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TV On The Radio
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Out of 86 votes - Similar Artists: Peter Gabriel, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rocket Science
Out of 86 votes
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Genre: Alternative/Punk » Post-Rock
Editor's review
Brooklyn's TV on the Radio has created a compulsive mixture of '80s rock, doo-wop, and post-punk. This critically lauded band keeps things fresh and exiting with danceable beats, cyclic songs structures, and intriguing lyrics. The vocals are reminiscent of Peter Gabriel, but musically the group is miles ahead of the post-punk crowd.
Biography
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. Adebimpe is a graduate of NYU's film school and specializes in stop-motion animation, which his Brothers Quay-like video for the Yeah Yeah Yeah's single "Pin" demonstrates amply. He is also a painter, as is Sitek, who also produced the Yeah Yeah Yeah's Machine EP and their full-length Fever to Tell. The duo met when Sitek moved into the building where Adebimpe had a loft; each of them had been recording music on their own, but realized their sounds would work well together. Sitek's brother Jason, began playing drums and other instruments with the pair during their recording sessions, which resulted in a self-titled, 24-track CD released by the Brooklyn Milk imprint. Jason Sitek left the band for a short time due to other musical commitments but returned to the band when they recorded their Touch & Go debut, the Young Liars EP. After the EP was completed, TV on the Radio added guitarist/vocalist Kyp Malone to their fold. Young Liars, which also features the Yeah Yeah Yeah's Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, was released in summer 2003 to critical acclaim, coinciding with their gigs opening for the Fall. Their first full-length release, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes arrived in spring 2004. The band remained busy for the rest of the year, embarking on their own tours as well as dates with the Faint and the Pixies. That fall, TV on the Radio was one of the 10 finalists in 2004's Shortlist competition; they also released the New Health Rock EP around that
time.
Tunde Adebimpe (Vocals, Loops)
Jaleel Bunton (Drums)
Kyp Malone (Guitar, Vocals)
David Andrew Sitek (Guitar, Loops)
Gerard Smith (Bass)
Biography by Heather Phares of All Music Guide:
