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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 April 1

Posted 3-27-12 by

Tags: Cloud Nothings, Django Django, Grimes, Mark Lanegan Band, Perfume Genius, Sleigh Bells, The Magnetic Fields, The Shins

As Sleigh Bells ring in their reign atop the TAS Top 20, British newcomers Django Django make their own jangling debut on this week's album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 25

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Tags: Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Howler, Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten, Sleigh Bells, Tanlines, The Magnetic Fields, The Shins, White Rabbits

Brooklyn's own Tanlines and a new lineup of The Shins break into the TAS Top 20 while The Magnetic Fields keep Sleigh Bells at bay to retain their number 1 position.

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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 March 11

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Tags: Air, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Hospitality, Howler, Mark Lanegan Band, Of Montreal, Perfume Genius, Shearwater, Sleigh Bells, Tennis, The Magnetic Fields

The Mark Lanegan Band's elegiac blues dominate the TAS album chart with upstarts Cloud Nothings and Grimes rounding out the TAS Top 3.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 4

Posted 2-28-12 by

Tags: Air, Caveman, Chairlift, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Mark Lanegan Band, Perfume Genius, Shearwater, Tennis, The Big Pink, The Magnetic Fields

As Cloud Nothings float to the top of the TAS Top 20, both Shearwater and The Magnetic Fields break onto the album chart with new releases.

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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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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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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending February 21

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New albums and tracks from Broken Bells, Charlotte Gainsbourg and the Shout Out Louds jump onto this week's chart and it has been a three-way struggle for number one over the last few weeks. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has all of the details.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending February 7

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Tags: Alec Ounsworth, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Basia Bulat, Beach House, BlakRoc, Built to Spill, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Editors, Hot Chip, Massive Attack, Midlake, Spoon, Tegan and Sara, The Magnetic Fields, The xx, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Cold Cave gives Vampire Weekend the chills, while Hot Chip heats up this week's album chart. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris gives you the Top 20 lowdown.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending January 31

Posted 1-26-10 by

Tags: Air, Alec Ounsworth, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Basia Bulat, Beach House, BlakRoc, Built to Spill, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Editors, Massive Attack, Midlake, Spoon, Tegan and Sara, The Magnetic Fields, The xx, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Vampire Weekend might still be the boy kings of The TAS Top 20 album chart, but watch out - here comes the Spoon men and fresh sounds from Basia Bulat. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has your weekly chart.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending January 24

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Tags: Air, Alec Ounsworth, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Beach House, BlakRoc, Built to Spill, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Editors, Massive Attack, Midlake, Spoon, Tegan and Sara, The Black Hollies, The Magnetic Fields, The xx, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Vampire Weekend takes a bite from the chart while Beach House and The Magnetic Fields make their debut. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has this week's champs

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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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