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The Antlers, Elbow And James Blake Sessions Noted As Faves Of TAS Engineering And Video Staffers

Posted 12-30-11 by
Tags: Active Child, Beirut, Elbow, Feist, Fruit Bats, James Blake, Man Man, The Antlers, The Naked and Famous

Behind every one of 2011's TAS or WFUV sessions in Studio A was an engineer who handled the mix, charged with the responsibility of making notable bands and artists like Feist, James Blake, Elbow, The Naked and Famous, The Antlers, Fruit Bats and more sound as good as possible for on-air broadcast. The bulk of the sessions are also taped by a video team, who are learning to capture performances in a visually exciting way. As the year comes to an end, the TAS video and engineering teams,  most of them students at Fordham University, chose the most rewarding or meaningful sessions they worked on over the last year.

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TAS In Session: Flashback 2011, Part 1

Posted 12-19-11 by
Tags: Beirut, Cults, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Laura Marling, Man Man, The Antlers, The Naked and Famous, The Radio Dept., The Raveonettes, The Vaccines

Over the past twelve months, The Alternate Side, alongside our sister station WFUV, has hosted dozens of live sessions in our studio with a vivid, inspiriting array of musicians and bands. We've had the chance to shift from The Antlers' luminous introspections to the muscular, shambolic rock of Man Man and end up at the gentle-but-lethal songwriting of Laura Marling. We wanted to revisit some of our favorite performances from many of those sessions, like The Naked and Famous' stirring "Young Blood" or Beirut's accordion-spurred anthem "Santa Fe," and give you updates on what's coming up in 2012 for many of these artists and bands.

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Man Man: TAS In Session

Posted 10-24-11 by , Russ Borris
Tags: Man Man, Mister Heavenly

You have to expect the unexpected with Philadelphia's Man Man. The offbeat, experimental rockers, whose love of eclectic instruments informs their wild, unpredictable live shows, released their fourth album, Life Fantastic, earlier this year via ANTI-. The band is in the midst of a fall tour, playing Sacramento, CA tonight and wrapping up their road trip, appropriately, this Saturday, October 29, with the Hallowbaloo Festival in Honolulu. Not long ago Honus Honus, Pow Pow, Turkey Moth, Chang Wang and Jefferson — no, not their real names — dropped by The Alternate Side and delved into "Haute Tropique," "Pirhanas Club" and more. You can hear the session on TAS on 91.5 WNYE this Friday, October 28, at 11 a.m. or streaming on The Alternate Side.

 

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending July 10

Posted 7-5-11 by
Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Bon Iver, Cults, Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Friendly Fires, Holy Ghost!, Man Man, Okkervil River, Shabazz Palaces, The Antlers

Those manic men of Man Man jostle their way onto the TAS Top 20 while quiet Justin Vernon of Bon Iver whispers his way to number one.

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