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Iron and Wine's Sam Beam recently released his fifth full-length album, Ghost On Ghost, which is an expansive affair, complete with lush backing vocals, strings,  a horn section and a deep affection for a retro-'70s sound. Beam brought along nearly a dozen bandmates when he played live for WFUV a few weeks ago. Watch the videos here and listen to Iron and Wine's session with WFUV. Better yet, catch Iron and Wine at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY this Sunday, May 19.

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Posted 5-16-13 by TAS Staff
Tags: Iron and Wine, In-Studio

TAS Interview (SXSW Artist): Will Sheff of Okkervil River

Posted 3-18-11 by Kara Manning, Russ Borris
Tags: Okkervil River, SXSW, Will Sheff

Okkervil River return with their first album in three years, I Am Very Far, on May 10 and they've been rolling out new material from the record at SXSW this week (they play Antone's at 1 a.m. tonight, which we'll count as late on March 18). The Alternate Side's Russ Borris caught up with frontman Will Sheff for a quick tête-à-tête and was surprised to learn that if it weren't for SXSW, Okkervil River would have never gotten its big break. Video after the jump.

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TAS Interview (SXSW Artist): J. Mascis

Posted 3-18-11 by Kara Manning, Russ Borris
Tags: J Mascis, Kurt Vile

Dinosaur Jr.'s rapscallion frontman J Mascis, a longtime SXSW veteran, caught up with The Alternate Side's Russ Borris between gigs to talk about his decidedly mellow and acoustic solo album Several Shades of Why. Mascis plays Sub Pop's showcase at Red 7 tonight, March 18, at midnight and has two more showcases, for Mojo and Waterloo Records, tomorrow, March 19. Video after the jump.

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Generationals' SXSW Blog: Part One

Posted 3-18-11 by guest
Tags: Generationals

New Orleans' gutsy rock duo Generationals, the team of Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner, release their sophomore album Actor Caster on March 29 and they're debuting much of that terrific new material at SXSW this week, including two gigs tonight, March 18 and another on Saturday, March 19. We're pretty pleased that they're blogging about their Austin adventures for The Alternate Side too. Check out part one - with photos - after the jump.

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SXSW Weekend Broadcast/Stream Schedule For TAS/WFUV

Posted 3-18-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Bright Eyes, Middle Brother, The Antlers, The Joy Formidable, tUnE-yArDs, Wild Flag

The Alternate Side and its sister station WFUV continue SXSW coverage tonight, March 18, and throughout the weekend with performances from The Joy Formidable, The Antlers, Bright Eyes, WILD FLAG, Smith Westerns, Yuck, Middle Brother and more.

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Esben and the Witch SXSW Blog: Day Three

Posted 3-18-11 by guest
Tags: Esben and the Witch

British rockers Esben and the Witch - Daniel Copeman, Thomas Fisher and Rachel Davies - have been documenting their SXSW experiences for The Alternate Side. The trio, who recently released their debut Violet Cries on Matador Records,  plays Latitude 30 in Austin tonight, March 18, at midnight.

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Björk Readying New Album, Announces Manchester Residency

Posted 3-17-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Björk, Damon Albarn

While there's no set release date yet for Björk's next album Biophilia, she's announced an exciting residency at the Manchester International Festival in the UK where she'll spend three weeks this summer performing material from the new record with an international tour to follow. Plus, look for Damon Albarn's new theatre piece making its Manchester premiere as well.

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