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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 26

Posted 2-21-12 by

Tags: Air, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Hospitality, Howler, Los Campesinos!, Mark Lanegan Band, Nada Surf, Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten, Tennis, The Big Pink, The Roots

Contemplative new albums from Sharon Van Etten and Perfume Genius step onto The Alternate Side's album chart while Tennis sails to the very top.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 19

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Tags: Air, Caveman, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Hospitality, Howler, Islands, Mark Lanegan Band, Nada Surf, Sleigh Bells, Tennis, The Big Pink, The Roots, Zola Jesus

Islands and the Mark Lanegan Band break onto the TAS Top 20 while star-gazing Nada Surf remains at the pinnacle of the album chart.

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Watch And Listen: Nada Surf Live At Rockwood Music Hall

Posted 2-8-12 by

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Brooklyn stalwarts Nada Surf, who are marking their 20th anniversary this year with their seventh album, The Stars Are Different to Astronomy, are currently touring Europe before heading back Stateside in March. But back in January, the band, who top the TAS Top 20 album chart this week, played a very special live show at New York's Rockwood Music Hall, for The Alternate Side's sister station WFUV. After the jump, watch their live performance of songs. like "Waiting For Something," and "Teenage Dreams" from the new album, and listen to the concert on Thursday night, February 9. on 90.7 WFUV at 9 p.m. ET, hosted by TAS' own Russ Borris.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 12

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Tags: Alamo Race Track, Guided By Voices, Howler, Los Campesinos! Zola Jesus, M83, Nada Surf, Of Montreal, Tennis, The Big Pink, The Roots

Nada Surf kickflip to the crest of the TAS Top 20 while Howler paddle onto the album chart for the first time.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 5

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Tags: Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Guided By Voices, Los Campesinos!, M83, Nada Surf, Of Montreal, Tennis, The Big Pink, The Roots, Zola Jesus

London's The Big Pink and Cleveland's Cloud Nothings drift onto the TAS Top 20 while The Roots remain planted at the pinnacle of this week's album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending January 29

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Tags: Air, Caveman, Chairlift, Grimes, Guided By Voices, Hospitality, Los Campesinos!, Nada Surf, Of Montreal, Tennis, The Roots, Zola Jesus

A new year and lots of new albums with Of Montreal, Sleigh Bells, Hospitality and Air debuting in the TAS Top 20 while The Roots anchor the apex of the album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending January 22

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Tags: Atlas Sound, Caveman, Grimes, Guided By Voices, Los Campesinos! Class Actress, M83, Nada Surf, The Black Keys, The Roots, Zola Jesus

The Roots, Grimes and Caveman charge into TAS Top 20 while Guided By Voices flex indie rock muscle and take down The Black Keys a notch.

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TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending January 15

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Tags: Alamo Race Track, Atlas Sound, Chairlift, Guided By Voices, M83, Nada Surf, Tennis, The Black Keys, Zola Jesus

For the first TAS Top 20 of 2012, the album chart gets a fresh influx of new records from Alamo Race Track, Nada Surf, Chairlift and Tennis.

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More Local Aid: Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, St. Vincent, Cold War Kids, The Roots, Spoon's Britt Daniel Join Haitian Benefits

An update on concerts in the New York area that will benefit Haiti's earthquake survivors. Our updated list features more charitable events featuring Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, St. Vincent, Cold War Kids, The Roots, Spoon's Britt Daniel, Matisyahu, Kaki King, and many more.

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TAS Staff Picks: Best of 2008

The Alternate Side staff picks their favorite albums of 2008

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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.