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Listen: ATP Festival "I'll Be Your Mirror" Mix From WFUV/The Alternate Side And NPR Music

Posted 9-29-11 by
Tags: Battles, Neutral Milk Hotel, Portishead, Public Enemy, The Horrors

In honor of this weekend's ATP Festival, the Portishead-curated "I'll Be Your Mirror" event kicking off tomorrow, September 30, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, The Alternate Side's Russ Borris and Alisa Ali worked with NPR Music on creating a special ATP mix. The artists and bands include Portishead (naturally), Neutral Milk Hotel, Public Enemy, The Horrors, Swans, Battles and many more. Get in the mood for the big three-day extravanza and stream the mix via NPR's site through Saturday, October 1.

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Portishead And ATP Offer Free Mixtape To Mark Asbury Park Shows

Posted 9-14-11 by
Tags: A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Battles, Mogwai, Neutral Milk Hotel, Portishead, Swans

The Portishead-curated All Tomorrow's Parties' sister festival, I'll Be Your Mirror, takes place September 30-October 2 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. To mark that auspicious occasion, the band and ATP are offering up a free mixtape download of some of the bands and musicians appearing, like Neutral Milk Hotel, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Mogwai, Swans, Battles, The Album Leaf, Anika and - of course - Portishead. More details on how to download the two-and-a-half hour mixtape after the jump.

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TAS Picks The Songs Of Summer 2011

Posted 9-8-11 by
Tags: Battles, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bon Iver, Foster the People, Holy Ghost!, SBTRKT, Sleeper Agent, Washed Out, Wild Flag

The TAS staff has been having a hard time accepting this week's unofficial end of summer 2011  - and we're really dreading the official dénouement of all of that hot fun on September 23. After the jump, the list of singles that made our personal playlists for the last three sultry, way-too-humid months.

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