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TAS Interviews: Broken Bells
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Shins' James Mercer and producer Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), the duo known as Broken Bells, tell The Alternate Side's Alisa Ali how their friendship slowly evolved during the recording of their debut album. Plus, surprisingly, Burton reveals that he's putting outside production on the back burner to completely focus on his new band. Audio clips after the jump.
TAS In Session: The Heavy
Monday, Feb. 22, 2010
Thanks to a Superbowl-debuting Kia commercial using one of their songs and David Letterman's jubilant response to their January performance on his show (Letterman actually requested an encore), explosive funk-rockers The Heavy are suddenly getting the Stateside attention they deserve. And the English quartet pretty much blew us away when they dropped by The Alternate Side to perform and chat with our own Alisa Ali.
TAS Live Review: We Were Promised Jetpacks At The Knitting Factory, February 8
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010
Scottish bruisers We Were Promised Jetpacks delivered a rowdy, rambunctious, guitar-pummelling show at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on Monday night and The Alternate Side's Alisa Ali was there.
TAS In Session: Beach House
Monday, Feb. 8, 2010
Beach House, the duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, released their third album Teen Dream last month. They recently dropped by The Alternate Side to play three tracks live - "Better Times," "Zebra" and "Walk in the Park" - and chatted with our own Alisa Ali about the beauty of a bass synth pedal, Stevie Nicks and why an old album can sometimes be just like an awful ex-girlfriend.
The TAS Rebel Bicycle Gang Needs You For The 5 Boro Bike Tour In May
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010
The Alternate Side's Alisa Ali is in training, sort of, for the Five Boro Bicycle Tour on Sunday, May 2 and hopes you'll put on a helmet and peddle along with her.
92Y The Hell Not? The Heavy And The Muppets Take Tribeca
Friday, Jan. 15, 2010
The Alternate Side's Alisa Ali is getting ready for a big Saturday night at the 92y Tribeca tomorrow, January 16, with The Heavy and Miss Piggy.
Islands Meets Michael Cera For "No You Don't" Video
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010
Alisa Ali already has a favorite video for the start of the year: Islands' "No You Don't" which stars a mind-tripping Michael Cera.
Breaking Bands! TAS Predicts What New Faces Will Be Causing A Commotion In 2010
Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009
The last days of December are so 2009. We're looking ahead to a fresh year with new faces - bands like Delphic, Freelance Whales, Two Door Cinema Club and The Joy Formidable - who we think you'll be talking about in 2010.
TAS In Session: Hurricane Bells In Studio A
Monday, Dec. 28, 2009
Longwave's singer and guitarist Steve Schiltz takes off with his side project, Hurricane Bells. He recently visited The Alternate Side for an interview and exclusive live performance (video after the jump), plus he'll be a guest DJ on Alisa Ali's show on Monday, December 28 at 11 am EDT.
JEFF The Brotherhood Visits The Alternate Side
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
Scruffy, garage punk-deifying brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall jumped from Be Your Own Pet to their own band, JEFF The Brotherhood. The duo, who seem to have a relationship better than the Gallagher brothers, recently dropped by The Alternate Side for an interview and a live performance. Plus, they'll talk with Alisa Ali on TAS this Tuesday, December 22, at 11 am EST.
