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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending September 1 27 Aug 2013 | 04:07 pm
1. Superchunk I Hate Music 2. Mikal Cronin MCII 3. Austra Olympia 4. Washed Out Paracosm 5. Deerhunter Monomania 6. Smith Westerns Soft Will 7. AlunaGeorge Body Music 8. Future Bible Heroes Par...
Watch The Return Of The Replacements At Riot Fest 26 Aug 2013 | 09:34 am
On Sunday, The Replacements' Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson returned to the stage after 22 years to play Toronto's Riot Fest. The band's last live gig took place in Chicago on July 4, 1991, likely ...
Ticket Giveaway For AlunaGeorge At Music Hall Of Williamsburg On September 6 26 Aug 2013 | 09:20 am
AlunaGeorge's debut album, Body Music, is an effervescent electronic pop cocktail, a cosmopolitan mix of Aluna Francis' insolent coo and George Reid's loping, sultry beats. It's music made for summer...
Win Tix To No Age At Music Hall Of Williamsburg On September 5 26 Aug 2013 | 09:10 am
Los Angeles noise rock duo No Age are back with a third album, An Object, which finds the pair even more fiercely adherent to their DIY blueprint, stripping down and then rebuilding songs with scrappy...
Win Tickets to Miniboone At Mercury Lounge On September 6 26 Aug 2013 | 09:09 am
New York band Miniboone, who have gleefully described themselve as "anxious pop nerds," will mark the September 10 release of their exuberant self-titled debut via a late night, hometown show at Mercu...
Rock Your Body With FUV And TAS At Webster Hall On October 5 23 Aug 2013 | 09:04 pm
In the words of Stephen Colbert's beloved Daft Punk, why not lose yourself to dance? FUV is throwing a dance party at Webster Hall on October 5 from 7-10:30 p.m. and all proceeds will benefit the stat...
The Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser Plans A Solo Album 22 Aug 2013 | 07:37 pm
The Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser has recruited friends from his own band, Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes and the Shins for his upcoming solo album, likely due out in the spring of 2014. According to ....
First Listen: Volcano Choir, 'Reprave' 22 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
Stream Volcano Choir's Repave now via FUV and NPR Music before its release on September 3 on Jagjaguwar. As leader of Bon Iver, Justin Vernon has been extremely sparing with new material, releasing m...
Willy Mason: Five Essential Albums 20 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Bluesy country and folk aficionado Willy Mason is a recent Communion Records recruit and Carry On, his first album for that label, is released today in the States. It's the native New Yorker's third ...
First Listen: Franz Ferdinand, 'Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action' 20 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Listen to Franz Ferdinand's Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action streaming now via FUV and NPR Music before its release on August 27. Almost 10 years after "Take Me Out" helped the band break th...
