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TV on the Radio
19,600,690 plays (741,911 listeners)
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.
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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Return to Cookie Mountain
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Dear Science
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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
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Shoutbox
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tayfun_ergun wrote:
Fuck! This the kind of music i call 'Kool'!
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scoby_2000 wrote:
haha allie - i just realised that too....
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ISeeYouPan wrote:
OMGBLACKPEOPLEWHAT?!?! Seriously, grow up people.
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allievictoria wrote:
what there are black people in this band???
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beatfanatic wrote:
Dear TVOTR : Please start working on the new album. Love you beatfanatic.
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LeBruiner916 wrote:
Ahhhh fuck,when did dmx become a troll?
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MaxwellKID wrote:
This is fantastic. So many musical stylings. These guys are truly extremely talented musicians.
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Albert_Transom wrote:
y do people listen 2 this shit
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ironiiia wrote:
Halfway Home <3
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nato26 wrote:
Ba ba ba bom bom ba ba bom bom ba
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BeelzbossMike wrote:
"TV on the Radio 4 plays (1 listener) 2,476 shouts Hmm..." and it is called a bug! thank me for teaching you a new word today.
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Giba-G wrote:
4 прослушивания (1 слушатель).WTF???
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possiblypeter wrote:
TV on the Radio 4 plays (1 listener) 2,476 shouts Hmm...
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ClownBehbeh wrote:
this is the freshest sound in music today
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M-Mayakovski wrote:
im pretty sure that at least one of them is gay, and that's great =D
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NinjaTune000 wrote:
Mike Ladd returns with The Infesticons, get a free download of 'Kick Anthem' here: http://www.bigdada.com/infesticons. New album 'Bedford Park' is released on Big Dada on 12th April 2010.
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Sateloista wrote:
these guys are the shit
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Veasna wrote:
nigga, yous trippin'
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CHCHBLAM wrote:
such fond memories of this band... on the trains around the BENELUX countries... listening late at night as you fly through the various dutch and belgium cities... fantastic
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andums wrote:
i read through the shoutbox, and no one has posted the obvious "WHAT AN AWESOME BEARD."
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