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Ariel Pink Ticket Giveaway: Terminal 5 On February 25
Ariel Pink's 10th album Pom Pom was one of the more unusual releases of 2014. The willfully prickly Ariel Pink heads to Terminal 5 on February 25 with Jack Name and The Alternate Side is giving away a...
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Kishi Bashi String Quartet Ticket Giveaway: Brooklyn Masonic Temple On...
Kishi Bashi, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer Kaoru Ishibashi, frequently tours with Of Montreal. He released his most recent solo album, Lighght, last year, a magnificent...
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Emmy The Great Ticket Giveaway: Mercury Lounge On February 19
Emmy the Great has been calling Brooklyn home for a spell and her beautiful new EP, simply titled S, was inspired by some of her travels and personal upheavals. The singer and songwriter will celebrate...
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Father John Misty: FUV Live
Josh Tillman has undergone yet another metamorphosis, brought on by—what else?—love. The artist that first reinvented himself as J. Tillman, singer/songwriter, then again as rock drummer Josh Tillman...
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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 15
1. Sleater-Kinney“A New Wave”2. Twin Shadow“Turn Me Up”3. Modest Mouse“Lampshades on Fire”4. Mark Ronson“Daffodils”5. Belle and Sebastian“Enter Sylvia Plath”6. Panda Bear“Mr Noah”7. Alvvays“Archie,...
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First Listen: Ibeyi, 'Ibeyi'
Listen to Ibeyi's self-titled debut streaming now via WFUV and NPR Music before the album's release on February 17.I fell hard for the 20-year-old twin sisters of Ibeyi last summer, when they released...
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Father John Misty Deluxe Vinyl Editions Are Delivered Warped
Treated yourself to a deluxe vinyl edition of Father John Misty's I Love You, Honeybear? Well, you might have a warped album on your hands. Father John Misty's label, Sub Pop, admits that because of...
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Wannabe Jalva: FUV Live
Hailing from Porto Alegre, Wannabe Jalvamay not be exactly what you might expect from a Brazilian band. Referring to their music as "space groove rock," the quartet just released an extremely...
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Demetri Martin Ticket Giveaway: Town Hall On February 28
Demetri Martin, a former contributor to "The Daily Show" and star of his own Comedy Central series, "Important Things Demetri Martin," is recording a new stand-up special this spring (in addition to...
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Swans Ticket Giveaway: Bowery Ballroom On February 26
Swans reunited over five years ago, the seminal, seething rockers, led by Michael Gira, have vaulted back on the road and into the studio. Last year, they released one of the most critically-praised...
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Sleater-Kinney Ticket Giveaway: Terminal 5 On February 26
Sleater-Kinney, the potent Portland trio that released its first album in a decade, No Cities To Love, last month. The album is not merely a continuation of Sleater-Kinney's fury and finesse, but a...
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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending February 22
1. Sleater-Kinney“A New Wave”2. The Decemberists“Cavalry Captain”3. Twin Shadow“Turn Me Up”4. Matt and Kim“Get It”5. Django Django“First Light”6. Modest Mouse“Lampshades on Fire”7. Mark...
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First Listen: Public Service Broadcasting, 'The Race For Space'
In 2015, it's easy to take for granted how important and far-reaching the space race was. But imagine yourself in 1957: News breaks that there's something in the sky — in space — and if you tune your...
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Passion Pit Elevates With A New Album This Spring
AlthoughPassion Pit's Michael Angelakos bravely confessed that he struggled throughout the recording of 2012's Gossamer due to his ongoing struggles with bipolar disorder, the gifted musician continues...
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Blur Returns With A New Album In April
Wily Damon Albarn and his Blur compadres had declared for ages that it was unlikely that the band would release a new album in the foreseeable future. Well, that's all changed as of today: Blur returns...
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East India Youth: TAS In Session
Nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2014 for his ambitious debut album Total Strife Forever, East India Youth's William Doyle didn't set out to be a solo artist. Back in 2010 his band, Doyle and the...
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Cursive Ticket Giveaway: Bowery Ballroom On March 10
Cursive is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a band, marking the occasion with Saddle Creek's reissue of its 2003 breakthrough album, The Ugly Organ.The Nebraska rockers, led by frontman Tim Kasher,...
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Catfish And The Bottlemen Ticket Giveaway: Bowery Ballroom On March 9
Welsh rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen released their debut album, The Balcony, in the States last month (it came out in the UK in September). Spurred on by kinetic singles like "Kathleen," the band...
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Sleater-Kinney Ticket Giveaway: Terminal 5 On February 27
Sleater-Kinney released its first album in a decade, No Cities To Love, last month. The album is no mere reunion, but a bold declaration that the Portland trio leads with fresh and innovative ideas...
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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending March 1
1. Django Django“First Light”2. Sleater-Kinney“A New Wave”3. The Decemberists“Cavalry Captain”4. Matt and Kim“Get It”5. Panda Bear“Mr Noah”6.Purity Ring“Push Pull”7. Jose Gonzalez“Leaf Off/The Cave”8....
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