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Gil Scott-Heron Dies At 62

Posted 5-28-11 by

Just a year after staging a remarkable comeback with the 2010 album, I'm New Here, followed earlier this year by a well-received remix collaboration with Jamie xx, the poet, musician, author and activist Gil Scott-Heron died on Friday, May 27, at the age of 62 in a New York hospital. After the jump, a link to a 2007 interview with Scott-Heron from TAS' sister station WFUV, currently up on the NPR Music site.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 27

Posted 2-22-11 by

Tags: Cut Copy, Deerhoof, Destroyer, Gil Scott-Heron, Jamie xx, PJ Harvey, Smith Westerns, Tennis, The Twilight Singers, Yuck

Jamie xx's remix of the great Gil Scott-Heron and Yuck's eponymous debut enter the TAS Top 20 while PJ Harvey's political powerhouse of an album shakes the top of the chart.

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New Gil Scott-Heron Remix From the xx's Jamie Smith

Posted 1-7-11 by

Tags: Gil Scott-Heron, Jamie Smith, The xx

The remix collaboration between the xx's Jamie Smith and Gil Scott-Heron, We're New Here, a reconfiguration of Scott-Heron's 2010 album I'm New Here, doesn't drop until February 22 in the States and February 23 in the UK, but another track from it has surfaced on Scott-Heron's website.

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The TAS Top 25 Singles of 2010

Posted 1-3-11 by

Tags: Arcade Fire, Beach House, Deerhunter, Gil Scott-Heron, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Yeasayer

If you missed The Alternate Side's Top 25 Countdown on New Year's Eve, spinning the singles that made the most impact on TAS over the last twelve months, we've got the full list right here.

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The xx To Remix Gil Scott-Heron's New Album

Posted 3-2-10 by

Tags: Gil Scott-Heron, The xx

The xx's Romy Madley Croft confirms that bandmate Jamie Smith will officially remix hip-hop legend Gil Scott-Heron's latest album I'm New Here. Smith says that he's been "doing it on my laptop on tour."

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1. Poliça
Give You the Ghost

2. Beach House
Bloom

3. Jack White
Blunderbuss

4. Santigold
Master of My Make-Believe

5. Zeus
Busting Visions

6. Best Coast
The Only Place

7. White Rabbits
Milk Famous

8. Sleigh Bells
Reign of Terror

9. Silversun Pickups
Neck of the Woods

10. Django Django
Django Django

11. Spiritualized
Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

12. Miike Snow
Happy to You

13. Lost in the Trees
A Church That Fits Our Needs

14. The Shins
Port of Morrow

15. Islands
A Sleep & A Forgetting

16. Bear in Heaven
I Love You, It’s Cool

17. The Walkmen
Heaven

18. Shearwater
Animal Joy

19. Chromatics
Kill For Love

20. Here We Go Magic
A Different Ship

Poliça haunts the peak of the TAS Top 20 with Give You The Ghost while Here We Go Magic and the Walkmen sail onto the album chart with two exceptionally good albums.

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Gil Scott-Heron Dies At 62

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 27

New Gil Scott-Heron Remix From the xx's Jamie Smith

The TAS Top 25 Singles of 2010

The xx To Remix Gil Scott-Heron's New Album

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