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TAS In Session Flashback 2012: Part One

Posted 12-24-12 by

Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Diamond Rings, Django Django, Father John Misty, Friends, Here We Go Magic, Husky, Lost In The Trees, Metric, Niki & The Dove, Yeasayer

Over the past year, The Alternate Side staff has relished the chance to interview dozens of bands, hailing from all over the world, from Stockholm, Sweden (Niki & The Dove) to Ballarat, Australia (Gold Fields) to Omaha, Nebraska (Icky Blossoms). We loved all of the interviews we did with bands and over the next two weeks, we'll look back at some of those sessions — and live performance videos — that were most meaningful to us in 2012 and report on what's coming up for those bands in 2013. A big thanks to WFUV/The Alternate Side's outstanding engineering and video teams too.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending October 7

Posted 10-2-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Bob Mould, Cat Power, Dinosaur Jr., Divine Fits, Grizzly Bear, Matt and Kim, Stars, Two Door Cinema Club, Yeasayer

Matt and Kim storm onto the TAS Top 20 with Lightning while Divine Fits don't need a tantrum to get to No. 1 on the album chart.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending September 30

Posted 9-25-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Bob Mould, Cat Power, Dinosaur Jr., Divine Fits, Grizzly Bear, Stars, The Mountain Goats, The xx, Two Door Cinema Club, Yeasayer

The Mountain Goats gambol onto the TAS Top 20 while Grizzly Bear still roams the peak of this week's album chart.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending September 23

Posted 9-18-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Bob Mould, Cat Power, Divine Fits, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, The xx, Two Door Cinema Club, Yeasayer

Bob Mould and Two Door Cinema Club segue onto the TAS Top 20 while Divine Fits shadow Cat Power's Sun and climb to the peak of the chart.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending September 16

Posted 9-11-12 by

Tags: Animal Collective, Cat Power, DIIV, Dinosaur Jr., Divine Fits, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, Stars. Grizzly Bear, The xx, Yeasayer

Stars shine and Animal Collective measure the frequency on the TAS Top 20 while Grizzly Bear lumber to peak of the album chart.

Yeasayer: TAS in Session

Posted 9-10-12 by , Russ Borris

Those irreverent jesters Yeasayer are back with a trippy third album, Fragrant World. The guys are in the midst of a fall tour and play a special hometown gig at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield this Wednesday, September 12. Recently, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton and Anand Wilder visited TAS's Studio A for a conversation and a live session. Listen to Yeasayer's musings on Ikea's meatballs, Bruce Springsteen and GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, plus a generous set of songs, this Friday, September 14 on TAS in Session on WNYE at 11 a.m. EDT and streaming on The Alternate Side. Watch videos of their performance and read interview highlights here.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending September 9

Posted 9-4-12 by

Tags: Cat Power, Dinosaur Jr., Dirty Projectors, Divine Fits, Grizzly Bear, Icky Blossoms, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, The xx, Yeasayer

Dinosaur Jr. thunders onto the TAS Top 20 while Cat Power suns herself at the very pinnacle of the chart.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending September 2

Posted 8-28-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Bloc Party, Cat Power, Dirty Projectors, Divine Fits, Icky Blossoms, Japandroids, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, Yeasayer

The unstoppable Bloc Party and supertrio Divine Fits take their place on the TAS Top 20 while Yeasayer still smell sweet at the peak of the chart with Fragrant World.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending August 26

Posted 8-21-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Cat Power, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, Japandroids, Passon Pit, Purity Ring, The Raveonettes, The xx, Yeasayer

The Raveonettes slip onto the TAS Top 20 with Observator while Yeasayer are smelling sweet at No. 1 with Fragrant World.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending August 19

Posted 8-14-12 by

Tags: 2:54, Alt-J, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Beach House, DIIV, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, Japandroids, Purity Ring, The xx, Yeasayer

Grizzly Bear roars and The xx whispers onto the TAS Top 20 while Alt-J continues to be awesome at Number 1 on the album chart.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending August 12

Posted 8-7-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Cat Power, DIIV, Dirty Projectors, Hot Chip, Japandroids, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, Yeasayer

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and DIIV drift onto the TAS Top 20 while alt-j's An Awesome Wave crashes into the No. 1 spot.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending August 5

Posted 7-31-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Cat Power, Dirty Projectors, Hot Chip, Japandroids, Metric, Passion Pit, Purity Ring, Sigur Rós, Twin Shadow, Yeasayer

Passion Pit settles like gossamer on the TAS Top 20 while Dirty Projectors swing high atop this week's album chart.

