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The TAS Top 20 for 2012

Posted 12-25-12 by
Tags: Alt-J, Dinosaur Jr., Divine Fits, Django Django, Father John Misty, Jack White, Japandroids, Savoir Adore, Tame Impala, The Walkmen

Over the last year, dozens of albums have climbed up and down the TAS Top 20 album chart. Here are the 20 releases that spent the most time on the chart, with Alt-J, Divine Fits and Dinosaur Jr. leading the way.

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The Black Keys, Frank Ocean, Jack White Rack Up Grammy Nominations

Posted 12-6-12 by
Tags: Björk, Fiona Apple, Frank Ocean, Jack White, M83, The Black Keys

The 55th Grammy Awards seem far away — they won't be handed out until February 10 — but the nominees were announced last night, December 5, in a televised concert on CBS. Frank Ocean, The Black Keys, Jack White, The Chemical Brothers, Alabama Shakes and M83 are among the nominees, with Ocean nominated for a staggering six awards, including Album of the Year and every other major category.

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Jack White Announces Radio City Music Hall Show

Posted 8-1-12 by
Tags: Jack White

Jack White has added another New York stop to his fall tour plans supportng his solo album Blunderbuss. He'll play Radio City Music Hall on September 29. Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 3 at 10 a.m. EDT, but members of Third Man Records Vault get a headstart with a pre-sale beginning today, August 1, at 10 a.m. EDT.

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The TAS Staff Picks Our Top Albums And Singles Of 2012 ... So Far

Posted 7-12-12 by
Tags: Alabama Shakes, Alt-J, Damon Albarn, Father John Misty, Frank Ocean, Howler, Jack White, Japandroids, Perfume Genius, Peter Broderick, Poliça, Public Service Broadcasting, The Walkmen, Zeus

The first half of 2012 has already come and gone. The Alternate Side staff, looking at the scores of WAV files, MP3s, CDs and even vinyl singles we've trundled through over the past six months, is slightly overwhelmed by the abundance of good music, so we've made some midpoint selections for our top 10 (or 11) albums and tracks of the year thus far. We have the freedom to change our minds completely by December, but in the meantime, bands and artists like Japandroids, Jack White, Hot Chip, The Walkmen, 2:54, Zeus, Public Service Broadcasting, Father John Misty, Cold Specks, Alt-J, Bobby Womack and Damon Albarn have made the cut. Read the lists after the jump.

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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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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending June 17

Posted 6-12-12 by
Tags: 2:54, Beach House, Father John Misty, Here We Go Magic, Jack White, Japandroids, Metric, Poliça, Sigur Rós, Silversun Pickups, The Walkmen

Sigur Rós and Metric scale that album chart pile of rock known as the TAS Top 20 while Beach House finds itself at the very pinnacle for the week.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending June 10

Posted 6-5-12 by
Tags: 2:54, Beach House, Best Coast, Father John Misty, Here We Go Magic, Jack White, Japandroids, Poliça, Silversun Pickups, The Walkmen, Zeus

Vancouver's Japandroids and Britain's sister duo 2:54 make TAS Top 20 debuts while the West Coast rules with Silversun Pickups at the peak of this week's album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending June 3

Posted 5-29-12 by
Tags: Beach House, Best Coast, Father John Misty, Jack White, Poliça, Santigold, Silversun Pickups, Soulsavers, The Walkmen, White Rabbits, Zeus

The TAS album chart sounds weirdly evangelical with Soulsavers and Father John Misty entering the Top 20 while Best Coast rises above the pack to No. 1.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending May 27

Posted 5-22-12 by
Tags: Beach House, Best Coast, Here We Go Magic, Jack White, Poliça, Santigold, Silversun Pickups, The Walkmen, White Rabbits, Zeus

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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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending May 20

Posted 5-15-12 by
Tags: Best Coast, Chromatics, Jack White, Lost In The Trees, Mark Lanegan Band, Poliça, Santigold, Silversun Pickups, White Rabbits, Zeus

Both Silversun Pickups and Best Coast realize that the TAS Top 20 is the only place to be whle Jack White has no intention of vacating his spot at the peak of the album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending May 13

Posted 5-8-12 by
Tags: Beach House, Chairlift, Jack White, Lost In The Trees, Miike Snow, Poliça, Santigold, Sleigh Bells, The Shins, White Rabbits

Beach House blooms on the TAS Top 20 chart while Jack White aims at the Number 1 slot with Blunderbuss.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending May 6

Posted 5-1-12 by
Tags: Bear in Heaven, Chromatics, Django Django, Jack White, Poliça, Santigold, Sleigh Bells, The Shins, White Rabbits, Zeus

After a five-year gap, Chromatics finally return with Kill For Love and take on the TAS top 20 while Santigold remains queen of the album chart for a second week.

