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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending April 8

Posted 4-3-12 by
Tags: Cloud Nothings, Django Django, Fanfarlo, Grimes, Lost In The Trees, Mark Lanegan Band, Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten, Sleigh Bells, Tanlines, The Shins, White Rabbits

While Lost in the Trees find their way onto the TAS album chart, The Shins drop anchor at the top spot with Port of Morrow.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 25

Posted 3-20-12 by
Tags: Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Howler, Perfume Genius, Sharon Van Etten, Sleigh Bells, Tanlines, The Magnetic Fields, The Shins, White Rabbits

Brooklyn's own Tanlines and a new lineup of The Shins break into the TAS Top 20 while The Magnetic Fields keep Sleigh Bells at bay to retain their number 1 position.

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Sharon Van Etten: SXSW 2012 Interview

Posted 3-16-12 by , Rita Houston
Tags: Sharon Van Etten

Brooklyn's Sharon Van Etten, a veteran of many SXSW tours of duty, had a particularly powerful set at Stubbs on Wednesday night, as part of NPR Music's showcase, playing songs from her new album Tramp which dropped last month. It was a triumphant night for Van Etten and The Alternate Side will feature highlights from her set tonight, March 16, on TAS on 90.7 WFUV and streaming on the site. WFUV's Rita Houston caught up with Van Etten at Hotel San Jose in Austin and learned more about the genesis of Tramp, the wooing of The National's Aaron Dessner as producer and how New York constantly inspires her ... and kicks her butt.

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TAS And WFUV SXSW 2012 Coverage Includes Live Broadcasts, Springsteen And Much More

Posted 3-14-12 by
Tags: Alabama Shakes, Andrew Bird, Gary Clark Jr., Lower Dens, Poliça, Sharon Van Etten, Shearwater

Both WFUV and The Alternate Side will be in Austin this week for the SXSW music festival, the annual aggregation of emerging and established bands and the music industry. We want to bring our listeners down to Texas for the gigs, the barbecues and 6th Street mayhem. Beginning Thursday, March 15 and continuing through Sunday, March 18, TAS and WFUV will be broadcasting and streaming live performances from Alabama Shakes, Shearwater, Sharon Van Etten, Magnetic Fields, Andrew Bird and many more. Plus, look for special band blogs, video streams from NPR Music and on-site interviews on both the TAS and WFUV websites. After the jump, more on our SXSW set schedule, including WFUV's very own showcase.

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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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Watch: The War On Drugs Video For 'Brothers'

Posted 1-26-12 by
Tags: Sharon Van Etten, The War On Drugs, White Rabbits

The War On Drugs has released a brand new vidoe for their track "Brothers," off of Slave Ambient, out now on Secretly Canadian. The somber, shadowy (and darkly filmed) video of an elderly, gun-toting cowboy and his nurse was directed by the team of Ben and Alex Brewer.

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Win Tix To See Sharon Van Etten At MHOW On February 24

Posted 1-9-12 by
Tags: Sharon Van Etten

Sharon Van Etten's third album, Tramp, will be released by Jagjaguwar Records on February 7. The singer, who worked with The National's Aaron Dessner on her latest album and who has opened for that band in the past, launches her own headlining trek on February 10. That road trip includes two stops in the New York area, at Music Hall of Williamsburg and Bowery Ballroom, with opening band Shearwater. The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to the Brooklyn gig on February 24, a homecoming event for Van Etten.

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Sharon Van Etten Tramps Into View With 'Serpents' Download, Album Art

Posted 11-29-11 by
Tags: Sharon Van Etten, Shearwater, The National

Brooklyn's own Sharon Van Etten, who opens for The National on December 13 at the Beacon Theatre, doesn't release her new album Tramp until February, but she's teasing fans with a free download of "Serpents" from the upcoming release, courtesy of her label Jagjaguwar. After the jump, a link to the download plus album art.

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The War On Drugs Set 2012 Tour With Sharon Van Etten

Posted 11-8-11 by
Tags: Sharon Van Etten, Still Corners, The National, The War On Drugs

The War On Drugs, who play two New York shows next month, at Bowery Ballroom on December 11 and opening for The National at the Beacon Theater on December 12, have announced a West Coast leg of their headlining tour. The trek begins March 20 in Los Angeles. Opening for the quartet will be Sharon Van Etten, who releases her new album, Tramp, on February 7 via Jagjaguwar. In addition, The Alternate Side's sister station, 90.7 WFUV, will air a Words & Music session with the band on December 7 at 9 p.m.

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The National Tour Again With A Four-Night New York Stand

Posted 9-13-11 by
Tags: Local Natives, Neko Case, Sharon Van Etten, So Percussion, The National, The Walkmen, The War On Drugs, Wye Oak

The National, joined by friends like The Walkmen and Wye Oak, are gearing up for a November through mid-December world tour with stops in Asia, Australia and, happily, North America. Even better, they've plotted a four-night stand at New York's Beacon Theatre in December - with a different opening act each night. Tickets go on sale for that this Friday, 9/16, but pre-sale begins tomorrow, 9/14.

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Northside Festival Coverage: Guided By Voices, Wavves, Sharon Van Etten

Posted 6-20-11 by , Joe Grimaldi
Tags: Guided By Voices, Sharon Van Etten, Wavves

The Alternate Side's ace photo team of Joe Grimaldi and Bailey Baffert made it their mission to cover as much of this past weekend's Northside Festival as possible. After the jump, more festive Brooklyn visuals of Guided By Voices and Wavves' McCarren Park outing on Saturday, June 18, and Sharon Van Etten's rainy gig with Beirut (where she was joined by The National's Aaron Dessner on three songs) on Friday, June 17.

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Theophilus London, Surfer Blood, Sharon Van Etten Added to Northside Festival

Posted 4-27-11 by
Tags: Beirut, Guided By Voices, Sharon Van Etten, Surfer Blood, Theophilus London, Wavves

Theophilus London, Sharon Van Etten, Surfer Blood, Dom, Twin Sister, Frankie Rose & The Outs and the Stateside debut of Iceage have been added to the ever-growing lineup for the Northside Festival this June. Previously announced headliners are Guided by Voices  and Beirut.

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Win Tickets For Sharon Van Etten At Music Hall Of Williamsburg

Posted 3-7-11 by
Tags: Sharon Van Etten

Singer and songwriter Sharon Van Etten has had an exhausting tour schedule over the last few months, both headlining her own gigs (including SXSW this month) and opening for The National in Europe. Her homecoming gig at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 16 might be her last local show for a while, and we're giving you the chance to see this gifted singer whose 2010 album Epic was one of the highlights of last year.

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TAS SXSW Preview: Sharon Van Etten

Posted 2-18-11 by
Tags: Sharon Van Etten, The National

Singer and songwriter Sharon Van Etten quietly released one of the more extraordinary albums of the last year, the mutable and deeply moving Epic. Currently opening for The National in Europe and preparing for a lengthy North American tour beginning this March, an admittedly jet-lagged Van Etten chatted with The Alternate Side over email while in London and updated us on her road trip, her work with The National's Aaron Dessner on her next album and how she plans on surviving SXSW in a month.

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