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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending August 21

Posted 8-16-11 by
Tags: Beirut, Bon Iver, Fool's Gold, Handsome Furs, Shabazz Palaces, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, The Antlers, The Horrors, The Shivers, Washed Out

It's a Pacific Coast takeover on the TAS Top 20 as L.A.'s Fool's Gold and Portland-based Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks debut while Seattle's Shabazz Palaces finally become kings of the chart, dethroning Bon Iver.

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My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird Salute The Muppets and Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Streaming Now on NPR Music

Posted 8-15-11 by
Tags: Andrew Bird, My Morning Jacket, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Weezer

Two excellent new albums are available for your streaming pleasure right now on NPR Music First Listen series. The first, Muppets: The Green Album, features My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, Weezer and more saluting Jim Henson's crew with covers of Kermit-and-Elmo classics. The second record streaming is Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks' Mirror Traffic, out on August 23 on Matador (and August 22 on Domino in the UK).

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Win Tix To Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks At T5 On September 26

Posted 8-15-11 by
Tags: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Although last year's Pavement reunion slightly sidelined Stephen Malkmus' solo trajectory, he wasted little time getting back into the studio to work on his fifth album, Mirror Traffic, shrewdly recruiting Beck as his producer. The record, which is out on August 23, is easy-going with a firm bite; the first single, "Senator," has funny, but FCC-damned lyrics that ferociously defy easy airplay. The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to see Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks play Terminal 5 on September 26 and we can't wait for the inevitable, uncensored "Senator" sing-a-long.

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