TAS Interview: The Middle East

Instrumentally precocious, folk-kissed rock septet The Middle East made their much buzzed-about North American debut at SXSW in March. The Aussie band, whose EP The Recordings of the Middle East dropped Stateside in late fall 2009, will make their Glastonbury Festival debut this weekend. The Alternate Side connected with singer and guitarist Jordan Ireland and learned about the status of the band's much-anticipated new album and why acoustic guitar might be "done" for the group ... for now.

The National Expand Summer Tour Dates With Pavement, Beach House, Fanfarlo, Okkervil River and More

The National will be living out of suitcases for a long time; the Brooklyn band has expanded their summer tour and will be gigging with everyone from Pavement to Rufus Wainwright.

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