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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 July 10

Posted 7-5-11 by
Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Bon Iver, Cults, Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, Holy Ghost!, Man Man, Okkervil River, Shabazz Palaces, The Antlers

Those manic men of Man Man jostle their way onto the TAS Top 20 while quiet Justin Vernon of Bon Iver whispers his way to number one.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending July 3

Posted 6-28-11 by
Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Beastie Boys, Bon Iver, Cults, Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Foster the People, Friendly Fires, Shabazz Palaces, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

A dramatic album chart week as Bon Iver makes an impressive No. 2 debut, Cults leap twelve places to the top spot, and Shabazz Palaces float like a butterfly into the TAS Top 20.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending June 12

Posted 6-7-11 by
Tags: Beastie Boys, Cold Cave, Cults, Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Foster the People, Holy Ghost!, James Blake, Lykke Li, PJ Harvey, The Antlers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Vaccines, TV on the Radio

New York's new kids on the block, Cults, and longtime local faves The Antlers burst onto the TAS top 20 while five-borough veterans Beastie Boys heat up the number one slot.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending June 5

Posted 5-30-11 by
Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Beastie Boys, Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, Generationals, Thurston Moore, TV on the Radio

The pairing of Thurston Moore and producer Beck make a sonic leap onto the TAS album chart while wily Fleet Foxes nudge Elbow and the Beastie Boys out of the top spot again.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending May 29

Posted 5-24-11 by
Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Foster the People, Friendly Fires, Generationals, Holy Ghost!, James Blake, Okkervil River, The Mountain Goats, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Yuck

Arctic Monkeys and Okkervil River break onto the TAS Top 20 while Fleet Foxes and Elbow arm wrestle for album chart dominance.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending May 22

Posted 5-17-11 by
Tags: Beastie Boys, Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, Holy Ghost!, Lykke Li, The Mountain Goats, The Vaccines, TV on the Radio

Friendly Fires ignite the TAS Top 20 with the kinetic grooves of Pala while The Mountain Goats still scamper along the craggy peak of the album chart.

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Listen To Fleet Foxes' New Album on NPR

Posted 4-25-11 by
Tags: Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes' noble new album Helplessness Blues is out on Sub Pop on May 3, but you can listen to the album streaming now via NPR.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending April 10

Posted 4-5-11 by
Tags: Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, James Blake, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Vaccines, Yuck

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Fleet Foxes segue easily to the TRL Top 20 while the slow-burning James Blake unlocks the number one position.

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Fleet Foxes Book North American Tour, Announce Album Release

Posted 1-31-11 by
Tags: Fleet Foxes

Like a white winter hymnal on a frigid January day comes good news that Fleet Foxes' second album, Helplessness Blues, will be released by Sub Pop on the very springtime date of May 3. A download of the title track is available now, plus the band has announced North American and European tours with ticket sales beginning this week.

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TAS In Session: Beach House

Posted 2-8-10 by
Tags: Beach House, Broken Social Scene, Eric Clapton, Fleet Foxes, Stevie Nicks

Beach House, the duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, released their third album Teen Dream last month. They recently dropped by The Alternate Side to play three tracks live - "Better Times," "Zebra" and "Walk in the Park" - and chatted with our own Alisa Ali about the beauty of a bass synth pedal, Stevie Nicks and why an old album can sometimes be just like an awful ex-girlfriend.

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Fleet Foxes Working On Sophomore Album, Due in 2010

Posted 12-4-09 by
Tags: Fleet Foxes, Past Lives, Rainbow Fang

Singer and guitarist Robin Pecknold reveals that the Seattle quintet is in the studio, working on the followup to their auspicious 2008 debut.

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TAS Staff Picks: Best of 2008

Posted 12-26-08 by
Tags: Alejandro Escovedo, Amos Lee, Ani DiFranco, Atmosphere, Beck, Bell X1, Bon Iver, Calexico, Coldplay, Conor Oberst, Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Death Cab for Cutie, DeVotchKa, Drive-By Truckers, Duffy, Elbow, Emiliana Torrini, Fleet Foxes, Frightened Rabbit, Gnarls Barkley, Jaymay, Jenny Lewis, John Mayer, Kanye West, Kathleen Edwards, Little Jackie, Lykki Li, MGMT, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf, Portishead, Ra Ra Riot, Santogold, She & Him, The Black Keys, The Hold Steady, The Walkmen, Thievery Corporation, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend

The Alternate Side staff picks their favorite albums of 2008

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