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Kopecky Family Band: Words And Music From Studio A |
Kopecky Family Band is one of FUV's New Artists to Watch in 2013, and even though they aren't actually a family, they've built a musical idea with a... |
2-14-13 |
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TAS in Session: stellastar* |
After a bit of a hiatus, NYC based stellastarr* are back with their third album, Civilized. They've released the new record on their dime and... |
7-15-09 |
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TAS in Session: Top 10 Studio A Videos of 2009 |
We made it through 2009! On the first day of 2010, let's take one last, sentimental look at some of the great guests who visited The Alternate Side in... |
1-1-10 |
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Phoenix: TAS In Session |
Phoenix has been spending a lot of time in New York of late — far removed from decent Parisian croissants — recording at... |
5-6-13 |
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TAS in Session: Shearwater |
Austin's indie naturalists, Shearwater, released their latest musical journey to the wilderness, The Golden Archipelago, in late winter. The band... |
5-17-10 |
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TAS in Session: Field Music |
Despite the remarkable strengths of David and Peter Brewis' excellent solo projects released under the monikers School of Language and The Week That Was... |
5-3-10 |
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TAS In Session: Autolux |
They took their time, thwarted by record label issues, but Autolux finally returned this year with their long-awaited second album, the haunting and... |
11-15-10 |
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TAS In Session: Imogen Heap |
Frou Frou veteran and Twitter aficionado Imogen Heap, who released her third album Ellipse in late August, recently visited The Alternate Side in Studio... |
9-24-09 |
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TAS in Session: The Dig |
If you dig The Dig in our studios, check them out live tonight at The Mercury Lounge!
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5-26-09 |
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TAS in Session: The Low Anthem |
Just before heading off to Lollapalooza and the Newport Folk Festival, folk rockers The Low Anthem dropped by Studio A for a very special live session... |
8-19-09 |
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Husky: TAS In Session |
Some albums get tagged as "autumnal" in nature and Husky's impressive debut Forever So fits that bill; there's a... |
11-12-12 |
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Geographer: TAS In Session |
Based in San Francisco, Geographer actually has local roots thanks to singer and songwriter Michael Deni, a New Jersey native. Following a series of... |
5-15-12 |
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TAS in Session: Ra Ra Riot |
Exclusive, live from Studio A: Ra Ra Riot performs "Too Too Fast" for The Alternate Side. |
12-27-08 |
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TAS In Session: We Are Scientists |
We Are Scientists perform "After Hours" in The Alternate Side's Studio A! |
12-4-08 |
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TAS in Session: Bell X1 |
In-studio video performance of Bell X1, performing from their album Blue Lights on the Runway. |
2-2-09 |
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Fool's Gold: TAS In Session |
Throw together a mélange of Afrobeat, Congolese grooves and even a slice of Smiths-style pop and you'd have a vague idea of the sparkling sound... |
11-30-11 |
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TAS In Session (NYC and Glastonbury Preview): Noah And The Whale |
Britain's thoughtful popsters Noah and the Whale are currently swinging through the States, landing at New York's Irving Plaza on June 18, their last... |
6-6-11 |
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Haerts: TAS In Session |
Newcomers Haerts are an international band, embracing members from Germany, Britain and the States. They've got just one released... |
5-13-13 |
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Listen To Sky Ferreira In Session on TAS on WNYE On April 5 |
Electropop singer and part-time Yves St. Laurent model Sky Ferreira, who released the Ghost EP last year, is attracting blog... |
4-5-13 |
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TAS In Session: The Morning Benders |
The Morning Benders attracted enthusiastic attention when they released their debut album, Talking Through Tin Cans, in 2008, touring with The... |
7-12-10 |
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We Were Promised Jetpacks: TAS In Session |
One of the biggest (and oldest) New Year's Eve celebrations in the world, Scotland's Hogmanay, raucously marks the end of the old year and the... |
12-29-11 |
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TAS In Session: Art Brut |
Straddling both London and Berlin, Art Brut has been a gleefully eccentric, pop-laced, punk rock force of nature for six years, led by their charismatic... |
8-22-11 |
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TAS In Session: Los Campesinos! |
Welsh-born octet Los Campesinos! (well, they're a septet again, since drummer Ollie Campesinos! announced his departure from the band over the weekend)... |
6-28-10 |
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Perfume Genius: TAS In Session |
The raw, devastating intimacy of the music of Mike Hadreas, who works as Perfume Genius, first garnered the Seattle-based singer and songwriter notice... |
3-5-12 |
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TAS in Session: Xylos |
Xylos, locals from Brooklyn, perform "Yellow Flip-flop" in The Alternate Side's Studio A. |
2-16-09 |
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TAS In Session: Erland And The Carnival |
