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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending August 12

Posted 8-7-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Cat Power, DIIV, Dirty Projectors, Hot Chip, Japandroids, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, Yeasayer

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and DIIV drift onto the TAS Top 20 while alt-j's An Awesome Wave crashes into the No. 1 spot.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending August 5

Posted 7-31-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Cat Power, Dirty Projectors, Hot Chip, Japandroids, Metric, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, Sigur Rós, Twin Shadow, Yeasayer

Passion Pit settles like gossamer on the TAS Top 20 while Dirty Projectors swing high atop this week's album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending July 29

Posted 7-24-12 by

Tags: Cat Power, Hot Chip, Icky Blossoms, Japandroids, Metric, Purity Ring, Sigur Rós, The Walkmen, Twin Shadow

Cat Power and Icky Blossoms bloom on the TAS Top 20 while Japandroids keep rocking their celebratory reign at No. 1.

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Pulp, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, James Murphy And Sleigh Bells Aboard For S.S. Coachella

Posted 7-18-12 by

Tags: Grimes, Hot Chip, James Murphy, Pulp, Sleigh Bells, Yeasayer

Ever thought it might be interesting to be stranded on a ship with Pulp's Jarvis Cocker or LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy? The organizers behind the Coachella apparently think so since they've managed to coax Murphy, Pulp. Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells and over a dozen other bands and artists onto two Coachella cruises in December, sailing through the Carribean.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending July 22

Posted 7-17-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Beach House, Dirty Projectors, Father John Misty, Hot Chip, Japandroids, Metric, Purity Ring, Sigur Rós, Soulsavers

Dirty Projectors and their recent Celebrate Brooklyn! gigmates Purity Ring debut with new albums on the TAS Top 20 while Hot Chip sways to the head of the line.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending July 15

Posted 7-10-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Beach House, Guided By Voices, Hot Chip, Japandroids, Metric, Sigur Rós, Sun Kil Moon, The Walkmen, Twin Shadow, Yeasayer

It's a UK/US/Canadian juggernaut as Cambridge quartet Alt-J, Brooklyn's own Yeasayer and Boston-based Twin Shadow make TAS debuts with new releases while Vancouver's Japandroids celebrate a rocking ascension to the peak of the chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending July 8

Posted 7-3-12 by

Tags: Best Coast, Chromatics, Guided By Voices, Hot Chip, Japandroids, Metric, Poliça, Sigur Rós, Sun Kil Moon, The Walkmen

Guided by Voices, headlining this weekend's CBGB Festival in New York, debut on the TAS Top 20 while The Walkmen ascend to the apex of the album chart with Heaven.

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Win Tickets To Hot Chip At Terminal 5 On July 20

Posted 7-2-12 by

Tags: Chromatics, Hot Chip

Hot Chip's fifth album, In Our Heads, has been called the electro-pop band's strongest release to date, a crafty, catchy collection that luxuriates in the quirky dialogue between vocalists Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard. Supporting that new record, he band is taking over New York for more than a one-night stand, playing both Brooklyn (July 18) and Manhattan (July 20) . The Alternate Side is giving away tickets the band's Terminal 5 gig on July 20 which features the excellent Chromatics, riding high on the TAS Top 20 chart for weeks with Kill For Love.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending July 1

Posted 6-26-12 by

Tags: Beach House, Best Coast, Father John Misty, Hot Chip, Jack White, Japandroids, Metric, Poliça, Soulsavers, Sun Kil Moon, The Walkmen

The TAS Top 20 heats up with Hot Chip and Sun Kil Moon while Beach House sprawls leisurely along the shoreline of the album chart.

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Ticket Giveaway To Hot Chip At Celebrate Brooklyn! On July 18

Posted 6-18-12 by

Tags: Gang Gang Dance, Hot Chip

Hot Chip's fifth album, In Our Heads, is being called the electro-pop band's strongest release to date, a crafty collection of catchy, robust yet tender songs that luxuriates in the quirky dialogue between vocalists Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard. The band is part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! lineup, playing a benefit concert on July 18 with Gang Gang Dance. The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to the event at the Prospect Park bandshell and from what we've heard about Hot Chip's recent UK shows, it promises to be an excellent gig.

