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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 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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Generationals' SXSW Blog: Part One

Posted 3-18-11 by
Tags: Generationals

New Orleans' gutsy rock duo Generationals, the team of Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner, release their sophomore album Actor Caster on March 29 and they're debuting much of that terrific new material at SXSW this week, including two gigs tonight, March 18 and another on Saturday, March 19. We're pretty pleased that they're blogging about their Austin adventures for The Alternate Side too. Check out part one - with photos - after the jump.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending January 17

Posted 1-12-10 by
Tags: Air, Alec Ounsworth, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, BlakRoc, Built to Spill, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Editors, Fanfarlo, Generationals, Massive Attack, Midlake, Spoon, Tegan and Sara, The Black Hollies, The xx, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Nearly-released albums from Massive Attack, Yeasayer and Midlake climb up the chart, but there's no surprise that a certain New York band dominates this week. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has the rundown.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending January 10

Posted 1-5-10 by
Tags: Air, Alec Ounsworth, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, BlakRoc, Built to Spill, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Editors, Fanfarlo, Generationals, Midlake, Spoon, Tegan and Sara, The Black Hollies, The Flaming Lips, The xx, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

A new year and a new TAS Top Twenty Album Chart. Midlake and Yeasayer jump aboard and the xx finally make it to the top slot after weeks on the chart

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