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Watch Beach House's Dark New Video For "Wild"

Posted 11-14-12 by

Tags: Beach House

Beach House has released a new video for the single "Wild" and it's a dark, brutal affair — many pale, angular, anxious actors glowering in stairwells and bathtubs. The clip was directed by Johan Renck who has also worked with "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead," so the existential bleakness makes sense. Beach House wrap up a European tour next week and head to Australia on December 30.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending August 19

Posted 8-14-12 by

Tags: 2:54, Alt-J, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Beach House, DIIV, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, Japandroids, Purity Ring, The xx, Yeasayer

Grizzly Bear roars and The xx whispers onto the TAS Top 20 while Alt-J continues to be awesome at Number 1 on the album chart.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending July 22

Posted 7-17-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Beach House, Dirty Projectors, Father John Misty, Hot Chip, Japandroids, Metric, Purity Ring, Sigur Rós, Soulsavers

Dirty Projectors and their recent Celebrate Brooklyn! gigmates Purity Ring debut with new albums on the TAS Top 20 while Hot Chip sways to the head of the line.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending July 15

Posted 7-10-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Beach House, Guided By Voices, Hot Chip, Japandroids, Metric, Sigur Rós, Sun Kil Moon, The Walkmen, Twin Shadow, Yeasayer

It's a UK/US/Canadian juggernaut as Cambridge quartet Alt-J, Brooklyn's own Yeasayer and Boston-based Twin Shadow make TAS debuts with new releases while Vancouver's Japandroids celebrate a rocking ascension to the peak of the chart.

Listen To Beach House Live At The Alternate Side And WFUV With 'Myth'

Posted 7-4-12 by

Tags: Beach House

Last month, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally of Beach House traveled to the Bronx for a WFUV and TAS session. Although they were camera shy that day, you can listen to audio of a gorgeous live performance of the single "Myth" from the band's recent record, Bloom, and hear the entire session on 90.7 WFUV on July 19 at 9 p.m. EDT. Beach House head for New York's Central Park on July 23 for a sold-out show with longtime pals Lower Dens.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending July 1

Posted 6-26-12 by

Tags: Beach House, Best Coast, Father John Misty, Hot Chip, Jack White, Japandroids, Metric, Poliça, Soulsavers, Sun Kil Moon, The Walkmen

The TAS Top 20 heats up with Hot Chip and Sun Kil Moon while Beach House sprawls leisurely along the shoreline of the album chart.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending June 24

Posted 6-19-12 by

Tags: 2:54, Beach House, Best Coast, Chromatics, Father John Misty, Japandroids, Metric, Poliça, Sigur Rós, Silversun Pickups, Soulsavers, Spiritualized

With Beach House and Best Coast vying for the Number One spot this week as we segue to a new season, The Alternate Side is firmly in a summertime frame of mind.

Win Tix To Beach House At Central Park Summerstage On July 23

Posted 6-18-12 by

Tags: Beach House

It's no big shock that Beach House's benefit concert at Central Park Summerstage on July 23 is already sold out, but The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to a couple of lucky fans to attend the show. Bask in the setting sun and hear Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally generously explore their intriguing new album, Bloom, out now on Sub Pop.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending June 17

Posted 6-12-12 by

Tags: 2:54, Beach House, Father John Misty, Here We Go Magic, Jack White, Japandroids, Metric, Poliça, Sigur Rós, Silversun Pickups, The Walkmen

Sigur Rós and Metric scale that album chart pile of rock known as the TAS Top 20 while Beach House finds itself at the very pinnacle for the week.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending June 10

Posted 6-5-12 by

Tags: 2:54, Beach House, Best Coast, Father John Misty, Here We Go Magic, Jack White, Japandroids, Poliça, Silversun Pickups, The Walkmen, Zeus

Vancouver's Japandroids and Britain's sister duo 2:54 make TAS Top 20 debuts while the West Coast rules with Silversun Pickups at the peak of this week's album chart.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending June 3

Posted 5-29-12 by

Tags: Beach House, Best Coast, Father John Misty, Jack White, Poliça, Santigold, Silversun Pickups, Soulsavers, The Walkmen, White Rabbits, Zeus

The TAS album chart sounds weirdly evangelical with Soulsavers and Father John Misty entering the Top 20 while Best Coast rises above the pack to No. 1.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending May 27

Posted 5-22-12 by

Tags: Beach House, Best Coast, Here We Go Magic, Jack White, Poliça, Santigold, Silversun Pickups, The Walkmen, White Rabbits, Zeus

Poliça haunts the peak of the TAS Top 20 with Give You The Ghost while Here We Go Magic and the Walkmen sail onto the album chart with two exceptionally good albums.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending May 13

Posted 5-8-12 by

Tags: Beach House, Chairlift, Jack White, Lost In The Trees, Miike Snow, Poliça, Santigold, Sleigh Bells, The Shins, White Rabbits

Beach House blooms on the TAS Top 20 chart while Jack White aims at the Number 1 slot with Blunderbuss.

Beach House Return With New Album, Tour Dates And A Single

Posted 3-8-12 by

Tags: Beach House

Spring is right around the bend, just in time for Beach House to release their appropriately-named fourth album, Bloom, on Sub Pop this May. The duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally have not only released their first single from the record, called "Myth," but have also lined up tour dates, including a stop at New York's Central Park Summerstage on July 23.

The TAS Top 25 Singles of 2010

Posted 1-3-11 by

Tags: Arcade Fire, Beach House, Deerhunter, Gil Scott-Heron, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Yeasayer

If you missed The Alternate Side's Top 25 Countdown on New Year's Eve, spinning the singles that made the most impact on TAS over the last twelve months, we've got the full list right here.

Portishead To Curate ATP Event And Hint At US Tour

Posted 11-25-10 by

Tags: Beach House, Doom, Liars, Portishhead, Swans, The Books

Portishead will curate the first UK "I'll Be Your Mirror" event with ATP this July, the only live dates the band has announced for 2011. The lineup includes Beach House, Liars, Swans, The Books, the original lineup of Company Flow and Geoff Barrow's side project Beak> with more bands to be announced in the coming months. In addition, Portishead are planning US tour dates in September and October 2011.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending June 13

Foals trot onto the TAS Top Twenty album chart with Total Life Forever while Brooklyn bands, The National and LCD Soundsystem, still arm wrestle for that number one spot. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has this week's stats.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 23

The Dead Weather and The Apples in Stereo travel through space and time to debut on this week's TAS Top 20 album chart while Broken Social Scene break their way to the top. Our assistant music director Russ Borris rounds up this week's chart climbers and crashers.

Muse, The Strokes, M.I.A., The Flaming Lips Booked For Austin City Limits Festival

The Texas festival, which takes place October 8-10, will feature headliners The Eagles, Muse, Phish, The Strokes, M.I.A. and Flaming Lips as well as LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Spoon, The National, Sonic Youth, Monsters of Folk, Deadmau5 and dozens more

Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Dum Dum Girls Set For A Late Summer Tour

Posted 5-17-10 by

Tags: Beach House, Dum Dum Girls, Vampire Weekend

It's official. There are just too many good shows to see this summer. Now Vampire Weekend, Beach House and Dum Dum Girls have teamed up for a North American tour starting in August, including a previously announced three-night stand at Radio City Music Hall in September. Plus, Vampire Weekend have been tapped for that ubiquitous vampire franchise, The Twilight Saga.

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