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Watch Boards Of Canada's New Video 'Reach For The Dead'

It has been a surprising year of long-awaited returns, daft and otherwise, and Boards of Canada will release its first album in eight years, called Tomorrow's Harvest, on June 11 (June 10 in the UK) on Warp Records. Watch the Scottish duo's first video and single from that record, the sun-bleached, fantastically eerie "Reach for the Dead."

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Posted 5-23-13 by Kara Manning
Tags: Boards of Canada, Video

Win Tix For The Greenhornes at Bell House on April 8

Posted 2-28-11 by TAS Staff
Tags: The Greenhornes

Garage rockers The Greenhornes might have had a generous gap between albums, but since a couple of the band members were busy with "side" projects like The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, the hiatus was understandable. The gritty trio is finally back with their fourth studio album, Four Stars, released on friend Jack White's Third Man Records, and you can win tickets to see them play an intimate gig at Brooklyn's The Bell House on April 8.

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Win Tix To See Small Sins' Brooklyn Gig On March 11

Posted 2-28-11 by TAS Staff
Tags: Small Sins

Toronto indie popsters Small Sins return to New York in March, supporting their new album, Pot Calls Kettle Black, which came out last fall. Win tix to see the group's second local NYC stop, the band's first visit to the city in three years, when they play  Brooklyn's The Rock Shop on March 11.

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Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross Are Oscar Winners

Posted 2-27-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor

While it might be said that the Oscars were particularly soporific this year, one bright spot was the Academy Award win for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Best Original Score for "The Social Network." As for Best Original Song, Randy Newman took home his second Oscar on Sunday night for "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3."

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TAS SXSW Preview: Tennis

Posted 2-25-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Holiday Shores, La Sera, Tennis, The Walkmen

Tennis, the married duo of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, are in the midst of a headlining tour supporting their breezy, buoyant debut album, Cape Dory. The much buzzed-over band play two gigs in New York next week, on March 2 and 3, and make their SXSW debut in a few weeks. The Alternate Side caught up with Riley, who emailed us at a roadside stop as the couple traveled by van to a Kansas gig, and he told us about the stress of SXSW, sailing and the accidental birth of their beautiful record.

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Girl Talk, Pretty Lights, Empire Of The Sun, Big Boi Tapped For First Governors Ball Music Festival

Posted 2-25-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Big Boi, Empire of the Sun, Girl Talk, Governors Ball Music Festival, Neon Indian, Passion Pit, Pretty Lights

The ever-rebellious Girl Talk and fellow sample-loving auteur Pretty Lights will co-headline the very first Governors Ball Music Festival in New York on Saturday, June 18. Empire of the Sun, Outkast's Big Boi, Neon Indian and a DJ set from Passion Pit are among the bands and artists also announced. Tickets are on sale now.

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Federal Funding For Public Broadcasting - Like TAS And WFUV - Threatened

Posted 2-24-11 by TAS Staff
Tags: 170millionamericans.org, 170millionamericans.org, NPR, PBS

Legislators in the House of Representatives are now poised to vote on H.R. 1, a bill that would zero out all dollars to CPB and all of public broadcasting, including WFUV and The Alternate Side.

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