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Celebrate Record Store Day 2012

Posted 4-19-12 by

Tags: Arcade Fire, Bruce Springsteen, Everest, Four Tet, Mates of State, PiL, The White Stripes

Record Store Day marks its fifth anniversary today, April 21, and across the US, UK, Europe and Canada, thousands of independent record shops — stubborn survivors of these hard economic times — will be marking the day with special releases from hundreds of diverse bands and artists, like the White Stripes, Beach House, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, St. Vincent, Miike Snow, Foster the People, Florence and the Machine, PiL, Arctic Monkeys, Shabazz Palaces, Sigur Rós, M83, and hell, even Katy Perry. in New York, local stores like Other Music, Sound Fix and J&R Music World will have special events marking the day. After the jump, some links and a brief roundup.

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Mates Of State: TAS In Session

Posted 12-22-11 by , Russ Borris

Tags: Mates of State

San Francisco's Mates of State, the married duo of Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner, released one of the strongest albums of their career in 2011, the effusively crafted Mountaintops. Their busy year included a lengthy tour, a stint on "Late Night with David Letterman" and a festive recording of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" for Fuse (along with Robyn, Portugal.The Man and DJ Khaled) ... and a visit to The Alternate Side's Studio A. Hammel and Gardner played a mini-set of songs from Mountaintops for TAS and chatted about their love for Lars Ulrich and why "selling out" is a misnomer for today's musicians.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending December 18

Posted 12-13-11 by

Tags: Atlas Sound, Björk, Class Actress, Dum Dum Girls, Feist, Los Campesinos!, M83, Mates of State, St. Vincent, The Drums, Zola Jesus

Los Campesinos! crowd onto the TAS Top 20 stage while Atlas Sound conquers the long-lived M83 empire.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending December 11

Posted 12-6-11 by

Tags: Atlas Sound, Björk, Deer Tick, Dum Dum Girls, Feist, Girls, Guided By Voices, M83, Mates of State, Neon Indian, Real Estate, St. Vincent, Zola Jesus

Guided By Voices charges into the TAS Top 20 with a brazen reunion while M83 loiters at the pinnacle of the album chart with Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending December 4

Posted 11-29-11 by

Tags: Class Actress, Crooked Fingers, Dum Dum Girls, Feist, Girls, M83, Mates of State, Neon Indian, Real Estate, St. Vincent, The Drums

Class Actress and Crooked Fingers break into the TAS Top 20 while M83 slows down and holds onto the very peak of the album chart for another week.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending November 27

Posted 11-22-11 by

Tags: Björk, Deer Tick, Dum Dum Girls, Feist, Girls, M83, Mates of State, Neon Indian, Real Estate, St. Vincent, The Drums

M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, spends a second week atop the TAS Top 20, just in time for his two-show stopover in New York this week.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending November 6

Posted 11-1-11 by

Tags: Björk, Dum Dum Girls, Feist, Girls, M83, Mates of State, Mister Heavenly, St. Vincent, The Drums, The War On Drugs, Wild Flag

Women reign on this week's TAS Top 20 with Wild Flag, Feist and St. Vincent rising to the pinnacle of the chart.

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The National Cover The Philistines Jr. For New Compilation (Audio)

Posted 10-26-11 by

Tags: Frightened Rabbit, Jónsi, Mates of State, The National, The Philistines Jr., We Were Promised Jetpacks

The National, who have a four-concert run at New York's Beacon Theater this December, join Jónsi, Frightened Rabbit, Mates of State, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Mercury Rev, The Kissaway Trail and more for a special edition — including remixes and covers —of the Philistines Jr.'s 2010 album If A Band Plays in the Woods ...? due for release on November 1. The Philistines Jr. play their first New York show in four years on October 29 at Arlene's Grocery. After the jump, check out The National's take on "Twenty Miles To NH (Part 2)."

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending October 16

Posted 10-11-11 by

Tags: Blitzen Trapper, Dum Dum Girls, Feist, Fool's Gold, Girls, Mates of State, Megafaun, Real Estate, St. Vincent, The Horrors, Wild Flag

Mates of State and Real Estate conflate with the TAS Top 20 fête (we couldn't resist a little rhyme) while Girls fend off a real girl, St. Vincent, for another week at Number One.

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TAS in Session: Mates of State

Posted 12-28-08 by

Tags: Mates of State

Exclusive, live from The Alternate Side's Studio A: Mates of State with "My Only Offer."

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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.