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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 27

Posted 3-22-11 by Russ Borris
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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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TAS in Session: The Poison Tree

Posted 3-21-11 by Russ Borris
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The Poison Tree, the new project from ex-King of France frontman and Saltlands Collective member Steve Salett, will play Joe's Pub this Wednesday night, March 23. Recently Salett and two of his bandmates, Josh Kaufman and Lauren Balthrop, dropped by The Alternate Side to talk with Russ Borris and play a handful of songs, including the brand new and tentatively-titled "What Kind of Man."

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 20

Posted 3-15-11 by Russ Borris
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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 Russ Borris
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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 Russ Borris
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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 Russ Borris
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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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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 20

Posted 2-15-11 by Russ Borris
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Peter Bjorn and John and James Blake break onto the TAS Top 20 while Tennis call game, set and match and win the coveted top spot.

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