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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending April 22

Posted 4-17-12 by
Tags: Chairlift, Django Django, Hower, Islands, Mark Lanegan Band, Miike Snow. The Shins, Perfume Genius, Santigold, Sleigh Bells, The Magnetic Fields

It's a study in contrasts as the Mark Lanegan Band's Blues Funeral darkly possesses the peak of the TAS Top 20 while Miike Snow debuts at the bottom of the album chart with Happy To You.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending April 15

Posted 4-10-12 by
Tags: Cloud Nothings, Django Django, Islands, Mark Lanegan Band, Perfume Genius, Poliça, Sleigh Bells, The Magnetic Fields, The Shins, White Rabbits, Zeus

Gayngs-born Poliça and Zeus, which moonlights as Jason Collett's backing band, break into the TAS Top 20 while the Mark Lanegan Band makes a bluesy run back to No. 1.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 18

Posted 3-13-12 by
Tags: Air, Cloud Nothings, Fanfarlo, Grimes, Howler, Islands, Mark Lanegan Band, Of Montreal, Perfume Genius, Santigold, Sleigh Bells, Tennis, The Magnetic Fields, White Rabbits

The Magnetic Fields' new album might be at the bottom of the sea, but they soar to the top of the TAS Top 20. Plus debuts from Santigold, White Rabbits and Fanfarlo spring foward on the album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 19

Posted 2-14-12 by
Tags: Air, Caveman, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Hospitality, Howler, Islands, Mark Lanegan Band, Nada Surf, Sleigh Bells, Tennis, The Big Pink, The Roots, Zola Jesus

Islands and the Mark Lanegan Band break onto the TAS Top 20 while star-gazing Nada Surf remains at the pinnacle of the album chart.

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Islands Return With Valentine's Day Release And A NYC Show On October 28

Posted 10-25-11 by
Tags: Islands, Mister Heavenly

Islands frontman Nick Thorburn is on the brink of launching a tour with his side project, Mister Heavenly, but after a spate of CMJ shows with Islands, he's squeezing in one more gig with that band in New York this Friday, October 28 at Dominion Theater. Islands release their fourth album, A Sleep & A Forgetting on Valentine's Day via ANTI- Records.

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