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Jack White's Rolling Records Store Will Dole Out Tickets In NYC Today

Posted 4-26-12 by
Tags: Jack White

Jack White and his Third Man Records squad certainly know how to wake up a sleepy Thursday in New York. To mark this week's release of Blunderbuss, Third Man Records' Rolling Record Store will distribute free tickets to Jack White's sold-out American Express Unstaged concert today, April 26. The concert, which will be filmed, takes place at Webster Hall tomorrow, April 27, throughout the city today, April 26. They'll make it easy to find the van too, tweeting their locales throughout the day. Five locations and just five pairs. Good luck!

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending April 29

Posted 4-24-12 by
Tags: Bear in Heaven, Django Django, Jack White, Mark Lanegan Band, Santigold, Sleigh Bells, Spiritualized, The Shins, White Rabbits

Bear in Heaven, Spiritualized and rock's holy man Jack White make up the celestial trio debuting on this week's TAS Top 20.

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Lollapalooza Lineup Includes Sigur Rós, M83, Jack White, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath

Posted 4-11-12 by
Tags: Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Jack White, M83, Passion Pit, Sigur Rós, The Black Keys, The Shins

Lollapalooza's lineup is finally official and the eclectic mix includes Jack White, the Black Keys, Sigur Rós, M83, Passion Pit, Die Antwoord, the Shins, the Weeknd, Justice, Florence and the Machine, the Walkman, Frank Ocean, Alabama Shakes and the recently reunited Black Sabbath, the Afghan Whigs and At the Drive-In. The festival takes place August 3-5 at Chicago's Grant Park.

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Jack White, My Morning Jacket, MGMT Salute Public Radio Music Month

Posted 4-11-12 by
Tags: Chairlift, Fleet Foxes, Jack White, MGMT, My Morning Jacket, Passion Pit, The Roots

April marks Public Radio Music Month, an event that's not gone unnoticed by musicians and bands like Jack White, My Morning Jacket, MGMT, Best Coast, the Roots, Passion Pit and Wye Oak or indie labels like Jagjaguwar and Sub Pop. They have all signed an open letter thanking public radio stations for "taking chances" and "asking intelligent questions" about music.  

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Jack White Releases Dark, Disturbing "Sixteen Saltines" Video

Posted 4-5-12 by
Tags: Jack White

Jack White's dark, dystopian video for "Sixteen Saltines," off of his upcoming solo debut Blunderbuss, has premiered on VEVO and on White's own website. The video for the second single from the album, which is due out April 24 on Third Man Records/Columbia, is set in an urban landscape governed by feral children and teenagers who spew blue liquids, run wild with dogs and cause general mayhem. White, who appears at the very end of the clip, directed by AG Rojas, is thrust into a gasoline-soaked predicament, seemingly destined for an unhappy ending.

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Listen: Jack White's "Sixteen Saltines"

Posted 3-13-12 by
Tags: Jack White

The SXSW-bound Jack White, who debuted his new song "Sixteen Saltines" live during the Lindsay Lohan-hosted "Saturday Night Live" of March 3, is now streaming the studio version of that song on his website in advance of the release of his solo album, Blunderbuss, due out on April 24 on Third Man Records/Columbia. The single of "Sixteen Saltines," backed with the non-album track (and U2 cover) "Love Is Blindness," is available on March 20.

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Watch: New Jack White Video For 'Love Interruption' Plus Tour Dates

Posted 2-14-12 by
Tags: Jack White

Jack White wins our love on Valentine's Day with a new video for "Love Interruption," the first single from his upcoming solo debut Blunderbuss, plus a selective batch of tour dates in the States and the UK.

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Jack White, Bon Iver, Beck, The Roots Lined Up for Sasquatch! Music Festival

Posted 2-3-12 by
Tags: Beck, Beirut, Bon Iver, Jack White, Pretty Lights, The Roots, The Shins

Yes, the summer festival season is just around the bend and Jack White, Bon Iver, Beck, The Roots and The Shins are among the many acts announced for the Sasquatch! Music Festival over Memorial Day weekend in Gorge, Washington. Passes go on sale February 11 at 10 a.m. and after the jump, the full lineup.

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