New Music, New York

Hear us Weekdays on WNYE 91.5 FM

Field Music Return With New Album, First Single

Posted 11-1-11 by
Tags: Field Music

Ambitious British rockers Field Music, whose 2010 prog-rock-influenced, double album Measure earned the pair critical kudos and extensive touring Stateside (and a session with The Alternate Side), return with a brand new album, Plumb, released on Valentine's Day in the States and the day before in the UK. After the jump, a free download of the first single from Field Music's upcoming release, called "(I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing."

More...

TAS In Session: Flashback 2010 (Part Two)

Posted 12-27-10 by
Tags: Blitzen Trapper, El Guincho, Field Music, Fyfe Dangerfield, Stars, Stornoway, The Tallest Man On Earth, The Walkmen

Last week we gave you the first part of TAS In Session: Flashback 2010,  looking back at many of bands and musicians who passed through Studio A over the past year and highlighting some of the songs played in live performance. We also updated you on what these artists have planned for 2011, from tours to new recordings to free downloads you can find this very minute on their websites. This week, the promised Part Two of our reminiscence and we've rounded up another collection of 2010's  live performances from Stornoway, The Walkmen, Field Music, The Morning Benders, El Guincho, The Tallest Man on Earth, Stars, Lost in the Trees, K-os and many more.

More...

TAS Favorite Albums And Singles Of 2010

Posted 12-9-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Broken Bells, Corinne Bailey Rae, Field Music, Foals, Grinderman, Junip, Massive Attack, Paul Weller, School of Seven Bells, The Black Keys, The National, Twin Sister, Underworld, Wild Nothing, Yeasayer

Along with mistletoe, mulled wine and overused credit cards, one of the more dependable signs of December is the inevitable discourse on the best albums and singles of the year. The Alternate Side staff has compiled a list of favorites and earworms of 2010, our own personal soundtrack guiding us through the last twelve months.

More...

TAS Live Review: Field Music at London's Koko, November 23

Posted 12-3-10 by
Tags: Field Music, Sweet Billy Pilgrim

Brothers David and Peter Brewis tore through tracks from their jittery and majestic double album Measure on November 23 in an ornate and handsome venue that curiously matched the vibrant theatricality and time-straddling perspective of Field Music's prog-pop experimentalism.

More...

TAS in Session: Field Music

Posted 5-3-10 by
Tags: Field Music, Led Zeppelin, School of Language, The Week That Was

Despite the remarkable strengths of David and Peter Brewis' excellent solo projects released under the monikers School of Language and The Week That Was, fans of Field Music were relieved when the brothers decided to reunite for an ambitious double album, Measure. The band dropped by The Alternate Side to chat with Russ Borris and play three songs off of their beautiful new record: "Write A Book," "Something Familiar" and "Share The Words." Video and interview after the jump.

More...

The Alternate Side is a proud part of WFUV Public Radio from Fordham University,
90.7 FM on your New York dial and online at wfuv.org.