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  TV on the Radio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TV on the Radio is a New York City avant-garde indie-rock vocal band formed in 2001 whose music spans genres as diverse as free jazz, a cappella/doo-wop, trip-hop and electro.
The first album from TV On The Radio (initially just founding members Adebimpe and Sitek) was the self-released OK Calculator (the title being a reference to Radiohead's seminal album OK Computer), the majority of which is wildly different from their later sound, with elements of electronica, hip hop and turntablism.
TV on the Radio is one of the favorite active bands of rock icon David Bowie, who also contributes backing vocals on the track "Province" from the latest effort, Return to Cookie Mountain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TV_on_the_Radio   (818 words)

  
 TV on the Radio - PopMatters Concert Review
While TV on the Radio's new rockin' ways are certainly a tradeoff, no one, and I mean no one, could complain on hearing those live drums kick in for the first time.
As on TV on the Radio songs, this was rendered more meaningful by Adebimpe's vocals.
So TV on the Radio is one of those few bands that justifies my existence my being quite a bit different live than on record.
www.popmatters.com /music/concerts/t/tv-on-the-radio-040326.shtml   (751 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Return to Cookie Mountain: Music: TV On The Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
TV on the Radio gave some serious reinvention to indie rock, with their debut "Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes." Then they sort of dropped off for awhile, apparently to tinker with their future sound.
TV on the Radio have one-upped themselves with "Return to Cookie Mountain," and yet there's a feeling of unfulfilled promise, hinting that they'll get even better as time goes on.
TV On The Radio really are one of thosem love them or hate them bands, and as far as I'm concerned I love them.
www.amazon.co.uk /Return-Cookie-Mountain-TV-Radio/dp/B000FG82KO   (2034 words)

  
 TV On The Radio - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
Brooklyn's TV on the Radio has created a compulsive mixture of '80s rock, doo-wop, and post-punk.
The Brooklyn-based group TV on the Radio mixes post-punk, electronic and other atmospheric elements in such a creative way that it only makes sense that its core duo, vocalist Tunde Adebimpe and multiinstrumentalist/ producer David Andrew Sitek, are both visual artists as well as musicians.
After the EP was completed, TV on the Radio added guitarist/vocalist Kyp Malone to their fold.
music.download.com /tvontheradio/3600-8716_32-100072441.html   (485 words)

  
 TV on the Radio News
When TV on the Radio singer Tunde Adebimpe performs, he uses his left arm, by turns, with the studied strength of a preacher dispensing healing and the arm-waving frenzy of a lost soul seeking salvation.
TV on the Radio is, from left, Kyp Malone, Gerard Smith, Jaleel Bunton, David Sitek, and Tunde Adebimpe.
TV On The Radio and Grizzly Bear are bands from that special place where "the next" indie rock superstars seem to grow like mushrooms, Brooklyn NYC.
www.topix.net /who/tv-on-the-radio   (762 words)

  
 Downhill Battle - TV on the Radio Interview
TV on the Radio make pop music with a soul that hasn’t been heard around the cool woods in a while.
I spoke with Tunde Adebimpe live and on the air on WGDR radio, an independent Pacifica-affiliated station at 91.1 FM in Plainfield, Vermont.
TV on the Radio have their own blog, written mostly by Dave Sitek.
www.downhillbattle.org /interviews/tvotr.php   (2749 words)

  
 TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio's debut EP, "Young Liars" is the first record I have listened to COMPULSIVELY this year.
I keep hearing TV on the Radio compared to the Talking Heads and the vocals are reminiscent of Peter Gabriel.
It would be an honor to have TV on the Radio compared to _______.
www.freewilliamsburg.com /september_2003/tvontheradio.html   (526 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Return to Cookie Mountain: Music: TV on the Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Unlike virtually any of those other bands, TV on the Radio mix a genuine and actual songwriting ability with their knack for finding sounds that appear to be "new." This record is crisper-sounding and incorporates more dance-based elements, but it's essentially a pop album.
I want to close by saying that while TV on the Radio is often described as an art-rock band--a description that for me, with my preference for garage and punk rock, is usually a dirty word--I didn't find them off putting and pretentious in the least, as I often do with such acts.
We saw TV On the Radio play at the Showbox in Seattle in 2005, and they were absolutely awesome.
www.amazon.com /Return-Cookie-Mountain-TV-Radio/dp/B000FG82KO   (2121 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes: Music: TV on the Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
TV on the Radio have a really creative and unique new sound brewing, but they have some work to do in terms of listenability.
TV on the Radio have an interesting ultrahip sound and they have loads of potential, but they're not groundbreakers yet.
TV On The Radio is yet another group that I was a little late on in terms of jumping on the wagon.
www.amazon.com /Desperate-Youth-Blood-Thirsty-Babes/dp/B0001BVI86   (1932 words)