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First Listen: Hot Chip And 'In Our Heads'

Posted 6-7-12 by

Tags: Hot Chip

The quirky dynamic that defines Hot Chip has served the UK quintet well, but perhaps never as fully — or confidently — as it does on the band's outstanding fifth album, In Our Heads. The record drops June 12 on Domino Records (June 11 in the UK/EU), but preview it now courtesy of TAS sister station WFUV and NPR Music.

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Hot Chip Ready New Remix EP And A Tour With LCD Soundsystem

Posted 8-3-10 by

Tags: Hot Chip

Hot Chip, who play Central Park Summerstage and Lollapalooza this week, will release a new EP, We Have Remixes, in September. A West Coast tour supporting LCD Soundstystem follows this fall. They've also launched an MXP4 interactive application on their Facebook page for their new single, "I Feel Better."

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 23

The Dead Weather and The Apples in Stereo travel through space and time to debut on this week's TAS Top 20 album chart while Broken Social Scene break their way to the top. Our assistant music director Russ Borris rounds up this week's chart climbers and crashers.

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TAS Interview: Tracey Thorn

Posted 5-13-10 by

Tags: Everything But The Girl, Ewan Pearson, Hot Chip, The Unbending Trees, Tracey Thorn

Tracey Thorn's exquisite voice and smart lyrics have earned her an ardent fanbase through a nearly 30-year career spanning Marine Girls, Everything But The Girl and her recently revived solo career. Next Tuesday, May 18, she'll release her third solo record Love and Its Opposite. Thorn recently spoke to The Alternate Side about her north London life which inspired her new cycle of songs, a possible collaboration with the xx and why she's walking through London this weekend in a sequined bra.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 16

Everything is nearly broken as Broken Bells and Broken Social Scene challenge the seemingly unbreakable Gorillaz for the top spot. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has this week's album chart rundown.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 9

While Saratoga Springs' buoyant duo Phantogram make their TAS debut, this week's eclectic album chart is a zoo of Gorillaz, Freelance Whales and LCD Soundsystem's battalion of "Drunk Girls." Our own Russ Borris has the stats.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 18

The Black Keys debut on the chart this week as Broken Bells crack the top slot. Assistant music director Russ Borris has your highest ranking albums getting spins on The Alternate Side.

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Lollapalooza 2010 Lineup: Soundgarden, Arcade Fire, Green Day, The Strokes, Lady Gaga And Phoenix

The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have revealed the event's 2010 lineup with the reunited Soundgarden, Broadway's Green Day, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Phoenix and The Strokes as headliners. Other bands and artists include MGMT, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, Devo, The National and the recently arrested Erykah Badu. The festival takes place August 6-8 in Chicago

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 11

As Gorillaz, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists and Broken Bells make their way to the top four, Yeasayer and Vampire Weekend arm wrestle for the top slot. Russ Borris has this week's Top 20 album chart. M

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending February 28

Posted 2-23-10 by

Tags: Animal Collective, Basia Bulat, BlakRoc, Broken Bells, Built to Spill, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Hot Chip, Massive Attack, Midlake, Shout Out Louds, Spoon, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Tegan and Sara, The Magnetic Fields, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists debut on this week's TRL Top 20 album chart, but the top slot is owned by a Spoon-ful of Austin pride. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has your stats.

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Crawling into the light of day, Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City debuts on the TAS Top 20 while James Blake remains atop the album chart.

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Pulp, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, James Murphy And Sleigh Bells Aboard For S.S. Coachella

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Win Tickets To Hot Chip At Terminal 5 On July 20

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending July 1

Ticket Giveaway To Hot Chip At Celebrate Brooklyn! On July 18

First Listen: Hot Chip And 'In Our Heads'

Hot Chip Ready New Remix EP And A Tour With LCD Soundsystem

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 23

TAS Interview: Tracey Thorn

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 16

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 18

Lollapalooza 2010 Lineup: Soundgarden, Arcade Fire, Green Day, The Strokes, Lady Gaga And Phoenix

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 11

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending February 28

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