Psychedelic folk rockers Erland and the Carnival release their second album Nightingale this March and recently the London-based band - which... |
1-3-11 |
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TAS in Session: Benjy Ferree |
Sounds like an oxymoron, but Benjy Ferree has a "polished raw" sound! He creates for the love of his art, and once you hear his songs, you'... |
6-11-09 |
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TAS In Session: Ryan Adams |
Singer and songwriter Ryan Adams has long shifted between wiry, raucous country rock and more tender, acoustic reveries; his 13th album, Ashes... |
10-3-11 |
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The Dandy Warhols: TAS In Session |
Few bands have had as fraught a history with labels as the Dandy Warhols. After squabbling with Capitol for years, the band has finally found a new home... |
8-6-12 |
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TAS In Session: Flashback 2011, Part 2 |
Last week, The Alternate Side posted the first part of TAS in Session: Flashback 2011 featuring artists like The Drums, Laura Marling and Real Estate.... |
12-27-11 |
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TAS in Session: Kele |
Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke has temporarily traded the rougher guitar chops of his longtime band for sleeker, synth-driven dance grooves, as... |
7-7-10 |
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TAS In Session: Colour Revolt |
Facing label and lineup changes, Sean Kirkpatrick and Jesse Coppenberger, founding members of Colour Revolt, took a bold step and redirected the group's... |
10-25-10 |
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TAS in Session: Basia Bulat (SXSW Preview) |
The Canadian singer-songwriter, who will be playing this week at SXSW in Austin, dropped by The Alternate Side not long ago to play songs from her new... |
3-14-10 |
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Loney Dear: TAS In Session |
Emil Svanängen, who is far better known as Loney Dear (he dropped the comma a couple of years ago), is a quirky fellow with a penchant for richly... |
1-16-12 |
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Local Natives: TAS In Session |
Hands down, my favorite act at the CMJ Music Marathon this year was the Los Angeles-based quintet Local... |
12-14-09 |
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TAS In Session: Chief |
A Santa Monica band with roots at New York University, soulful, folk-leaning rockers Chief first broke out in the UK. They even played Glastonbury,... |
9-27-10 |
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Django Django: TAS In Session |
The Mercury Prize, the apotheosis of Britain's prestige music awards, will be handed out this Thursday, November 1, in London. One of the twelve... |
10-29-12 |
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TAS in Session: James Walsh of Starsailor |
It's been about three years since we last heard from the UK band Starsailor. After a little time off, the band began recording their fourth studio album... |
12-10-08 |
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TAS in Session: Two Door Cinema Club |
Northern Ireland's alternative electro-popsters Two Door Cinema Club have toured with Phoenix and Foals, been praised by Kanye West and recently... |
6-7-10 |
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TAS In Session: Frightened Rabbit |
An exclusive in-studio performances from Frightened Rabbit who play "Old Old Fashioned" and "Modern Leper." |
1-20-09 |
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TAS in Session: Great Lake Swimmers |
Every now and then, we get a little reflective on The Alternate Side. Sometimes we want to sit by ourselves on the train and just look out the window... |
5-16-09 |
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Ra Ra Riot: TAS In Session |
Ra Ra Riot has taken some dramatic turns over its seven years in existence. The band's latest shapeshifting feat on its new album, ... |
4-15-13 |
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Listen And Watch: TAS In Session With The Luyas On 91.5 WNYE |
Montréal's experimental popsters The Luyas are currently touring with The Dodos and play Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg this Monday,... |
9-7-11 |
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TAS in Session: Villagers |
Villagers is both a band, depending on the gig, and the acoustic solo project of Dublin's Conor J. O'Brien, former member of Ireland's regrettably short... |
8-23-10 |
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TAS In Session: Scala and Kolacny Brothers |
One of the more curious hits of Coachella and SXSW was Scala and Kolacny Brothers, an all-female Belgian choir led by a pair of dynamic siblings, Steven... |
4-25-11 |
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Active Child: TAS In Session |
Not many bands claim the harp as one of their defining sounds, but Active Child's Pat Grossi has brought that ethereal instrument into the mix to... |
11-21-11 |
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Wild Belle In Session At WFUV And TAS |
Wild Belle is a Chicago sibling duo, but the pair's debut album, Isles, stretches further afield as a psychedelic love... |
4-1-13 |
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TAS In Session: Jupiter One |
Brooklyn synth-popsters Jupiter One, who kick off the next leg of their tour opening for Regina Spektor tonight in San Diego, visited TAS' Studio A for... |
10-26-09 |
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TAS In Session: Beach House |
Beach House, the duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, released their third album Teen Dream last month. They recently dropped by The... |
2-8-10 |
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TAS in Session: The Dears |
Canada Day is fast approaching on July 1, and one of Montréal's most notable bands is The Dears, who released their fifth album, Degeneration... |
6-27-11 |
