TAS In Session: El Guincho

November 22, 2010|Kara Manning

Pablo Díaz-Reixa, better known as El Guincho, made his mark with 2008's gleeful mélange of textures and rhythms, Alegranza!...

TAS In Session: Autolux

November 15, 2010|Kara Manning

Los Angeles' moody post-rockers Autolux took their time recording the followup to their 2004 debut Future Perfect, thwarted...

TAS In Session: Magic Bullets

November 08, 2010|Kara Manning

San Francisco's Magic Bullets have no qualms about admitting their love of 70s and 80s pop, from the croon of Orange Juice's...

TAS in Session: Hey Marseilles

November 01, 2010|Kara Manning

Seattle septet Hey Marseilles self-released their vivacious, chamber pop debut To Travels and Trunks in December 2008. For...

TAS In Session: Colour Revolt

October 25, 2010|Kara Manning

Facing label and lineup changes and the realization that they weren't going to be "an overnight success," Sean Kirkpatrick...

TAS In Session: School of Seven Bells

October 18, 2010|Kara Manning

Major changes for Brooklyn band School of Seven Bells last week as the trio became a duo after singer and keyboardist...

TAS In Session: The Postelles

October 11, 2010|Kara Manning

New York's nostalgia-laced popsters The Postelles have been longtime friends of The Alternate Side; the quartet was on hand...

TAS in Session: Free Energy

October 04, 2010|Kara Manning

Take a band with a love for old Cheap Trick and Tom Petty vinyl, add in their own raucous, exuberant energy and you've got F...

TAS In Session: Chief

September 27, 2010|Kara Manning

A Santa Monica band with roots at New York University, soulful, folk-leaning rockers Chief first broke out in the UK. They...

Phosphorescent in Studio A

In Session: Phosphorescent, 2010

September 13, 2010|Kara Manning
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