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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

Sleigh Bells Set Spring Co-Headlining Treks With CSS And Neon Indian

Posted 1-24-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: CSS, Neon Indian, Sleigh Bells

More treats are in store this spring from Sleigh Bells who've announced co-headlining gigs with both CSS and Neon Indian, kicking off April 21 in San Antonio, Texas. The duo, who are also set to play the Coachella Festival on April 15, will wend their way to the New York area for two gigs in May. Plus, a brand new video for "Rill Rill."

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TAS In Session: The Hundred In The Hands

Posted 1-22-11 by Kara Manning, Alisa Ali
Tags: The Hundred In The Hands

Back in September, The Hundred In The Hands, aka Brooklyn's Jason Friedman and Eleanore Everdell, released their self-titled, dreamy dance-rock debut on Warp Records. Friedman and Everdell, who also run a mighty cool webzine called Thith Zine, dropped by The Alternate Side recently and treated us to four live songs, including the enigmatic "Pigeons" and "Lovesick (Once Again)."

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Win Tickets To See Telekinesis At Mercury Lounge

Posted 1-21-11 by Sandra Fung
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Seattle's Michael Benjamin Lerner, who goes by the moniker Telekinesis, kicks off a tour next month supporting his upcoming sophomore album, 12 Desperate Straight Lines, which drops February 15 on Merge. We'd like you to win tickets to see Lerner and his touring band (plus openers The Love Language) when they play Mercury Lounge on March 9.

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Win Tickets To See Cut Copy At Terminal 5

Posted 1-21-11 by Sandra Fung
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Melbourne's electropopsters Cut Copy crank out their new odyssey Zonoscope via Modular on February 8. The fair city of New York is pictured on the album's cover, so it seems apt that the band will play two Terminal 5 gigs in Manhattan this spring. We're giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to see their nearly-sold-out show on April 2. And we know you want to go ....

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Win Tickets To See Gang Of Four At Webster Hall

Posted 1-21-11 by Sandra Fung
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How would you like to see the comeback of one of the UK's most seminal bands? Gang Of Four, which first formed in 1977,  return this week with Tuesday's release of Content, their first studio album in nearly sixteen years. The post-punk, dub reggae, rock-funk masterminds embark on a North American tour beginning February 4 in Toronto. They'll play Webster Hall on February 8 -  and we're giving away a pair of tickets. Plus, check out a stream of Content via NPR through January 25.

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The Strokes Unveil Additional Details About New Album

Posted 1-20-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: The Strokes

The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi talk about new album, its March release date and the likely first single. Valensi says that for the first time, they worked "democratically" throughout the entire writing and recording process.

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