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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.

Muse, The Strokes, M.I.A., The Flaming Lips Booked For Austin City Limits Festival

The Texas festival, which takes place October 8-10, will feature headliners The Eagles, Muse, Phish, The Strokes, M.I.A. and Flaming Lips as well as LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Spoon, The National, Sonic Youth, Monsters of Folk, Deadmau5 and dozens more

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 16

Everything is nearly broken as Broken Bells and Broken Social Scene challenge the seemingly unbreakable Gorillaz for the top spot. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has this week's album chart rundown.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 9

While Saratoga Springs' buoyant duo Phantogram make their TAS debut, this week's eclectic album chart is a zoo of Gorillaz, Freelance Whales and LCD Soundsystem's battalion of "Drunk Girls." Our own Russ Borris has the stats.

Record Store Day Rounds Up Live Yeasayer, Gainsbourg, Jónsi, Dr. Dog, No Age And Scores More

Posted 4-15-10 by

Tags: Beach House, Beastie Boys, Blur, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Wilco, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yeasayer

As convenient as iTunes or Amazon might be, online services can't compare to the deeply satisfying experience of walking into your local record store and spending an hour browsing through new, old and vintage albums. In celebration of endangered, local record stores across the world, Record Store Day, this Saturday, April 17, will not only feature unique, limited edition releases - available only in your local shop - but some special appearances by bands and artists like Yeasayer, Sigur Rós' Jónsi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dr. Dog, No Age, Yo La Tengo, Smashing Pumpkins, Freelance Whales, Laurie Anderson and more.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 18

The Black Keys debut on the chart this week as Broken Bells crack the top slot. Assistant music director Russ Borris has your highest ranking albums getting spins on The Alternate Side.

Lollapalooza 2010 Lineup: Soundgarden, Arcade Fire, Green Day, The Strokes, Lady Gaga And Phoenix

The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have revealed the event's 2010 lineup with the reunited Soundgarden, Broadway's Green Day, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Phoenix and The Strokes as headliners. Other bands and artists include MGMT, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, Devo, The National and the recently arrested Erykah Badu. The festival takes place August 6-8 in Chicago

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 11

As Gorillaz, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists and Broken Bells make their way to the top four, Yeasayer and Vampire Weekend arm wrestle for the top slot. Russ Borris has this week's Top 20 album chart. M

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 4

Posted 3-30-10 by

Tags: Broken Social Scene, MGMT, The New Pornographers, Yeasayer

While MGMT, Broken Social Scene and The New Pornographers segue into this week's Top Twenty album charts, Yeasayer stay atop the fray. Russ Borris has your weekly rundown of Top TAS records

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending March 21

Posted 3-16-10 by

Tags: Beach House, Gorillaz, Local Natives, Yeasayer

Local Natives and Gorillaz debut on this week's TAS Top Twenty album chart while Spoon taps down Yeasayer's brief surge to the top slot ... but watch out for Beach House.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending March 14

Posted 3-9-10 by

Tags: Freelance Whales, Joanna Newsom, Yeasayer

Joanna Newsom and Freelance Whales enter this week's TAS Top 20 album chart while Yeasayer ambles to the number O.N.E. spot.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending March 7

Posted 3-2-10 by

Tags: Spoon, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Another Spoon-ful of album chart sugar for the Austin band, but New York's Vampire Weekend and Yeasayer are challenging the incumbent Texans for the top slot. Russ Borris has the details.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending February 28

Posted 2-23-10 by

Tags: Animal Collective, Basia Bulat, BlakRoc, Broken Bells, Built to Spill, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Hot Chip, Massive Attack, Midlake, Shout Out Louds, Spoon, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Tegan and Sara, The Magnetic Fields, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists debut on this week's TRL Top 20 album chart, but the top slot is owned by a Spoon-ful of Austin pride. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has your stats.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending February 21

Posted 2-16-10 by

New albums and tracks from Broken Bells, Charlotte Gainsbourg and the Shout Out Louds jump onto this week's chart and it has been a three-way struggle for number one over the last few weeks. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has all of the details.

TAS in Session: Yeasayer

Posted 2-15-10 by

Yeasayer visits The Alternate Side studios to talk with Russ Borris and bang out cool live performances of "Madder Red," "O.N.E." and "Mondegreen."

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending February 7

Posted 2-2-10 by

Tags: Alec Ounsworth, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Basia Bulat, Beach House, BlakRoc, Built to Spill, Cold Cave, Devendra Banhart, Editors, Hot Chip, Massive Attack, Midlake, Spoon, Tegan and Sara, The Magnetic Fields, The xx, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer

Cold Cave gives Vampire Weekend the chills, while Hot Chip heats up this week's album chart. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris gives you the Top 20 lowdown.

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TAS Top 20

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.

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