FUV's Hangin' On The Hudson Dance Party On February 13
Warm up your winter and dance the night away at FUV's next dance party—and this time it's in Westchester! Hangin' On The Hudson is happening Friday, February 13,from 7-11 p.m. at the Lodge at Hudson...
View ArticleJohnny Marr: FUV Live
Johnny Marr might be most closely associated with his tenure in The Smiths, creating some of the most notable and long lasting guitar riffs in rock history. However, his 30-year-plus career has taken...
View ArticleThe Districts Ticket Giveaway: Bowery Ballroom On February 10
The Districts have received their share of blogosphere love over the last year and now the bluesy Pennsylvania rockers are primed to release their debut album, A Flourish and A Spoil, on Fat Possum...
View ArticleUntil The Ribbon Breaks Ticket Giveaway: Rough Trade On January 28
Until The Ribbon Breaks releases its debut album, A Lesson Unlearnt, this week, a cinematically-inspired mix of hip hop and soul pop featuring special guests like Run the Jewels. Next week, Pete...
View ArticleLondon Grammar Ticket Giveaway: Terminal 5 On January 27
From a hit single with Disclosure, "Help Me Lose My Mind," to the trio's own 2013 debut album, If You Wait,London Grammar has become one of the more successful proponents of atmospheric indie soul....
View ArticleThe TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending January 25
1. Parquet Courts“Slide Machine”2. Sleater-Kinney“Bury Our Friends”3. TV on the Radio“Careful You”4. Alt-J“The Gospel of John Hurt”5. Thurston Moore“Speak to the Wild”6. Happyness“Anything I Do is All...
View ArticleUntil The Ribbon Breaks: TAS In Session
There's a dystopian undertow to Until The Ribbon Breaks' first album, A Lesson Unlearnt, but the trio's genre-blurring debut is far from dour or dire. Cardiff-born, Los Angeles-based Pete...
View ArticleTwo Gallants Ticket Giveaway: Mercury Lounge On February 13
San Francisco's Two Gallants show off aggressive rock chops on their forthcoming fifth album, We Are Undone, released February 3 on ATO. The duo are also headed to New York for two sold-out gigs at...
View ArticleFather John Misty Ticket Giveaway: Rough Trade On February 12
Josh Tillman, best known as Father John Misty, has crowned his second album with the unlikely title of I Love You, Honeybear. He's recently gotten married, which might account for that dewy-eyed...
View ArticlePrinze George Ticket Giveaway: Mercury Lounge On February 10
Maryland-spawned, Brooklyn-based trio Prinze George won't release their self-titled debut EP until March 3, but the buzzy young band embarks on a tour this winter, playing Mercury Lounge on February...
View ArticleThe TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 1
1. Twin Shadow“Turn Me Up”2. Parquet Courts“Slide Machine”3. Mark Ronson“Daffodils”4. TV on the Radio“Careful You”5. Alt-J“The Gospel of John Hurt”6. Modest Mouse“Lampshades on Fire”7. Thurston...
View ArticleThe Asteroids Galaxy Tour: TAS In Session
Back in 2009, an amazing song called "Around the Bend," by a Danish band called The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, appeared in an Apple commercial. Their debut album Fruit showed off the group's quirky style,...
View ArticleHelmet Ticket Giveaway: Bowery Ballroom On February 18
Hard-rocking Helmet and its sole original member Page Hamilton continue touring behind the 20th anniversary of the 1994 album Betty with a pair of shows at Bowery Ballroom this month.Hamilton and his...
View ArticleTheophilus London Ticket Giveaway: Bowery Ballroom On February 16
Brooklyn's experimental hip-hop provocateur Theophilus London recently released his second album Vibes, executive produced by Kanye West (also rapping on one track) and including a shipload of other...
View ArticleSinkane Ticket Giveaway: Rough Trade On February 15
Ahmed Gallab, who records as Sinkane, released his third album, Mean Love, late last summer. This latest collection of eclectic songs richly mines Sinkane's own Sudanese background with forays into...
View ArticleFirst Listen: The Districts, 'A Flourish And A Spoil'
Listen to The Districts'A Flourish and A Spoil streaming now via WFUV and NPR Music before the album's release on February 10.Countless bands perform a variation on the medium-uptempo edge-of-rage...
View ArticleThe TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 8
1. Twin Shadow“Turn Me Up”2. Mark Ronson“Daffodils”3. Parquet Courts“Slide Machine”4. Modest Mouse“Lampshades on Fire”5. Belle and Sebastian“Enter Sylvia Plath”6. Sleater-Kinney“A New Wave”7. Panda...
View ArticleCourtney Barnett Sets A Stateside Spring Tour
Courtney Barnett's debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, finally comes out on March 24 and she's announced a tour in the States beginning in May. Chastity Belt will support...
View ArticleKarl Hyde of Underworld: TAS In Session
The remastered edition of Underworld’s 1994 album, Dubnobasswithmyheadman, was released in October (also as a five-disc deluxe box set), marking the 20th anniversary of this visionary release that...
View ArticleSt. Vincent, Beck, Jack White, Aphex Twin Among Grammy Winners
The Grammy® winners are cradling their gold gramophones and the lucky musicians include Beck, who triumphed with three awards, including Album of the Year and Best Rock Album honors for Morning Phase,...
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