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Karen Elson's Studio A Session Now On NPR

Posted 2-3-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Karen Elson

When Karen Elson visited The Alternate Side and WFUV's Studio A, it was long before her husband, Jack White, had pulled the plug on the The White Stripes. Still, the English model with deep-rooted musical aspirations was quite open about her collaboration with White and her own rock 'n' roll dreams, long harbored since she was a young girl growing up near Manchester.  Check out TAS' session in Studio A with Elson, now on NPR.org. Link after the jump.

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Video: Watch Dom's "Crazy Girl" Live in Studio A

Posted 1-27-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Dom, Gucci Mane

Shaggy-haired Massachusetts homeboy Dom was snagged by Astralwerks last year, right around CMJ time, and he and his bandmates will re-release a remastered, remixed, limited edition of their 2010 EP Sun Bronzed Greek Gods on February 15. The band dropped by The Alternate Side this week to play a live session in Studio A and unveiled a fairly new song called "Crazy Girl." Check out the exclusive video after the jump.

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Listen To The Decemberists' New Album, The King Is Dead

Posted 1-4-11 by Kara Manning
Tags: Gillian Welch, NPR, Peter Buck, The Decemberists

As WFUV's Sarah Wardrop puts it so aptly, The Decemberists' upcoming album The King Is Dead signals "a new musical lightness" for the band. You can listen to the album now, streaming over at NPR, until the record's release on January 18. 

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TAS Decks Those Halls And Trims Those Trees With A Very Merry Xmas Special

Posted 12-22-10 by Alisa Ali
Tags: Christmas, Sufjan Stevens, The Raveonettes

The Alternate Side knows you need a crackling 'n' cool holiday soundtrack as you raise up those cups of Christmas cheer, so Russ Borris and Alisa Ali have pulled together a Yuletide show for your listening pleasure which you can check out this very minute. And no, there's no Mariah warbling "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Really. We promise ....

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The Decemberists' Colin Meloy Previews New Album In Studio A

Posted 12-15-10 by Kara Manning, Rita Houston
Tags: Colin Meloy, The Decemberists

The Decemberists' Colin Meloy recently dropped by WFUV and The Alternate Side's Studio A and chatted with music director Rita Houston about the band's soon-to-be-released album The King Is Dead, due out January 18 on Rough Trade. After the jump, how you can link to the full session via WFUV and NPR.

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Video: Punch Brothers Perform In Studio A

Posted 11-9-10 by Kara Manning, Aaron Charles Peer
Tags: Amos Lee, Citizen Cope, Punch Brothers, The Secret Sisters

Alt-bluegrass band Punch Brothers will join Amos Lee, The Secret Sisters and Citizen Cope at our sister station WFUV's annual Holiday Cheer concert on December 6 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. Chris Thile and his bandmates recently dropped by Studio A to perform tracks from their second album Antifogmatic. After the jump, a performance of "Alex."

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TAS Preview: School of Seven Bells

Posted 10-14-10 by Kara Manning
Tags: CMJ, School of Seven Bells

This Monday, October 18, we'll post our Studio A session with School of Seven Bells. Happily, the Brooklyn trio played several tracks from their new album Disconnect From Desire. We've got a preview of what you'll see plus a portion of Alisa Ali's interview with Benjamin Curtis, sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza. SVIIB will play Santos Party House next Saturday, October 23 as part of the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival.

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