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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 18

Posted 4-13-10 by
Tags: Basia Bulat, Beach House, Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Freelance Whales, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, Local Natives, MGMT, Midlake, Shout Out Louds, Spoon, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Black Keys, The Magnetic Fields, The New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

The Black Keys debut on the chart this week as Broken Bells crack the top slot. Assistant music director Russ Borris has your highest ranking albums getting spins on The Alternate Side.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 11

Posted 4-6-10 by
Tags: Basia Bulat, Beach House, Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Freelance Whales, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, Local Natives, MGMT, Midlake, Shout Out Louds, Spoon, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Editors, The Magnetic Fields, The New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

As Gorillaz, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists and Broken Bells make their way to the top four, Yeasayer and Vampire Weekend arm wrestle for the top slot. Russ Borris has this week's Top 20 album chart. M

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TAS in Session: Basia Bulat (SXSW Preview)

Posted 3-14-10 by , Alisa Ali
Tags: Basia Bulat

The Canadian singer-songwriter, who will be playing this week at SXSW in Austin, dropped by The Alternate Side not long ago to play songs from her new album Heart of My Own, out now on Rough Trade.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending February 28

Posted 2-23-10 by
Tags: Animal Collective, Basia Bulat, BlakRoc, Broken Bells, Built to Spill, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Hot Chip, Massive Attack, Midlake, Shout Out Louds, Spoon, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Tegan and Sara, The Magnetic Fields, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists debut on this week's TRL Top 20 album chart, but the top slot is owned by a Spoon-ful of Austin pride. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has your stats.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending February 21

Posted 2-16-10 by
Tags: Alec Ounsworth, Animal Collective, Basia Bulat, Beach House, BlakRoc, Broken Bells, Built to Spill, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Editors, Hot Chip, Massive Attack, Midlake, Shout Out Louds, Spoon, Tegan and Sara, The Magnetic Fields, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

New albums and tracks from Broken Bells, Charlotte Gainsbourg and the Shout Out Louds jump onto this week's chart and it has been a three-way struggle for number one over the last few weeks. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has all of the details.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending February 7

Posted 2-2-10 by
Tags: Alec Ounsworth, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Basia Bulat, Beach House, BlakRoc, Built to Spill, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Editors, Hot Chip, Massive Attack, Midlake, Spoon, Tegan and Sara, The Magnetic Fields, The xx, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Cold Cave gives Vampire Weekend the chills, while Hot Chip heats up this week's album chart. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris gives you the Top 20 lowdown.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending January 31

Posted 1-26-10 by
Tags: Air, Alec Ounsworth, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Basia Bulat, Beach House, BlakRoc, Built to Spill, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Editors, Massive Attack, Midlake, Spoon, Tegan and Sara, The Magnetic Fields, The xx, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Vampire Weekend might still be the boy kings of The TAS Top 20 album chart, but watch out - here comes the Spoon men and fresh sounds from Basia Bulat. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has your weekly chart.

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