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Okkervil River, The Hold Steady, Wye Oak Tapped For Truck America Festival

Posted 6-23-11 by
Tags: Okkervil River, Ra Ra Riot, The Hold Steady, Wye Oak

The UK-born Truck Festival will make its second appearance Stateside this summer, with Okkervil River, The Hold Steady, Wye Oak and Ra Ra Riot among the first bands announced for the event, which takes place September 9-11 in the bucolic Catskills.  Early bird tickets for the Truck America Festival are on sale now.

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Vampire Weekend, Bright Eyes Headline MTK Festival in East Hamptons

Posted 5-10-11 by
Tags: Bright Eyes, Chromeo, Cold War Kids, M. Ward, Matt & Kim, Ra Ra Riot, Tame Impala, The Naked and Famous, Vampire Weekend

Okay, a fine reason to endure the Hampton jitney this summer: Vampire Weekend and Bright Eyes will headline the MTK: Music To Know Festival on August 13-14 in East Hampton, Long Island with Cold War Kids, Chromeo, Tame Impala, Matt & Kim, Ra Ra Riot, The Naked and Famous, M. Ward and more joining the lineup. Tickets go on sale today, May 10.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending November 28

Posted 11-23-10 by
Tags: Antony and the Johnsons, Chromeo, Clinic, Deerhunter, Grinderman, Of Montreal, Ra Ra Riot, Sufjan Stevens, Superchunk

Clinic chew up the TAS Top 20 chart with Bubblegum  while Bradford Cox and his Deerhunter compadres land solidly at Number One.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending October 31

Posted 10-26-10 by
Tags: Autolux, Grinderman, Junip, Marx Ronson, Maximum Balloon, Of Montreal, Ra Ra Riot, Stornoway, The Roots, The Walkmen

Nick Cave's side project Grinderman bolts onto the TAS Top 20 while an Oxford band - no, not Radiohead - takes over the top slot.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending October 10

Posted 10-5-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Autolux, Deerhunter, Foals, Interpol, Junip, Ra Ra Riot, Sleigh Bells, The Walkmen

Deerhunter make their way onto the Top 20 with Halcyon Digest while Interpol mark their second week at the summit of the TAS album chart.

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The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending August 15

Posted 8-10-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Chromeo, Ra Ra Riot

Chromeo, The Walkmen and Ra Ra Riot slip onto the TAS Top 20 this week, but have a long way to go before they can take down Arcade Fire in the top slot. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has this week's album roundup.

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Ra Ra Riot Set Tour Dates With A Four-Night New York Stand

Posted 6-29-10 by
Tags: Ra Ra Riot

Chamber popsters Ra Ra Riot drop their sophomore album, The Orchard, on August 24 and line up a lengthy fall tour, which includes a four-night stand in New York.

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TAS in Session: Ra Ra Riot

Posted 12-27-08 by
Tags: Ra Ra Riot

Exclusive, live from Studio A: Ra Ra Riot performs "Too Too Fast" for The Alternate Side.

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TAS Staff Picks: Best of 2008

Posted 12-26-08 by
Tags: Alejandro Escovedo, Amos Lee, Ani DiFranco, Atmosphere, Beck, Bell X1, Bon Iver, Calexico, Coldplay, Conor Oberst, Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons, David Byrne and Brian Eno, Death Cab for Cutie, DeVotchKa, Drive-By Truckers, Duffy, Elbow, Emiliana Torrini, Fleet Foxes, Frightened Rabbit, Gnarls Barkley, Jaymay, Jenny Lewis, John Mayer, Kanye West, Kathleen Edwards, Little Jackie, Lykki Li, MGMT, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf, Portishead, Ra Ra Riot, Santogold, She & Him, The Black Keys, The Hold Steady, The Walkmen, Thievery Corporation, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend

The Alternate Side staff picks their favorite albums of 2008

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