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

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

Phosphorescent Adds Tour Dates, Including Brooklyn's Northside Festival

Posted 5-14-13 by Kara Manning
Tags: Phosphorescent

Phosphorescent has added more summer dates to an ever-expanding roster of gigs supporting the band's potent new album, Muchacho. Look for Matthew Houck and company playing Brooklyn's Northside Festival on June 15 plus the Austin City Limits Festival this fall.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending May 19

Posted 5-14-13 by Russ Borris
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Crawling into the light of day, Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City debuts on the TAS Top 20 while James Blake remains atop the album chart.

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Haerts: TAS In Session

Posted 5-13-13 by Kara Manning, Alisa Ali
Tags: Haerts

Newcomers Haerts are an international band, embracing members from Germany, Britain and the States. They've got just one released single to their name, "Wings," but the quintet is already generating early adoration from the blogosphere and readying the release of a full-length debut later this year. Haerts are touring now with the Shout Out Louds and Atlas Genius later this spring, appearing with the latter at Bowery Ballroom on June 18. Watch Haerts perform "Wings" and a new track, "Hearts," in Studio A and listen to their TAS session this Friday, May 17, on TAS on 91.5 WNYE, also streaming online.

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Daft Punk Rolls Out Another Video Tease

Posted 5-13-13 by Kara Manning
Tags: Daft Punk

Daft Punk continues to tease out details of their upcoming album Random Access Memories, due out May 21 in the States. The French duo will launch the album at an invitation-only event this evening, not in Paris, but in London atop The Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe. In a new clip, which debuted earlier today, the packaging of the album was revealed, along with a snippet of the song, "Give Life Back To Music." And yes, the album is streaming now on iTunes (go to Daft Punk's artist page to find the stream)

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Win Tickets To Devendra Banhart At Town Hall On June 2

Posted 5-13-13 by TAS Staff
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Devendra Banhart's graceful new album Mala has been heralded as one of the highpoints of his career, reflecting an assured, even romantic shift. He'll be playing Town Hall on June 2 — a sit-down setting for the singer-songwriter — and The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to Devendra Banhart's show; just enter by Sunday, May 19, for a chance to win.

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Ticket Giveaway For The Specials At Pier 26 On July 17

Posted 5-13-13 by TAS Staff
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The Specials are headed to New York this summer and while it might be a little too hot to don a porkpie hat in their honor, The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to see one of the UK's most influential bands. Matching ska and punk brio with political activism, The Specials will be at Pier 26 at Hudson River Park on July 17; enter by this Sunday, May 19, for a chance to see this legendary group strut its stuff.

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