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The TAS Top 25 Tracks Of 2011

Posted 1-1-12 by

Tags: Bon Iver, Girls, James Blake, Lykke Li, M83, Neon Indian, The Drums, tUnE-yArDs, Washed Out

Missed our countdown of the TAS Top 25 Tracks of 2011? Never fear, we've got the list right here. Happy New Year!

The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending September 18

Posted 9-13-11 by

Tags: Beirut, Girls, Milagres, Sleeper Agent, St. Vincent, Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks. WILD FLAG, The Horrors, The Rapture, The War On Drugs, Washed Out, We Are Augustines

We Are Augustines, The Rapture And The War On Drugs march onto the TAS Top 20 while Beirut fends off Washed Out and Milagres to triumph at Number One.

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TAS Picks The Songs Of Summer 2011

Posted 9-8-11 by

Tags: Battles, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bon Iver, Foster the People, Holy Ghost!, SBTRKT, Sleeper Agent, Washed Out, Wild Flag

The TAS staff has been having a hard time accepting this week's unofficial end of summer 2011 - and we're really dreading the official dénouement of all of that hot fun on September 23. After the jump, the list of singles that made our personal playlists for the last three sultry, way-too-humid months.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending September 11

Posted 9-5-11 by

Tags: Beirut, Girls, Milagres, St. Vincent, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, The Horrors, Washed Out, Wild Flag

Washed Out cleans up the TAS Top 20 while St. Vincent, Girls and Wild Flag debut on the album chart with a little girl - and guy - power.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending September 4

Posted 8-30-11 by

Tags: Beirut, Bon Iver, Handsome Furs, Milagres, Mister Heavenly, Shabazz Palaces, Sleeper Agent, The Antlers, The Horrors, Washed Out

The Horrors' Skying soars to the peak of the TAS album chart while Beirut and Washed Out make a quick charge to the top five.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending August 28

Posted 8-23-11 by

Tags: Bon Iver, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Elbow, Fool's Gold, Handsome Furs, Holy Ghost! Arctic Monkeys, Mr. Heavenly, Shabazz Palaces, The Antlers, The Rosebuds, Washed Out

Applause for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah who debut on this week's TAS Top 20 while Shabazz Palaces maintain their reign.

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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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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending August 14

Posted 8-9-11 by

Tags: Beirut, Bon Iver, Elbow, Holy Ghost!, Milagres, Mr. Heavenly, Shabazz Palaces, Sleeper Agent, The Antlers, The Horrors, The Shivers, Washed Out

Beirut floats onto the TAS Top Twenty with The Rip Tide while the "indie supergroup" trio of Mister Heavenly also debut. And guess who still reigns as king of the album chart?

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending July 31

Posted 7-26-11 by

Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Bon Iver, Cults, Elbow, Handsome Furs, My Morning Jacket, Shabazz Palaces, Sleeper Agent, The Antlers, Washed Out

Kentucky's Sleeper Agent have a "celebrasion" on the TAS Top 20 while Bon Iver fends off The Antlers and Shabazz Palaces for world domination.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending July 24

Posted 7-19-11 by

Tags: Bon Iver, Cold Cave, Cults, Elbow, Friendly Fires, Holy Ghost! Handsome Furs, Okkervil River, Shabazz Palaces, The Antlers, Washed Out

Washed Out cleans up with a debut on the TAS album chart while Bon Iver effortlessly holds onto the top spot.

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1. Poliça
Give You the Ghost

2. Beach House
Bloom

3. Jack White
Blunderbuss

4. Santigold
Master of My Make-Believe

5. Zeus
Busting Visions

6. Best Coast
The Only Place

7. White Rabbits
Milk Famous

8. Sleigh Bells
Reign of Terror

9. Silversun Pickups
Neck of the Woods

10. Django Django
Django Django

11. Spiritualized
Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

12. Miike Snow
Happy to You

13. Lost in the Trees
A Church That Fits Our Needs

14. The Shins
Port of Morrow

15. Islands
A Sleep & A Forgetting

16. Bear in Heaven
I Love You, It’s Cool

17. The Walkmen
Heaven

18. Shearwater
Animal Joy

19. Chromatics
Kill For Love

20. Here We Go Magic
A Different Ship

Poliça haunts the peak of the TAS Top 20 with Give You The Ghost while Here We Go Magic and the Walkmen sail onto the album chart with two exceptionally good albums.