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Brooklyn, New York, USA (2001 – present)

TV on the Radio is a Brooklyn, New York, USA-based band that was formed in 2001. Their music is difficult to classify and is often described as art rock or post-punk, but is educated by a diverse spectrum of styles including freeform jazz and a cappella music, psychedelia and trip-hop, modern soul and classic ’90s indie rock, giving them a unique and original sound. The core members are Tunde Adebimpe (vocals, loops), David Andrew Sitek (guitars, keyboards, loops) and Kyp Malone (vocals, guitars, loops), but the band is accompanied by additional members when performing live. On record, they’ve been joined by Jaleel Bunton (drums) and Gerard Smith (bass) (both of whom have recently become permanent members), Martin Perna (flute, saxophones) and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (guitar). Celebration’s Katrina Ford and Blonde Redhead’s Kazu Makino have both made vocal contributions to various TVotR tracks and even art rock legend David Bowie (an early advocate and advisor of the band) has a vocal cameo on 2006’s Return to Cookie Mountain.

Their first album 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 electro, hip-hop and turntablism. Later they were joined by Kyp Malone and released Young Liars (EP) and Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (LP) to great critical acclaim, the latter earning them a Shortlist Music Prize.

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indie, indie rock, experimental, alternative, rock
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The23rdhour wrote:
16 hours ago

I can't even begin to say how much I love "Dear Science" <3

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absolia wrote:
yesterday evening

province makes me want to explode.

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Magado wrote:
yesterday evening

I love Wolf Like Me!

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tumbledry wrote:
yesterday evening

more like niggers on the airwaves am I right?

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beatfanatic wrote:
Thursday evening

nah man , its an amazing show and more people need to watch it.

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Pointro wrote:
Thursday morning

I discovered Breaking Bad through TVotR. Is that weird?

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Mr_Electric wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Young Liars has to be one of the greatest records of this decade. Thanks, TVotR!

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dermannimsakko wrote:
Wednesday morning

yeah nice

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w_1_7 wrote:
Wednesday morning

CrYYYYYyyyyyyyyyyYYYYYYYYYYYYing!

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foolishwolf wrote:
Monday evening

kudos to zaraki38 for mentioning Breaking Bad

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laburt wrote:
last week

http://ohmpark.com/mp3s/live-show-tv-on-the-radio-12409/

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duckies91 wrote:
last week

Could anyone direct me to a live bootleg from a fairly recent concert? I'm seeing them live in Bennicassim soon and judging by their YouTube videos they have a different sound live, so I'd like to get used to the live versions, so I know what to expect. Thanks

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beatfanatic wrote:
last month

well there are two different versions of staring at the sun and they both differ in length so maybe if you add the plays for both the version, that track would probably be higher up in the charts.

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LowPulp wrote:
last month

I was wondering the same thing. I think it's easily their best song.

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buzz-in wrote:
last month

Because the ten other songs are listened to more.

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evilest_oreo wrote:
last month

how is staring at the sun so low??

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jefffq wrote:
last month

i am a BIG man

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Sienrin wrote:
last month

Well aren't you a big man.

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hotterthanjuly wrote:
last month

Again, responding with more hate isn't what I'm going to do. Blessings do not come to those who dwell in negativity. I no longer want to argue over trivial things. I just want to show kindness and generosity toward others while I still can. After the events of yesterday, this is the right thing for us all to do. I hope you all have a beautiful day. :)

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manau-says-hy wrote:
last month

alter scheiß was geht denn hier ab :D

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