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Listen: Yuck's 'Chew'

Posted 4-12-12 by
Tags: Yuck

Yuck is Coachella bound this weekend and will bring along a gritty, pretty new song to add to their setlist. Check out "Chew" after the jump.

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Yuck Will Release A Double-Disk Deluxe Reissue Of Their Debut In October

Posted 9-6-11 by
Tags: Weezer, Yuck

Via a cheeky open letter to President Barack Obama, Yuck have announced that they're re-releasing their self-titled debut in October on Fat Possum with six new tracks. Yuck also embark on a North American tour on September 22, arriving at Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 13 and 14. After the jump, listen to one of those new songs, "Cousin Corona."  

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Yuck Returns Stateside For A Fall Tour

Posted 7-28-11 by
Tags: Yuck

Silly of name, but unquestionably responsible for one of the strongest debut albums of the year, London's hazy, psychedelic-leaning folk-rockers Yuck, currently touring the West Coast, will return this autumn for another gallop down the East Coast. The band's freshly-announced itinerary, which includes two nights at Music Hall of Williamsburg, is after the jump.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending May 29

Posted 5-24-11 by
Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Foster the People, Friendly Fires, Generationals, Holy Ghost!, James Blake, Okkervil River, The Mountain Goats, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Yuck

Arctic Monkeys and Okkervil River break onto the TAS Top 20 while Fleet Foxes and Elbow arm wrestle for album chart dominance.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending May 8

Posted 5-3-11 by
Tags: Cut Copy, Foster the People, Generationals, Holy Ghost! Radiohead, James Blake, Lykke Li, PJ Harvey, The Mountain Goats, TV on the Radio, Yuck

Foster the People and Generationals make their mark on the TAS Top 20 while The Mountain Goats gambol to the pinnacle of this week's album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending May 1

Posted 4-26-11 by
Tags: Elbow, Holy Ghost!, James Blake, Lykke Li, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, The Mountain Goats, The Raveonettes, The Vaccines, Yuck

The Raveonettes and Holy Ghost! fly onto the TAS Top 20 while Lykke Li carries her wounded rhymes to the top of the album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending April 24

Posted 4-19-11 by
Tags: Cold Cave, Elbow, James Blake, Lykke Li, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, The Mountain Goats, The Pains of Being Pure At Hear, Yuck

Cold Cave, who kicked off their North American tour with an appearance at Coachella this past weekend, push into the TAS Top 20 while PJ Harvey reassumes her chart reign.

 

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The TAS Top 20 for The Week Ending April 10

Posted 4-5-11 by
Tags: Elbow, Fleet Foxes, Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, James Blake, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Vaccines, Yuck

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Fleet Foxes segue easily to the TRL Top 20 while the slow-burning James Blake unlocks the number one position.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending April 3

Posted 3-29-11 by
Tags: Bright Eyes, Elbow, Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, James Blake, Lykke Li, Radiohead, Tennis, The Strokes, The Vaccines, Yuck

Manchester's Mercury Prize winners Elbow rocket onto the TAS Top 20 while Radiohead, fresh off of handing out free newspapers, finally take over the apex of the album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 27

Posted 3-22-11 by
Tags: Cut Copy, Gil Scott-Heron with Jamie xx, James Blake, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Smith Westerns, The Streets, The Twilight Singers, The Vaccines, Yuck

The British storm the TAS Top 20 with UK acts, like Radiohead and The Vaccines, taking over the top four spots (or four and a half if you count Jamie xx with Gil Scott-Heron). Plus, PJ Harvey extends her Number One reign of the album chart another week.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 20

Posted 3-15-11 by
Tags: Bright Eyes, Lykke Li, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Smith Westerns, Tennis, The Streets, The Vaccines, Yuck

PJ Harvey keeps Radiohead at bay for a second week and dominates the TAS Top 20 while SXSW bands like Smith Westerns, The Vaccines, Bright Eyes and Yuck continue their climb up the album chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 13

Posted 3-8-11 by
Tags: Destroyer, Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, Lykke Li, PJ Harvey, Smith Westerns, Tennis, The Mountain Goats, The Strokes, The Twilight Singers, Yuck

Provocative Swedish chanteuse Lykke Li, the Mountain Goats and the resurrected Strokes debut on the TAS top 20 album chart while nothing is gonna shake PJ Harvey from this week's top spot.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 6

Posted 3-1-11 by
Tags: Destroyer, Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Smith Westerns, Tennis, The Streets, The Twilight Singers, Yuck

After a decade-long run and five albums, The Streets' swansong, Computers and Blues, debuts on the TAS Top 20 while another opinionated Brit remains on the top of the chart.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 27

Posted 2-22-11 by
Tags: Cut Copy, Deerhoof, Destroyer, Gil Scott-Heron, Jamie xx, PJ Harvey, Smith Westerns, Tennis, The Twilight Singers, Yuck

Jamie xx's remix of the great Gil Scott-Heron and Yuck's eponymous debut enter the TAS Top 20 while PJ Harvey's political powerhouse of an album shakes the top of the chart.

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Tame Impala and Yuck To Tour Together

Posted 2-16-11 by
Tags: Tame Impala, Yuck

Australia's psychedelically-skewed rockers Tame Impala and UK-based (but internationally built) 90s-gazing, folk-dabbling rockers Yuck will marry their mutual, esoteric grooves when both bands join forces and tour this April. But first, Tame Impala plans to conquer Coachella while Yuck is gearing up for their first SXSW.

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Breaking Bands: Which New Faces Will Cause A Commotion In 2011?

Posted 12-28-10 by
Tags: Bonjay, Car On The Moon, Creep, Dom, Hannah Peel, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Katie Costello, Let's Buy Happiness, Sherlock's Daughter, Tennis, The Chapman Family, The Rassle, The Vaccines, Twin Sister, Wise Blood, Yuck

As we boot 2010 out the door and get ready to begin not only a brand new year, but a freshly minted decade, what up-and-coming bands and artists will make their mark on 2011? The Alternate Side staff gazed into the future and picked the musicians who we thought (well, hoped) might make an impact in the next twelve months and beyond; our many choices range from Denver's husband-and-wife duo of Tennis to the brash British pop of The Vaccines to Long Island's ever-cool quintet, Twin Sister.

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