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Beck, Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, Santigold Among Acts Set For Governors Ball Music Festival

Posted 2-21-12 by
Tags: Beck, Chromeo, Duck Sauce, Explosions in the Sky, Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, Sanitgold

New York's Governors Ball Music Festival has announced a pretty stellar lineup for this summer, including Beck, Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, Santigold, Built To Spill, Explosions in the Sky and Special Disco Version, featuring LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and Pat Mahoney. Tickets for the festival, which takes place June 23-24 on Randall's Island Park, go on limited pre-sale tomorrow, February 22 and general sale on Friday, February 24.

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Vampire Weekend, Bright Eyes Headline MTK Festival in East Hamptons

Posted 5-10-11 by
Tags: Bright Eyes, Chromeo, Cold War Kids, M. Ward, Matt & Kim, Ra Ra Riot, Tame Impala, The Naked and Famous, Vampire Weekend

Okay, a fine reason to endure the Hampton jitney this summer: Vampire Weekend and Bright Eyes will headline the MTK: Music To Know Festival on August 13-14 in East Hampton, Long Island with Cold War Kids, Chromeo, Tame Impala, Matt & Kim, Ra Ra Riot, The Naked and Famous, M. Ward and more joining the lineup. Tickets go on sale today, May 10.

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SXSW Lineup Includes Bright Eyes, Surfer Blood, Bombay Bicycle Club, Chromeo, Friendly Fires, Owen Pallett And Scores More

Posted 1-18-11 by
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Bright Eyes, Chromeo, Friendly Fires, Owen Pallett, Surfer Blood

Throngs of musicians, fans and music industry types will descend on Austin, Texas from March 16-20 for SXSW and the overwhelming list of bands includes Bright Eyes, Surfer Blood, the much buzzed-over Anna Calvi, Bombay Bicycle Club, Friendly Fires, Chromeo, Owen Pallett, Toro Y Moi, Gold Panda, The Kills, The Twilight Sad, The Joy Formidable and scores more.

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Chromeo To Release Exclusive iTunes Session Album On January 18

Posted 1-11-11 by
Tags: Chromeo

Montréal's Chromeo, who launch their "Risky Business" North American tour on January 20 and have already sold out their upcoming February gig at Terminal 5, will bolster their road trip with the exclusive iTunes release of "Live From Montréal," a live studio session, on January 18. Plus Dave 1 and P-Thugg have released a download of the Duck Sauce remix of "Hot Mess," featuring La Roux's Elly Jackson. 

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending January 16

Posted 1-10-11 by
Tags: Belle and Sebastian, British Sea Power, Chromeo, Clinic, Deerhunter, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Tennis, The Greenhornes, The Twilight Singers

Tennis and British Sea Power sail onto the TAS Top 20 while the Scottish juggernaut of Belle and Sebastian remain at the mainmast.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending December 19

Posted 12-14-10 by
Tags: Antony and the Johnson, Belle and Sebastian, Chromeo, Deerhunter, LCD Soundsystem, Mark Ronson, Matt and Kim, Sufjan Stevens, Superchunk, The Posies

Little surprise that Deerhunter's excellent Halcyon Digest is back atop the TAS Top 20 album chart, but the "and" bands -  Matt and Kim, Antony and the Johnsons and Belle and Sebastian - are challenging Bradford Cox and his crew.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending December 12

Posted 12-7-10 by
Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Belle and Sebastian, Chromeo, Deerhunter, Grinderman, LCD Soundsystem, Matt and Kim, Sufjan Stevens, Warpaint

 LCD Soundsystem's cathartic live album London Sessions blasts onto the TAS Top 20 while a indie-cute Brooklyn couple take on the top slot, elbowing Deerhunter and Antony Hegarty out of the way.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending November 28

Posted 11-23-10 by
Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Chromeo, Clinic, Deerhunter, Grinderman, Of Montreal, Ra Ra Riot, Sufjan Stevens, Superchunk

Clinic chew up the TAS Top 20 chart with Bubblegum  while Bradford Cox and his Deerhunter compadres land solidly at Number One.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending November 21

Posted 11-16-10 by
Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Arcade Fire, Belle and Sebastian, Chromeo, Deerhunter, Interpol, Junip, Matt and Kim, Sufjan Stevens, Superchunk

The TAS album chart takes a seismic shift as Interpol and Arcade fire slip to the bottom rungs while Deerhunter, Superchunk and Sufjan Stevens soar to the top.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending November 7

Posted 11-2-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Autolux, Chromeo, Interpol, Junip, Matt and Kim, Of Montreal, Stornoway, Sufjan Stevens, Superchunk, The Walkmen

 Matt and Kim sidewalk onto this week's TAS Top 20 album chart while The Walkmen saunter into the top three. 

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Jelly NYC's Final Pool Party Show Abruptly Cancelled

Posted 8-18-10 by
Tags: Chromeo, Delorean

Bad news if you were hoping to see Delorean and Dominique Young Unique play the final Jelly NYC Pool Party at East River State Park on August 29. The gig, the last of the Pool Parties for this summer, has been axed by the Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA), due to what they allege are "continuing unmet financial obligations of the event's promoter."

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending August 15

Posted 8-10-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Chromeo, Ra Ra Riot

Chromeo, The Walkmen and Ra Ra Riot slip onto the TAS Top 20 this week, but have a long way to go before they can take down Arcade Fire in the top slot. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has this week's album roundup.

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Deerhoof And Xiu Xiu Covering Joy Division, Cut Copy And Chromeo On Pool Parties 2010 Lineup

Posted 7-2-10 by
Tags: !!!, Chromeo, Cut Copy, Deerhoof. Xiu Xiu, Delorean, Jeff the Brotherhood, Joy Division, Murder City Devils

The Jelly and Veoba sponsored Pool Parties on the Williamsburg Waterfront will be back for a fifth year, beginning July 11. The eclectic roster of bands includes Cut Copy, Chromeo, Murder City Devils, !!!, Jeff the Brotherhood, Delorean and Deerhoof with Xiu Xiu performing the whole of Joy Division's album Unknown Pleasures

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Lollapalooza 2010 Lineup: Soundgarden, Arcade Fire, Green Day, The Strokes, Lady Gaga And Phoenix

Posted 4-6-10 by
Tags: 2ManyDJs, AFI, Arcade Fire, Blitzen Trapper, Chromeo, Cut Copy, Cypress Hill, Deer Tick, Devo, Digitalism, Dirty Projectors, Empire of the Sun, Erykah Badu, F**k Buttons, Felix Da Housecat, Freelance Whales, Frightened Rabbit, Green Day, Grizzly Bear, Health, Hockey, Hot Chip, Jimmy Cliff, Kaskade, Lady Gaga, Matt & Kim, Mavis Staples, Metric, MGMT, Minus he Bear, Mumford & Sons, MUTEMATH, Phoenix, Raphael Saadiq, Social Distortion, Soundgarden, Spoon, Stars, The Antlers, The Big Pink, The Black Keys, The Cribs, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Strokes, The Temper Trap, The xx, Tiga, Wild Beasts, Wolfmother, X Japan, Yeasayer

The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have revealed the event's 2010 lineup with the reunited Soundgarden, Broadway's Green Day, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Phoenix and The Strokes as headliners. Other bands and artists include MGMT, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, Devo, The National and the recently arrested Erykah Badu. The festival takes place August 6-8 in Chicago

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