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Win Tix For Foster The People, The Kooks And Kimbra on May 30, Rumsey Playfield

Posted 4-30-12 by
Tags: Foster the People, Kimbra, The Kooks

Well here's a trinity of three popular and edgier "mainstream" acts heading to New York next month: Foster the People, The Kooks and Gotye's pal Kimbra. They'll all be playing a sold-out show at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield on May 30. And does The Alternate Side love you? Yes we do. That's why we're giving you the chance to win tickets (and bragging rights) to the show.

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Foster The People Pumped Up For 2012 Tour Dates

Posted 12-14-11 by
Tags: Foster the People

Grammy nominees Foster The People have announced another North American tour kicking off this spring wth a bevy of strong support bands — The Kooks, Tokyo Police Club and Mayer Hawthorne & The Country — opening for the LA trio.  The road trip includes two New York dates at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on May 29-30. 

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TAS Picks The Songs Of Summer 2011

Posted 9-8-11 by
Tags: Battles, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bon Iver, Foster the People, Holy Ghost!, SBTRKT, Sleeper Agent, Washed Out, Wild Flag

The TAS staff has been having a hard time accepting this week's unofficial end of summer 2011  - and we're really dreading the official dénouement of all of that hot fun on September 23. After the jump, the list of singles that made our personal playlists for the last three sultry, way-too-humid months.

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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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Foster The People Pump Up A Fall Headlining Tour

Posted 6-1-11 by
Tags: Foster the People

The Los Angeles trio, headed for Glastonbury, Outsidelands and Lollapalooza, not only made the Top 10 of the Billboard album chart this week with Torches, but they've also set a fall headlining tour.

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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 8

Posted 5-3-11 by
Tags: Cut Copy, Foster the People, Generationals, Holy Ghost! Radiohead, James Blake, Lykke Li, PJ Harvey, The Mountain Goats, TV on the Radio, Yuck

Foster the People and Generationals make their mark on the TAS Top 20 while The Mountain Goats gambol to the pinnacle of this week's album chart.

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