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New Year's Eve Giveaway: Matt & Kim VIP Package At Hammerstein Ballroom On December 31

Posted 12-19-11 by
Tags: Matt and Kim

Not sure how you're ushering in 2012 yet? The Alternate Side might have you covered. We're giving away a VIP New Year's Eve package to see Matt & Kim play Hammerstein Ballroom on December 31 with openers Super Mash Bros. and Body Language. The lucky winner of a four-pack of box tickets will also take home one private pressing of Matt & Kim's eponymous debut album in a handsome silkscreened sleeve, designed by Kim Schifino herself. It's the band's last show for six months as they write and record their fourth album. The deadline to enter this very special New Year's Eve giveaway is this Friday, December 23, at 12 noon.

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Matt And Kim Hit The Road For A Spring Tour

Posted 3-3-11 by
Tags: Matt and Kim

No, they're not chasing pavements, but Matt and Kim are kicking off a tour this May to support their recent album Sidewalks. Their travels, which includes a hometown stop at New York's Terminal 5 on June 29, will take them to previously announced stands at Sasquatch and Bonnaroo too.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 6

Posted 2-1-11 by
Tags: Belle and Sebastian, Bright Eyes, British Sea Power, Broken Records, Matt and Kim, PJ Harvey, Smith Westerns, Tennis, The Twilight Singers, The Vaccines, Warpaint

New albums from Bright Eyes and Broken Records stir up the TAS Top 20 while Warpaint's The Fool still sits smartly in the top spot.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending January 30

Posted 1-25-11 by
Tags: British Sea Power, Cut Copy, Deerhoof, DeVotchKa, Matt and Kim, PJ Harvey, Smith Westerns, Tennis, The Dears, The Twilight Singers, The Vaccines, Warpaint

 The Dears, Deerhoof and DeVotchKa dive onto the TAS Top 20 - along with UK upstarts The Vaccines. Plus, Warpaint prove that they're no fools.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending January 23

Posted 1-18-11 by
Tags: Belle and Sebastian, British Sea Power, Cut Copy, Deerhunter, Destroyer, Gorillaz, Matt and Kim, PJ Harvey, Smith Westerns, The Greenhornes, The Posies

PJ Harvey, Cut Copy, Destroyer and Smith Westerns gambol onto this week's TAS Top 20 while those quirky Scots still dominate the apex of the album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending January 9

Posted 1-4-11 by
Tags: Belle and Sebastian, Blonde Redhead, Clinic, Deerhunter, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Matt and Kim, Sufjan Stevens, The Greenhornes, The Twilight Singers

The Twilight Singers' upcoming release on Sub Pop, Gorillaz' Christmas surprise and the latest, asterisk-abundant record from The Greenhornes all enter the first TAS Top 20 album chart for 2011 as another long-lived group takes over the top spot.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending December 19

Posted 12-14-10 by
Tags: Antony and the Johnson, Belle and Sebastian, Chromeo, Deerhunter, LCD Soundsystem, Mark Ronson, Matt and Kim, Sufjan Stevens, Superchunk, The Posies

Little surprise that Deerhunter's excellent Halcyon Digest is back atop the TAS Top 20 album chart, but the "and" bands -  Matt and Kim, Antony and the Johnsons and Belle and Sebastian - are challenging Bradford Cox and his crew.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending December 12

Posted 12-7-10 by
Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Belle and Sebastian, Chromeo, Deerhunter, Grinderman, LCD Soundsystem, Matt and Kim, Sufjan Stevens, Warpaint

 LCD Soundsystem's cathartic live album London Sessions blasts onto the TAS Top 20 while a indie-cute Brooklyn couple take on the top slot, elbowing Deerhunter and Antony Hegarty out of the way.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending December 5

Posted 11-30-10 by
Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Clinic, Deerhunter, Grinderman, Matt and Kim, Sufjan Stevens, The Posies, Warpaint

While Antony Hegarty sadly croons his way to the top slot, Warpaint sends salvos onto this week's TAS Top 20 with The Fool.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending November 21

Posted 11-16-10 by
Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Arcade Fire, Belle and Sebastian, Chromeo, Deerhunter, Interpol, Junip, Matt and Kim, Sufjan Stevens, Superchunk

The TAS album chart takes a seismic shift as Interpol and Arcade fire slip to the bottom rungs while Deerhunter, Superchunk and Sufjan Stevens soar to the top.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending November 7

Posted 11-2-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Autolux, Chromeo, Interpol, Junip, Matt and Kim, Of Montreal, Stornoway, Sufjan Stevens, Superchunk, The Walkmen

 Matt and Kim sidewalk onto this week's TAS Top 20 album chart while The Walkmen saunter into the top three. 

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Muse, The Strokes, M.I.A., The Flaming Lips Booked For Austin City Limits Festival

Posted 5-18-10 by
Tags: Band Of Horses, Beach House, Bear in Heaven, Deadmau5, Foals, LCD Soundsystem, Local Natives, M.I.A., Manchester Orchestra, Matt and Kim, Midlake, Monsters of Folk, Muse, Sonic Youth, Spoon, The Black Keys, The Flaming Lips, The Morning Benders, The National, The Soft Pack, The Strokes, The Temper Trap, The Very Best, The xx, Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, White Rabbits, Yeasayer

The Texas festival, which takes place October 8-10, will feature headliners The Eagles, Muse, Phish, The Strokes, M.I.A. and Flaming Lips as well as LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Spoon, The National, Sonic Youth, Monsters of Folk, Deadmau5 and dozens more

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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Matt and Kim, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists For Siren Festival

Posted 5-5-10 by
Tags: Beach House, Broken Social Scene, Frightened Rabbit, Harlem, M.I.A, Matt and Kim, Surfer Blood, Ted Leo, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Pharmacists

Brooklyn's Coney Island will be a rock 'n' roll mecca on July 17 thanks to the return of the Village Voice's Siren Festival, celebrating its tenth anniversary with a lineup that includes The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Matt and Kim, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Surfer Blood and Harlem.

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