooklyn, This July

Posted 4-19-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Animal Collective

Animal Collective, fresh from their mindblowing set at Coachella, flush with new songs, will be returning to the East Coast this summer with a batch of dates including Brooklyn's Prospect Park for a Celebrate Brooklyn benefit on July 12 and even Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavilion, namesake of the band's eighth album.

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Villagers, Foals, Everything Everything, the xx Earn Ivor Novello Nods

Posted 4-19-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Everything Everything, Foals, Plan B, The xx, Tinie Tempah, Villagers

Villagers' Conor O'Brien, Oxford rockers Foals, Manchester's gleefully verbose Everything Everything and Mercury Prize winners the xx are among the excellent nominees for the 2011 Ivor Novello Awards, the UK's most prestigious songwriting award.

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Cut Copy Roll Out Fresh US Tour Dates

Posted 4-19-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Cut Copy

Aussie synth-pop purveyors Cut Copy have unveiled an array of summer dates Stateside, including a Celebrate Brooklyn gig on August 11 and the previously announced - and sold out - Pitchfork Music Festival. 

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Mogwai Hits Visa Issues, Postpones Shows

Posted 4-19-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Mogwai

Nothing like a visa processing hassle to muck up a North American tour. Scotland's noise rockers Mogwai have hit a snag trying to make it Stateside and will have to postpone five shows, including their gig tonight, April 19, in Washington D.C. and their two New York appearances at Webster Hall on April 21-22.

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