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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending July 4

Posted 6-29-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Blitzen Trapper, Broken Social Scene, Foals, Freelance Whales, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Kele, LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Phantogram, Sleigh Bells, The Apples in Stereo, The Black Keys, The Dead Weather, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Roots

The Roots make their TAS Top 20 album chart debut with How I Got Over while The Black Keys, The National and LCD Soundsystem swap places. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has your summer stats.

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Reunited Guided By Voices, Pavement, Belle & Sebastian Aboard Matador Records Anniversary Show

Posted 6-29-10 by
Tags: Belle and Sebastian, Cat Power, Guided By Voices, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Spoon, Superchunk, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The New Pornographers, Yo La Tengo

The influential indie record label will be celebrating its 21st birthday in Las Vegas this October with a three-night mini-festival that includes Pavement, Belle & Sebastian, Spoon, Sonic Youth, The New Pornographers, Superchunk, Yo La Tengo, Cat Power and, significantly, a reunited Guided By Voices (the so-called "classic 1993-1996" lineup)

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending June 27

Posted 6-22-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Blitzen Trapper, Broken Social Scene, Foals, Freelance Whales, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Kele, LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Phantogram, Sleigh Bells, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Apples in Stereo, The Black Keys, The Dead Weather, The Morning Bender, The National, The New Pornographers

Arcade Fire, who just added a second show at New York's Madison Square Garden on August 4, jump onto the TAS Top 20 album chart this week with The Suburbs, while The National and The Black Keys battle on for number one. Russ Borris has your weekly update.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending June 13

Posted 6-8-10 by
Tags: Beach House, Blitzen Trapper, Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Foals, Freelance Whales, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Phantogram, Shout Out Louds, Sleigh Bells, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Apples in Stereo, The Black Keys, The Dead Weather, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers

Foals trot onto the TAS Top Twenty album chart with Total Life Forever while Brooklyn bands, The National and LCD Soundsystem, still arm wrestle for that number one spot. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has this week's stats.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 23

Posted 5-18-10 by
Tags: Beach House, Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Freelance Whales, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, LCD Soundsystem, Local Natives, MGMT, Phantogram, Shout Out Louds, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Apples in Stereo, The Black Keys, The Dead Weather, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, Yeasayer

The Dead Weather and The Apples in Stereo travel through space and time to debut on this week's TAS Top 20 album chart while Broken Social Scene break their way to the top. Our assistant music director Russ Borris rounds up this week's chart climbers and crashers.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 16

Posted 5-11-10 by
Tags: Beach House, Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Freelance Whales, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, LCD Soundsystem, Local Natives, MGMT, Phantogram, Shout Out Louds, Spoon, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Black Keys, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Everything is nearly broken as Broken Bells and Broken Social Scene challenge the seemingly unbreakable Gorillaz for the top spot. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has this week's album chart rundown.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 9

Posted 5-4-10 by
Tags: Beach House, Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Freelance Whales, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, LCD Soundsystem, Local Natives, MGMT, Phantogram, Shout Out Louds, Spoon, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Black Keys, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

While Saratoga Springs' buoyant duo Phantogram make their TAS debut, this week's eclectic album chart is a zoo of Gorillaz, Freelance Whales and LCD Soundsystem's battalion of "Drunk Girls." Our own Russ Borris has the stats.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 18

Posted 4-13-10 by
Tags: Basia Bulat, Beach House, Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Freelance Whales, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, Local Natives, MGMT, Midlake, Shout Out Louds, Spoon, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Black Keys, The Magnetic Fields, The New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

The Black Keys debut on the chart this week as Broken Bells crack the top slot. Assistant music director Russ Borris has your highest ranking albums getting spins on The Alternate Side.

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Lollapalooza 2010 Lineup: Soundgarden, Arcade Fire, Green Day, The Strokes, Lady Gaga And Phoenix

Posted 4-6-10 by
Tags: 2ManyDJs, AFI, Arcade Fire, Blitzen Trapper, Chromeo, Cut Copy, Cypress Hill, Deer Tick, Devo, Digitalism, Dirty Projectors, Empire of the Sun, Erykah Badu, F**k Buttons, Felix Da Housecat, Freelance Whales, Frightened Rabbit, Green Day, Grizzly Bear, Health, Hockey, Hot Chip, Jimmy Cliff, Kaskade, Lady Gaga, Matt & Kim, Mavis Staples, Metric, MGMT, Minus he Bear, Mumford & Sons, MUTEMATH, Phoenix, Raphael Saadiq, Social Distortion, Soundgarden, Spoon, Stars, The Antlers, The Big Pink, The Black Keys, The Cribs, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Strokes, The Temper Trap, The xx, Tiga, Wild Beasts, Wolfmother, X Japan, Yeasayer

The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have revealed the event's 2010 lineup with the reunited Soundgarden, Broadway's Green Day, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Phoenix and The Strokes as headliners. Other bands and artists include MGMT, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, Devo, The National and the recently arrested Erykah Badu. The festival takes place August 6-8 in Chicago

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 11

Posted 4-6-10 by
Tags: Basia Bulat, Beach House, Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Freelance Whales, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, Local Natives, MGMT, Midlake, Shout Out Louds, Spoon, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Editors, The Magnetic Fields, The New Pornographers, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

As Gorillaz, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists and Broken Bells make their way to the top four, Yeasayer and Vampire Weekend arm wrestle for the top slot. Russ Borris has this week's Top 20 album chart. M

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 4

Posted 3-30-10 by
Tags: Broken Social Scene, MGMT, The New Pornographers, Yeasayer

While MGMT, Broken Social Scene and The New Pornographers segue into this week's Top Twenty album charts, Yeasayer stay atop the fray. Russ Borris has your weekly rundown of Top TAS records

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