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Take Five with The Alternate Side: Wintersleep

October 19, 2012|Kara Manning

Wintersleep's amusingly named Hello Hum, the Canadian band's fifth album, finds the quintet at its most expansive, incisive...

Andrew Arne

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Matthew E. White

October 12, 2012|Kara Manning

The hirsute composer, arranger and songwriter Matthew E. White, who opens for The Mountain Goats on that band's North...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Alt-J

September 21, 2012|Kara Manning

Clever move on the part of Alt-J to name its debut album An Awesome Wave; the title also neatly sums up the young, Leeds...

Anna Palma

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Yeasayer

September 14, 2012|Kara Manning

Those irreverent jesters Yeasayer are back with a trippy third album, Fragrant World, which pushes the trio — who dipped a...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Exitmusic

September 07, 2012|Kara Manning

Exitmusic's Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church have forged a profound partnership. The couple came together in a romantic...

Eliot Hazel

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Niki and The Dove

August 31, 2012|Kara Manning

The mysterious world spun by the Swedish trio Niki and The Dove is buoyed by a dreamy brew of ebullient, delectable synthpop...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Here We Go Magic

August 24, 2012|Kara Manning

Here We Go Magic, which evolved from being Luke Temple's solo project to a full-fledged band, has lately undergone more...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Bombay Bicycle Club

August 17, 2012|Kara Manning

Bombay Bicycle Club had a big day on Sunday, opening for Blur, New Order and The Specials in London's Hyde Park, a concert...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: The Dandy Warhols

August 10, 2012|Kara Manning

Few bands have had as fraught a history with labels as the Dandy Warhols. After squabbling with Capitol for years, the band...

Graham Tolbert

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Poliça

August 03, 2012|Kara Manning

When autotune is abused — and yes, Ke$ha, we're looking at you — it's painful. But in the right hands, as aptly demonstrated...