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TAS And WFUV SXSW 2012 Coverage Includes Live Broadcasts, Springsteen And Much More

Posted 3-14-12 by
Tags: Alabama Shakes, Andrew Bird, Gary Clark Jr., Lower Dens, Poliça, Sharon Van Etten, Shearwater

Both WFUV and The Alternate Side will be in Austin this week for the SXSW music festival, the annual aggregation of emerging and established bands and the music industry. We want to bring our listeners down to Texas for the gigs, the barbecues and 6th Street mayhem. Beginning Thursday, March 15 and continuing through Sunday, March 18, TAS and WFUV will be broadcasting and streaming live performances from Alabama Shakes, Shearwater, Sharon Van Etten, Magnetic Fields, Andrew Bird and many more. Plus, look for special band blogs, video streams from NPR Music and on-site interviews on both the TAS and WFUV websites. After the jump, more on our SXSW set schedule, including WFUV's very own showcase.

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Lower Dens Return With Sophomore Album, Due This May

Posted 1-17-12 by
Tags: Lower Dens

Baltimore's Lower Dens have announced the release of their second album, Nootropics, on May 1 via Ribbon Music and are offering up a free download of a track off of that record, "Brains."

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Video: Cass McCombs' "County Line" Plus July Tour Dates

Posted 6-2-11 by
Tags: Cass McCombs, Lower Dens

The enigmatic Cass McCombs, who wraps his European tour this week, has a brand new video for "County Line," off of his latest album Wit's End, and he has also set a slew of North American tour dates for next month, including a gig at Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 21.

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