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Lollapalooza Reopens After Storm Evacuation

Posted 8-4-12 by
Tags: Chairlift, Frank Ocean, Twin Shadow, Washed Out

The Lollapalooza festival in Chicago's Grant Park was shut down and evacuated on Saturday afternoon after a freakishly intense storm system passed through the city. After nearly three hours, and the postponement of sets by Twin Shadow, tUnE-yArDs, Frank Ocean, Chairlift, Washed Out — appropriately — and more, the festival reopened, but the set schedule was altered. Lollapalooza is being streamed by YouTube this weekend here.

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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.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending April 22

Posted 4-17-12 by
Tags: Chairlift, Django Django, Hower, Islands, Mark Lanegan Band, Miike Snow. The Shins, Perfume Genius, Santigold, Sleigh Bells, The Magnetic Fields

It's a study in contrasts as the Mark Lanegan Band's Blues Funeral darkly possesses the peak of the TAS Top 20 while Miike Snow debuts at the bottom of the album chart with Happy To You.

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Jack White, My Morning Jacket, MGMT Salute Public Radio Music Month

Posted 4-11-12 by
Tags: Chairlift, Fleet Foxes, Jack White, MGMT, My Morning Jacket, Passion Pit, The Roots

April marks Public Radio Music Month, an event that's not gone unnoticed by musicians and bands like Jack White, My Morning Jacket, MGMT, Best Coast, the Roots, Passion Pit and Wye Oak or indie labels like Jagjaguwar and Sub Pop. They have all signed an open letter thanking public radio stations for "taking chances" and "asking intelligent questions" about music.  

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 4

Posted 2-28-12 by
Tags: Air, Caveman, Chairlift, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Mark Lanegan Band, Perfume Genius, Shearwater, Tennis, The Big Pink, The Magnetic Fields

As Cloud Nothings float to the top of the TAS Top 20, both Shearwater and The Magnetic Fields break onto the album chart with new releases.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending January 29

Posted 1-24-12 by
Tags: Air, Caveman, Chairlift, Grimes, Guided By Voices, Hospitality, Los Campesinos!, Nada Surf, Of Montreal, Tennis, The Roots, Zola Jesus

A new year and lots of new albums with Of Montreal, Sleigh Bells, Hospitality and Air debuting in the TAS Top 20 while The Roots anchor the apex of the album chart.

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Chairlift: TAS In Session

Posted 1-23-12 by , Alisa Ali
Tags: Chairlift

When one of Chairlift's founding members, Aaron Pfenning, left the Brooklyn band in 2010 to pursue his own solo career, it was a bruising blow for a young group that seemed to be doing well. Remaining members Caroline Polacheck and Patrick Wimberly didn't abandon Chairlift, but took their time recording their second album, Something, which comes out tomorrow, January 24. The band recently dropped by for a session and performed several tracks from the new record, including the tongue twisting "Amanaemonesia" and "Frigid Spring" (which seems to describe this clement winter). After the jump, check out highlights and videos. Listen to the session this Friday, January 27, on TAS on 91.5 WNYE at 11 a.m. ET and streaming on The Alternate Side.

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Ticket Giveaway For Chairlift At Bowery Ballroom On January 23

Posted 1-16-12 by
Tags: Chairlift

Chairlift underwent some personnel changes over the last couple of years with the departure of founding member Aaron Pfenning, who has since formed Rewards. Remaining Chairlift members Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly continued on their own and Chairlift's new album, Something, comes out on January 24.on Columbia (January 23 in the UK via Young Turks). The band launches  a North American tour in March, but Chairlift  will celebrate their album release with a special show at Bowery Ballroom on January 23 — and the Alternate Side is giving away tickets. This contest closes on Friday, January 20 at noon.

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TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending January 15

Posted 1-10-12 by
Tags: Alamo Race Track, Atlas Sound, Chairlift, Guided By Voices, M83, Nada Surf, Tennis, The Black Keys, Zola Jesus

For the first TAS Top 20 of 2012, the album chart gets a fresh influx of new records from Alamo Race Track, Nada Surf, Chairlift and Tennis.

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Watch: MGMT and Chairlift Debut New Videos

Posted 11-18-11 by
Tags: Chairlift, MGMT

MGMT's cover of Bauhaus' "All We Wanted Was Everything," from their LateNightTales compilation, gets its own animated video while Chairlift releases the first video from their upcoming album, Something.

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TAS Giveaway: Win 3-Day Passes And Camping Privileges For Escape To New York Festival

Posted 7-21-11 by
Tags: Best Coast, Chairlift, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Of Montreal, Patti Smith, The Psychedelic Furs, The Vaccines, White Rabbits

The inaugural Escape To New York festival, with a lineup that includes Of Montreal, Best Coast, Chairlift, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Patti Smith, The Psychedelic Furs and The Vaccines, takes place August 5-7 on the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton, New York. The Alternate Side is giving away five packages of three-day passes with camping privileges  - you just need to enter by Monday, July 25 at 12 noon EDT.

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Metric, Tegan And Sara, Mary J. Blige Are Tapped For Lilith Fair 2010

Posted 12-11-09 by
Tags: Ann Atomic, Ash Koley, Brandi Carlile, Butterfly Boucher, Chairlift, Chantal Kreviazuk, Colbie Caillat, Corinne Bailey Rae, Donna De Lory, Emmylou Harris, Erykah Badu, Fine Frenzy, Grace Potter And The Nocturnals, Ima, Indigo Girls, Ingrid Michaelson, Janelle Monae, Jennifer Knapp, Jill Hennessy, Jill Scott, Katzenjammer, Ke$ha, Mary J. Blige, Meaghan Smith, Metric, Miranda Lambert, Nneka, Sara Bareilles, Sarah McLachlan, Serena Ryder, Sheryl Crow, Sugarland, Tara MacLean, Tegan and Sara, The Submarines, The Weepies, Vedera, Vita Chambers, Ximena Sarinana, Zee Avi

The estrogen-fueled festival, which thrived from 1997-1999, returns in 2010. The lineup includes co-founder Sarah McLachlan, Metric (fronted by Emily Haines), Mary J. Blige, Tegan and Sara, Sheryl Crow and more

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TAS in Session: Chairlift

Posted 8-4-09 by
Tags: Chairlift

Brooklyn trio, Chairlift stopped by The Alternate Side to perform a few tunes from their debut record Does You Inspire You?. The trio officially went global when Apple paired the new iPod Nano with their song “Bruises”. 

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