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The Weight
Elvis Costello, Ray LaMontagne, Nick Lowe, Allen Toussaint, Richard Thompson, Levon Helm and Larry Campbell doing The Band...
Start the New Year Off Right
Some new year’s resolutions are harder to accomplish than others. Supporting WFUV couldn’t be easier. Just click here to...
Breaking Bands! TAS Predicts What New Faces Will Be Causing A Commotion In 2010
The last days of December are so 2009. The Alternate Side staff is looking ahead to a fresh year with new faces - and bands...
Best Of 2009: Port O'Brien
Folk rockers Port O'Brien released one of the strongest albums of the year, the darkly personal and exquisitely crafted Thre...
TAS In Session: Hurricane Bells
Longwave's frontman Steve Schiltz recently released a solo album called Tonight Is The Ghost under the name Hurricane Bells...
WFUV's December to Remember Clunker-thon!
You’ve finally succumbed to all the ads for new cars...driving through snow...impressing the neighbors...all the while...
Times New Viking And Ólöf Arnalds Celebrate Christmas in Columbus ... and Iceland
As we gather more Yuletide and year-end impressions from bands here and abroad, drummer and vocalist Adam Elliot of Ohio's...
Just Let Me Know When He's Not in Police Custody
Can't keep track of whether Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty is in police custody? There's an app for that.
The Alternate Side's Best of 2009: the xx
The xx have put out one of my favorite records of 2009. It's their self-titled debut and it was released on Young Turks/XL...
Fanfarlo's Amos Memon on Father Christmas And Other Festive Thoughts
As The Alternate Side counts down the days to Christmas, we continue on our tireless (overly earnest) quest of asking...