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John Grant: TAS In Session

John Grant's personal struggles have fueled, not foiled, his artistic output. A recovering drug addict and alcoholic who, newly sober, then faced an HIV-positive diagnosis, Grant discovered that honesty about those predicaments freed him creatively. For his powerful second solo album, Pale Green Ghosts, Grant relocated to Iceland, delving into the electronic music that defined his adolescence. Listen to a compelling TAS session with John Grant on TAS on 91.5 WNYE this Friday, June 21, at 11 a.m. ET, also streaming online. Watch videos of Grant's performance in Studio A now (backed by his Icelandic bandmates) and read highlights of his candid conversation with The Alternate Side's Russ Borris.

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Posted 6-17-13 by Kara Manning
Tags: John Grant, In-Studio

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 27

Posted 3-22-11 by Russ Borris
Tags: Cut Copy, Gil Scott-Heron with Jamie xx, James Blake, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Smith Westerns, The Streets, The Twilight Singers, The Vaccines, Yuck

The British storm the TAS Top 20 with UK acts, like Radiohead and The Vaccines, taking over the top four spots (or four and a half if you count Jamie xx with Gil Scott-Heron). Plus, PJ Harvey extends her Number One reign of the album chart another week.

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TAS in Session: The Poison Tree

Posted 3-21-11 by Russ Borris
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The Poison Tree, the new project from ex-King of France frontman and Saltlands Collective member Steve Salett, will play Joe's Pub this Wednesday night, March 23. Recently Salett and two of his bandmates, Josh Kaufman and Lauren Balthrop, dropped by The Alternate Side to talk with Russ Borris and play a handful of songs, including the brand new and tentatively-titled "What Kind of Man."

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The Boxer Rebellion's SXSW Blog: Part Two

Posted 3-21-11 by guest
Tags: Hanson, Michael Stipe, North Mississippi Allstars, The Boxer Rebellion, The Joy Formidable

The Boxer Rebellion, who have been blogging for The Alternate Side at SXSW, not only made it through music festival madness, but they also had the chance to transcend Austin fun with a more globally-relevant concern - the SXSW4Japan telethon benefitting survivors of Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, Hanson, North Mississippi Allstars and more. Part two of drummer Piers Hewitt's SXSW blog after the jump.

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Win Tickets For The Kills On April 29

Posted 3-21-11 by TAS Staff
Tags: The Kills

The gritty, sexy interplay of The Kills' Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince is the perfect distillation of what rock should be: explosive, emotional and a little messy. The pair tore up SXSW with a series of sweaty shows and embark on a North American tour next month, supporting their upcoming album Blood Pressures. The Alternate Side is giving away tickets for The Kills' Terminal 5 show on April 29 with Cold Cave and The Entrance Band.

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See Foals, Freelance Whales and The Naked And Famous On May 4

Posted 3-21-11 by TAS Staff
Tags: Foals, Freelance Whales, The Naked and Famous

It would be criminal to miss the triple play of bands coming to Terminal 5 on May 4. The headliners, Oxford rockers Foals, released one of the best albums of 2010, Total Life Forever, and their support is hardly shabby: New Zealand's The Naked and Famous (one of the buzzier SXSW bands) and New York's charming Freelance Whales. And yes, The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to some lucky winners.

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Win Tix For The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart On May 6

Posted 3-21-11 by TAS Staff
Tags: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

New York's shoegazing, fuzz-stoked, pop quartet The Pains of Being Pure at Heart just completed a triumphant week at SXSW and begin a North American tour on March 31 in support of their excellent sophomore album Belong, out on March 29. Catch these local favorites when they play their big homecoming gig on May 6 at Webster Hall.

 

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