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TAS In Session: Flashback 2011, Part 1

Posted 12-19-11 by
Tags: Beirut, Cults, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Laura Marling, Man Man, The Antlers, The Naked and Famous, The Radio Dept., The Raveonettes, The Vaccines

Over the past twelve months, The Alternate Side, alongside our sister station WFUV, has hosted dozens of live sessions in our studio with a vivid, inspiriting array of musicians and bands. We've had the chance to shift from The Antlers' luminous introspections to the muscular, shambolic rock of Man Man and end up at the gentle-but-lethal songwriting of Laura Marling. We wanted to revisit some of our favorite performances from many of those sessions, like The Naked and Famous' stirring "Young Blood" or Beirut's accordion-spurred anthem "Santa Fe," and give you updates on what's coming up in 2012 for many of these artists and bands.

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TAS In Session: The Radio Dept.

Posted 3-28-11 by
Tags: The Radio Dept.

The Radio Dept., Sweden's dreamy pop perfectionists, are having a very productive year, not only with the release of 2010's critically-acclaimed Clinging To A Scheme and an EP, Never Follow Suit, but a recent career-spanning retrospective, Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010. The trio, who play Coachella and Sasquatch Music Festival this spring, visited The Alternate Side for a chat and performed three songs, including a striking, stripped-down version of "Heaven's On Fire."

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