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  Watch Alt-J Deftly Deliver 'Breezeblocks' on 'Conan'

  April 19, 2013 – Alt-J set aside time in their Coachella-filled schedule to drop by Conan last night (April 18) and perform "Breezeblocks," the swirling second single from the Folk&B Brits' debut album, the Mercury Prize-winning An Awesome Wave. The U.K. foursome slayed the xylophone-plinked track, just as they did on Later... With Jools Holland last year. …
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  Coachella 2013 Friday Fieldnotes: Lindsay Lohan, Tears for Alt-J, the O.G. Yelling Goat

  April 13, 2013 – This year the fest's wristbands include a chip that must be scanned when you're entering or leaving certain areas of the grounds. Being a music fan sometimes means feeling like a package of ground beef going through the supermarket check-out every few minutes.By 2:30 p.m. …
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  DIIV Ride Awesome Wave of SXSW '13 Buzz, Alt-J Flounder on Twitter

  March 19, 2013 – Now that South By Southwest has ended and the hangovers have (hopefully) faded, it's time to take stock of what actually happened in downtown Austin last week. SPIN has already highlighted the 50 Best Things We Saw, and now social media research firm Fizziology has offered their own take on SXSW 2013's winners and losers.The results? …
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  Alt-J 'Buffalo' With Mountain Man on Ornately Folky Soundtrack Cut

  November 13, 2012 – Buffalo is a musical word, so appealing it thrives despite the American bison having little to do with the African buffalo or Asian water buffalo, and only maybe slightly more to do with the city of Buffalo, New York. Alt-J cover all their buffalo bases on "Buffalo," a collaboration with Feist-backing Vermont woodswomen Mountain Man. Set to appear on the November 19 soundtrack to upcoming David O. …
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  SXSW 2013: Alt-J, the Zombies, Thurston Moore, WHY? Fill Out Initial Lineup

  November 8, 2012 – The folks behind annual Austin music bacchanal South By Southwest have announced the first round of bands set to play the 2013 event, which will run March 12 through 17. Lest we forget the enormity of the massive fest, this initial list tops out at a whopping 230 performers — the total is typically over 2,000 official acts, with countless more showing up to play any street corner, drinking hole, or house party that'll have them. …
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  Alt-J Contort Bodies, Reality in 'Fitzpleasure' Video

  November 5, 2012 – Stateside audiences are only now getting familiar with the art-addled, propulsive pop majesty of English band Alt-J, but, really, that's a gift. Their September LP debut An Awesome Wave just took home Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize with good reason — the album is a stunner to take in on the first listen, and its unusual allure only seems to grow on repeated spins. …
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  Alt-J Win 2012 Mercury Prize

  November 1, 2012 – Alt-J were awarded Britain's prestigious Barclaycard Mercury Prize Thursday (November 1) for their debut album, An Awesome Wave."We didn't expect to win because the competition was so high. …
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  See Alt-J Crush 'Breezeblocks' on 'Jools Holland'

  October 24, 2012 – Rising electronic folk 'n' b concern Alt-J stopped by BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland yesterday to, in the parlance of our times, handily crush a live rendition of their hypnotic single "Breezeblocks." In the video above, singer Joe Newman stoically delivers his surprisingly smooth mumble-slur, his voice coasting in and out of the stormy instrumentation and copious harmonies provided by the British band. …
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