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TV on the Radio
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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.
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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Young Liars
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boumalhab wrote:
Haha how can you think that this band has a white singer? Have you heard I Was A Lover?
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petervp wrote:
wolf like me is absolutely great!! :) i'm not really sure about the other songs.. less my thing or something
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gordonashby wrote:
Its ok djshadowfax...I type radiohead half the times I mean to type radio too.
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djshadowfax wrote:
TV on the Radiohead sounds like "every other day" by Transport . . . lovely C and E
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Flowsn157 wrote:
They sounds sometimes a little bit like Peter Gabriel.
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Demon4ikk1966 wrote:
неплохо!!
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oozabooman wrote:
Because it's based on the total plays of the album, and not which album has the most recent plays.
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jaichme wrote:
how is Return to Cookie Mountain the most popular album, if only ONE song from top ten listened tracks comes from it, and most of them are from Dear Science.... -_-
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lostintravise wrote:
"until i looked at their picture i assumed the singer was white. " >=|
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lindsey_fru wrote:
i was a lover....before this war
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lubipa wrote:
how about european tour guys? ;-)
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beatfanatic wrote:
I would only leave cookie mountain to fetch more milk.
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bektravels wrote:
Yeah indeed, why leave cookie mountain??
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agatapoppy wrote:
patience is a virtue until its silence burns you
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-stef wrote:
patience is a virtue until its silence burns you
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cdax2307 wrote:
Dear Science ftw, the rest is just so-so for me. Although I can concur he IS a definitely powerful lyricist.
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JWP321 wrote:
until i looked at their picture i assumed the singer was white.
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MareRegola wrote:
staring at the sun<3
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the220frequency wrote:
conan's got a point, I never want to leave cookie mountain
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modest_cat_ wrote:
staring at the sun
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ohtenlee, speybay01, allieboiko and 1 other person added TV on the Radio to their libraries. 47 minutes ago
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coupykins tagged TV on the Radio with alternative rock, experimental, indie rock and one other tag. 1 hour ago
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Veasna wrote about TV on the Radio in Top 10 albums of 2009. 2 hours ago
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Veasna wrote about TV on the Radio – OK Calculator in Top 10 albums of 2009. 2 hours ago
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