  
 Splendid: Features: TV on the Radio
I first heard about TV on the Radio a few weeks ago, when my editor came back from a Fall concert insisting that this Brooklyn-based band was exactly up my alley.
I had a conversation with singer and founding member Tunde Adibempe and found out that TV on the Radio was born out of a thriving artistic microcommunity -- mostly one loft in Brooklyn -- by guys who apparently couldn't care less about hype and external success.
Tunde: He just finished producing the Liars album, but most of his energy is going to go into TV on the Radio until September, when we actually turn the record in, and after that we're going to be touring in November.
www.splendidezine.com /features/tvotr   (3914 words)

  
 4AD - TV On The Radio
TV On The Radio - Cookie Mountain Vid...
TV On The Radio are one of those rare bands who command total attention straight away.
Praise like this can often be heaped on bands for just looking cool, or for being in the right place at the right time - but in TV On The Radio's case, it's the music that does the talking.
www.4ad.com /tvontheradio   (135 words)

  
 * Dusted Reviews - TV on the Radio *
When it was released last summer, TV on the Radio’s Young Liars was an accomplished statement in its own right, certainly, but it also hinted at greater things to come.
The members of TV on the Radio seemed to be too respectful of their influences, however, and too sure of their own abilities to just write genre pieces.
TV on the Radio now has 13 songs, two albums, and a style all its own.
www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/1286   (847 words)

  
 DILBLOG
I've been on radio before and a couple of webcasts (my California-based boss was once able to catch one of my last band's shows), but TV is still, for me, a brave new world.
The first thing to report is that the "on the air" light (actually there isn't one in the live room in this particular station - possibly due to the proximity of the control room - but being told "on the air" has the same effect, believe me) immediately takes 30 points off your IQ.
The sound setup is somewhat different from the audio-centric world of recording and radio studios.
blogs.sun.com /dilly/entry/tv_on_the_radio   (431 words)

  
 * Dusted Reviews - TV on the Radio *
But when it becomes clear that TV on the Radio are for real (they are!), the answer (what was the question?) is, as science has repeatedly suggested, very simple: At their most elemental, TV on the Radio are a pop band — A great one.
However, where Gabriel relied on the appearance of passion, TV on the Radio dig a bit deeper.
It’s certainly not a spoiler; it would be tough, if not impossible to undo the cleverness of the ideas presented on the TV on the Radio originals.
www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/995   (580 words)

  
 betterPropaganda - free MP3 downloads TV On The Radio
Resting between doowop, experimental, rock, and free form jazz lies Brooklyn's TV on the Radio.
Touch and Go snagged up TV on the Radio after hearing merely their demo tape, a move which had never been done before.
Regardless if one sees TV on the Radio as being political or not, regardless if you think New York sucks for music, regardless of whatever the hell you think, their music is still amazing.
www.betterpropaganda.com /artist_page.asp?id=23   (294 words)

  
 Straight.com Vancouver | Concert Reviews | TV on the Radio
If that wasn’t enough, TV on the Radio’s last headlining appearance in these parts—a best-of-2004 stand at the Pic Pub—should have been a tip-off for what this visit promised.
When it was all over, you knew exactly why Rolling Stone recently named TV on the Radio one of 10 acts to watch in 2006.
With drummer Jaleel Bunton and bassist Gerard Smith content to stay in the background, half the magic was watching TV on the Radio’s three founding members.
www.straight.com /content.cfm?id=17806   (549 words)

  
 Click2Houston.com - Entertainment - Concert Review: TV On The Radio Infuse Art-Rock Creations With Fury
Each connoisseur who walked through the club's doors came to get an answer to the question of whether or not this group -- an underground, art-rock sensation thanks in part to their widely praised second album -- could deliver on the hype in Pitchfork's hometown.
His singing was already one of TV On The Radio's key assets, but his manic stage presence serves to sweeten the deal.
TV On The Radio certified that music dreamed up in an antiseptic studio could not only be recreated live, but become even bolder when presented with human fury behind it.
www.click2houston.com /entertainment/10047217/detail.html   (1057 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/tvotr
"The latest experiment from TV on the Radio goes horribly right." A- "The disc might be the most oddly beautiful, psychedlic and ambitious of the year...Consider your mind blown."
TV on the Radio play noise because they like the music it makes."
Peter Murphy, Trent Reznor and TV on the Radio perform the TV on the Radio song Dreams
www.myspace.com /tvotr   (880 words)

  
 gorilla vs. bear: TV On The Radio: Live in Dallas
Last night's TV On The Radio and Celebration show was a collaborative affair, with members of TVOTR joining Celebration on stage, and Katrina Ford of Celebration returning the favor during their set.
i saw tv on the radio open for the get hustle in portland in 2003 after i had just gotten really really into their ep at the time, and they suuuucked live!
TV on the Radio makes me happier than either TV or the radio can do alone.
gorillavsbear.blogspot.com /2006/04/tv-on-radio-live-in-dallas.html   (623 words)

