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The Walkmen Roll Out More Tour Dates

Posted 11-11-10 by

Tags: School of Seven Bells, Tennis, The Walkmen

The Walkmen, who play New York's Terminal 5 on December 2 with School of Seven Bells and Tennis, have rolled out additional tour dates in support of their breezy, but muscular new album Lisbon.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending November 7

Posted 11-2-10 by

Tags: Arcade Fire, Autolux, Chromeo, Interpol, Junip, Matt and Kim, Of Montreal, Stornoway, Sufjan Stevens, Superchunk, The Walkmen

Matt and Kim sidewalk onto this week's TAS Top 20 album chart while The Walkmen saunter into the top three.

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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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TAS in Session: The Walkmen

Posted 9-20-10 by , Alisa Ali

Tags: The Walkmen

The Walkmen, who rose from the detritus of the defunct Jonathan Fire*Eater and The Recoys back in 2000, released their sixth album Lisbon earlier this month on new label Fat Possum. The quintet dropped by The Alternate Side over the summer to play a mini-concert of four tracks from Lisbon: "Angela Surf City," "Juveniles," "Woe Is Me" and "Torch Song."

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The National Expand Summer Tour Dates With Pavement, Beach House, Fanfarlo, Okkervil River and More

Posted 4-29-10 by

Tags: Fanfarlo, Midlake, Okkervil River, Pavement, Ramona Falls, The Antlers, The Middle East, The National, The Walkmen

The National will be living out of suitcases for a long time; the Brooklyn band has expanded their summer tour and will be gigging with everyone from Pavement to Rufus Wainwright.

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SXSW 2010 Report: Broken Bells, Codeine Velvet Club, Chew Lips, The Morning Benders And More

Posted 3-19-10 by , Alisa Ali

Tags: Broken Bells, Chew Lips, Codeine Velvet Club, Everything Everything, Morning Benders, Spoon, The Walkmen

The confluence of St. Patrick's Day and beginning of the SXSW music festival made things a little more wild than usual (forget about getting into any Irish pub to see any Irish band), but The Alternate Side managed to catch Spoon, Codeine Velvet Club, Broken Bells, Everything, Everything, The Morning Benders, Chew Lips, The Walkmen and more on Wednesday night.

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TAS in Session: Top 10 Studio A Videos of 2009

Posted 1-1-10 by

Tags: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Gomez, Jack Peñate, Mew, Of Montreal, Peter Bjorn and John, Phoenix, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The Walkmen

We made it through 2009! On the first day of 2010, let's take one last, sentimental look at some of the great guests who visited The Alternate Side in Studio A last year; all rank in our Top Ten most viewed videos on our site. After the jump, check out Phoenix, Gomez, Of Montreal, Jack Peñate and many more.

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TAS in Session: The Walkmen

Posted 4-30-09 by

Tags: Kings of Leon, Led Zepplin, The Morning Benders, The Walkmen, Total Hound

Paul, Walter, Matt, Peter, and Hamilton from The Walkmen recently stopped by our studios in the Bronx to perform a few tunes off their latest record You & Me. The once native New Yorkers are currently on tour with Kings of Leon.

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