Ticket Giveaway For Yeasayer At Central Park's Rumsey Playfield On September 12

Posted 7-23-12 by

Although Yeasayer's The Fragrant World isn't even released until August 21 (August 20 in the UK/EU), the Brooklyn trio has already unleashed a couple of singles off of the record, "Longevity" and "Henrietta." Expect to hear those songs — and much more from the band's vigorous and joyful third album — when they play Central Park's Rumsey Playfield on September 12. And yes, The Alternate Side is giving away tickets to that special, late summer show.

Pulp, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, James Murphy And Sleigh Bells Aboard For S.S. Coachella

Posted 7-18-12 by

Tags: Grimes, Hot Chip, James Murphy, Pulp, Sleigh Bells, Yeasayer

Ever thought it might be interesting to be stranded on a ship with Pulp's Jarvis Cocker or LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy? The organizers behind the Coachella apparently think so since they've managed to coax Murphy, Pulp. Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells and over a dozen other bands and artists onto two Coachella cruises in December, sailing through the Carribean.

The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending July 15

Posted 7-10-12 by

Tags: Alt-J, Beach House, Guided By Voices, Hot Chip, Japandroids, Metric, Sigur Rós, Sun Kil Moon, The Walkmen, Twin Shadow, Yeasayer

It's a UK/US/Canadian juggernaut as Cambridge quartet Alt-J, Brooklyn's own Yeasayer and Boston-based Twin Shadow make TAS debuts with new releases while Vancouver's Japandroids celebrate a rocking ascension to the peak of the chart.

Yeasayer Get Fragrant For New Album This August

Posted 5-22-12 by

Working the old-fashioned way, via snail mail, Yeasayer sent out CDs (and offered up a free download) of a new single called "Henrietta" to fans last week amid strong indications that a new album was on the way. Now it's official. Yeasayer will release Fragrant World this August via Secretly Canadian. Check out the 11-song tracklisting after the jump.

Win Tix For Yeasayer And Smith Westerns At Terminal 5, June 18

Posted 5-9-11 by

Tags: Smith Westerns, Yeasayer

Yeasayer will be playing two gigs with Weezer and The Flaming Lips this summer, but you can catch the propulsive Brooklyn rockers headlining their own show on June 18 at Terminal 5 with a couple of excellent support bands - Smith Westerns and Hush Hush. And yes, The Alternate Side is offering up the chance to win a pair of tickets.

The TAS Top 25 Singles of 2010

Posted 1-3-11 by

Tags: Arcade Fire, Beach House, Deerhunter, Gil Scott-Heron, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Yeasayer

If you missed The Alternate Side's Top 25 Countdown on New Year's Eve, spinning the singles that made the most impact on TAS over the last twelve months, we've got the full list right here.

TAS Favorite Albums And Singles Of 2010

Posted 12-9-10 by

Tags: Arcade Fire, Broken Bells, Corinne Bailey Rae, Field Music, Foals, Grinderman, Junip, Massive Attack, Paul Weller, School of Seven Bells, The Black Keys, The National, Twin Sister, Underworld, Wild Nothing, Yeasayer

Along with mistletoe, mulled wine and overused credit cards, one of the more dependable signs of December is the inevitable discourse on the best albums and singles of the year. The Alternate Side staff has compiled a list of favorites and earworms of 2010, our own personal soundtrack guiding us through the last twelve months.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 23

The Dead Weather and The Apples in Stereo travel through space and time to debut on this week's TAS Top 20 album chart while Broken Social Scene break their way to the top. Our assistant music director Russ Borris rounds up this week's chart climbers and crashers.

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TAS Top 20

1. The National
Trouble Will Find Me

2. Daft Punk
Random Access Memories

3. Vampire Weekend
Modern Vampires of the City

4. Savages
Silence Yourself

5. Kurt Vile
Wakin on a Pretty Daze

6. Daughter
If You Leave

7. Deerhunter
Monomania

8. Queens of the Stone Age
…Like Clockwork

9. Chvrches
Recover EP

10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Mosquito

11. Phoenix
Bankrupt!

12. James Blake
Overgrown

13. !!!
Thr!!!er

14. Caveman
Caveman

15. Palma Violets
180

16. Atoms For Peace
Amok

17. My Bloody Valentine
m b v

18. Yo La Tengo
Fade

19. Phosphorescent
Muchacho

20. Mikal Cronin
MCII

Mikal Cronin's summer-friendly power pop slips onto the TAS Top 20 as The National deflates Daft Punk's bid for another week at No. 1.

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