  
 NPR : Music Imitates Art: TV on the Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
All Things Considered, March 14, 2004 ·; The band TV on the Radio creates eclectic music -- a proper reflection of a group with diverse backgrounds and interests.
While their sound ranges from doo-wop to distortion, TV on the Radio is increasingly mentioned as an art rock group with wide appeal, following the trail blazed by the Talking Heads.
Two visual artists are at the helm of TV on the Radio, which is based in art-friendly Brooklyn, New York.
www.npr.org /features/feature.php?wfId=1765590   (253 words)

  
 luvly: TV on the radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I'd like to be able to tune in to a digital radio station that rebroadcasts TV programmes.
There are plenty of TV shows that would work perfectly well without the visuals.
But if it were broadcast on the radio, I'd easily be able to listen to it while I did something else.
gilest.org /luvly/20040120-radiotv.html   (197 words)

  
 NME.COM - Artists - TV On The Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Breeders, TV On The Radio celebrate 25 years of 4AD
TV On The Radio : New Health Rock
TV On The Radio : Staring At the Sun
www.nme.com /artists/tv-on-the-radio   (131 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes: Music: TV On The Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The debut album from TV on the Radio, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes singles this multi-racial Brooklyn trio out as a markedly different band from many of their new-wave New York peers.
NYC newcomers TV on the Radio's debut was rightly hyped after their dazzling EP, Young Liars.
Like Shrek, TV On The Radio have layers, and while the casual listeners seeking immediate pop thrills may be disappointed, those digging in for the haul will be delighted for delving into the psychedelic fog for these strange and rewarding musical pearls.
www.amazon.co.uk /Desperate-Youth-Blood-Thirsty-Babes/dp/B00022LTLA   (1584 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : TV On the Radio
Thanks for staying past the first song," says TV on the Radio singer Tunde Adebimpe from the stage of the Institute for Contemporary Art in London.
Adebimpe has reason to be a little nervous: Not only are TV on the Radio playing their first gig in four months, they're also debuting songs from their new album, Return to Cookie Mountain, a collection of hypnotic, shape-shifting tunes that has already earned raves from their buddy David Bowie.
Bowie had been following TV on the Radio since 2003, when Sitek sold Bowie's doorman a painting and passed along some of the band's recordings.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/9524497/tv_on_the_radio   (673 words)

  
 TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain: Pitchfork Record Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
When I try to explain TV on the Radio to people who aren't into them, the first thing on the checklist is singer Tunde Adebimpe, a stoic romantic who falters but never whimpers.
TV on the Radio's guitarist, producer, and co-founder David Sitek talks to Pitchfork about Return to Cookie Mountain, the messages in their music, the end of the species, and why the band is funnier than we realize.
TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain
www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/37203/TV_on_the_Radio_Return_to_Cookie_Mountain   (812 words)

  
 TV on the Radio | Touch and Go/Quarterstick Records
Touch & Go released TV on the Radio’s stunning EP Young Liars in July 2003, and it immediately marked them out as one of the most musically innovative bands to have emerged in years.
TV on the Radio capped a year of critical acclaim and non-stop activity when their debut album Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes was awarded the Shortlist Music Prize in Los Angeles on November 15th, 2004.
The Shortlist Prize was founded in 2001 "to honor the most creative and adventurous albums of the year across all genres of music".
www.tgrec.com /bands/band.php?id=28   (339 words)

  
 Staring at the sun - the approved fanlisting for TV on the Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Approved by tfl.org, this fanlisting for the band TV on the Radio was opened on 1st August 2004.
In case you didn't know, a fanlisting is a list of fans of a particular subject and the mission is to find out how many fans there are in the world or to become the largest fanlisting there is.
This fanlisting is in no way supported by or affiliated with TV on the Radio.
fan.500ml.org /totr   (127 words)

  
 TV On The Radio Wins Shortlist Prize
"We are not the next Damien Rice," TV On The Radio's Kyp Malone told Billboard.com, referring to the singer/songwriter who won the award in 2003.
In a 30-minute set to close the concert, TV On The Radio played a number of cuts from the album, including "Dreams" and "Staring at the Sun." The latter best exemplified the act's tuneful experimentation, with gospel-worthy call and response vocals and a wall of guitars that reached rave-like hysterics.
TV On The Radio received a $10,000 cash prize presented by XM Satellite Radio.
www.billboard.com /bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000719930   (660 words)

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