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TAS In Session: Flashback 2011, Part 2

Posted 12-27-11 by
Tags: Art Brut, Elbow, Fool's Gold, James Blake, Low, Megafaun, Milagres, The Shivers, Twin Sister, YACHT

Last week, The Alternate Side posted the first part of TAS in Session: Flashback 2011 featuring artists like The Drums, Laura Marling and Real Estate. This week, round two of some of The Alternate Side and our sister station WFUV's favorite performances from the last year, including the pensive wizardry of James Blake, the stirring poetry of Elbow and the sprawling pop boulevards crossed by Fool's Gold.  In addition to revisiting highlights, like Low's far-from-somnolent "Try To Sleep," or YACHT's incendiary "Dystopia," we'll also link to the original sessions and update you on what's coming up in 2012 for many of TAS' notable artists and bands.

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James Blake, The Vaccines, Okkervil River Help Out The Alternate Side's Fall Fun Drive Now Through October 21

Posted 10-21-11 by
Tags: Art Brut, James Blake, Okkervil River, The Antlers, The Lisps, The Mountain Goats, The Naked and Famous, The Raveonettes

Autumn is finally in full swing and The Alternate Side's Fall Fun Drive is underway through October 21. This year, we have a new, exciting way to thank listeners for their invaluable support. Contribute any amount and you're a supporter of The Alternate Side. Contribute $35 and we'll send you our 9-track "Live From The Alternate Side" CD with exclusive live songs, all recorded this year in Studio A, from James Blake, Okkervil River, The Vaccines, The Naked and Famous, The Antlers and many more. For $50 you'll receive "Live From The Alternate Side"  and a TAS t-shirt. For $75, we'll send you those thank you gifts, plus a subscription to Spin magazine. You can contribute online right now or call 877-938-8907 through October 21.

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TAS In Session: Art Brut

Posted 8-22-11 by
Tags: Art Brut

Straddling both London and Berlin, Art Brut has been a gleefully eccentric, pop-laced, punk rock force of nature for six years, led by their charismatic frontman Eddie Argos. On the band's new album, Brilliant! Tragic!, produced by the Pixies' Frank Black, Argos'  lyrical verbosity skips from chip shop humiliation to Axl Rose to a funeral song, but aside from acerbic humor, there's real tenderness apparent too. Argos and his Art Brut compadres visited The Alternate Side for a wonderfully silly session and chat - you can listen to it this Friday, August 26 at 11 a.m. EDT on TAS on 91.5 WNYE and streaming on The Alternate Side.

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