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TAS In Session: Flashback 2010 (Part Two)

Posted 12-27-10 by
Tags: Blitzen Trapper, El Guincho, Field Music, Fyfe Dangerfield, Stars, Stornoway, The Tallest Man On Earth, The Walkmen

Last week we gave you the first part of TAS In Session: Flashback 2010,  looking back at many of bands and musicians who passed through Studio A over the past year and highlighting some of the songs played in live performance. We also updated you on what these artists have planned for 2011, from tours to new recordings to free downloads you can find this very minute on their websites. This week, the promised Part Two of our reminiscence and we've rounded up another collection of 2010's  live performances from Stornoway, The Walkmen, Field Music, The Morning Benders, El Guincho, The Tallest Man on Earth, Stars, Lost in the Trees, K-os and many more.

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TAS In Session: The Tallest Man On Earth

Posted 12-13-10 by , Alisa Ali
Tags: Kristian Matsson, The Tallest Man On Earth

Soft-spoken Swedish singer Kristian Matsson, better known as The Tallest Man on Earth, dropped by The Alternate Side not long ago to chat about his recent EP, Sometimes The Blues is Just a Passing Bird, the fairly quick followup to his second album, The Wild Hunt, which was released in the spring. Kristian wanted to play his red electric guitar for us, so we were treated to plugged-in versions of "The Dreamer" and "Tangle in This Trampled Wheat." But who ever figured Kristian for a "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" fan?

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TAS Playlist Report: Four Tet, Caribou, She & Him And More

Posted 2-3-10 by
Tags: Caribou, Elizabeth Fraser, Four Tet, Holly Miranda, Pantha du Prince, Seabear, She & Him, The Album Leaf, The Tallest Man On Earth

Four Tet, Elizabeth Fraser, Caribou, The Album Leaf, She & Him, Seabear and more added to The Alternate Side's playlist for the week of February 1.

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