TV on the radio
TV on the radio | |
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TV on the Radio at Treasure Island Music Festival |
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General information | |
origin | New York , United States |
Genre (s) | Indie rock , avant-garde , post-punk , experimental rock |
founding | 2001 |
Website | www.tvontheradio.com |
Founding members | |
Tunde Adebimpe | |
David Andrew Sitek | |
Current occupation | |
singing |
Tunde Adebimpe |
Guitar, keyboard |
David Andrew Sitek |
Vocals, guitar |
Kyp Malone |
Jaleel Bunton | |
former members | |
Gerard Smith († 2011) |
TV on the Radio is an American avant-garde and indie rock band from New York City, founded in 2001 . Their music consists of a spectrum from post-punk , jazz to a cappella / doo wop , psychedelia and trip-hop .
Members
The core of the band consists of Tunde Adebimpe ( vocals , loops ), Kyp Malone (vocals, guitars , loops) and David Andrew Sitek (music, guitars, keyboards , loops). At concerts, however, they are accompanied by a whole band. Also on their albums they are often supported by other musicians, such as B. Jaleel Bunton ( drums ), Gerard Smith ( bass ), both official members, Katrina Ford from the group Celebration (vocals), Martin Perna ( flute , alto and baritone saxophone ) from the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra and Nick Zinner (guitar) from the yeah yeah Yeahs . Gerard Smith was diagnosed with lung cancer while recording the album Nine Types of Light , of the consequences of which he died on April 20, 2011 (shortly after the album was released).
history
The title of their first album OK Calculator was a reference to the Radiohead album OK Computer . Most of this album is very different from their later pieces, which also include electro , hip-hop and turntablism . After that, Kyp Malone joined the band and they released the Young Liars EP and Desperate Youth album , Blood Thirsty Babes , which was very well received by critics. They also received the Shortlist Music Prize for this . Later, a second EP was New Health Rock , which also contained the new track New Health Rock , a cover version of Modern Romance by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Wrong Way, which had previously appeared on Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes .
Other musical activities
Founding member David Andrew Sitek has also produced tracks with other bands like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Celebration and the Liars .
Trivia
Hurricane Katrina was the reason for TV on the Radio to record the track Dry Drunk Emperor , which can be downloaded for free from the label's website.
The band name was also used as a recognizable phrase "This is TV on the radio" by the British DJ Tommy Vance based on the initials of his pseudonym.
TV on the Radio was one of David Bowie's favorite bands , who also performed the background vocals for Province on the Return to Cookie Mountain album .
The song Staring at the Sun was played at the Chanel Autumn / Hiver Haute Couture Show in 2005 . The song was also used in the 2010 trailer for the German film Die 4. Revolution - Energy Autonomy .
The song Wolf like Me was featured in the ski film Seven Sunny Days by Matchstick Productions , the drama "Kill your Darlings" by John Krokidas, in Activision's music game Guitar Hero 5, and in the PC and console game Need for Speed: ProStreet by Electronic Arts , as well as Project Gotham Racing 4 from Bizarre Creations . He was also featured in the first episode of the third season of the television series Criminal Minds .
The song Will Do (My Love) was used in the 2011 video game FIFA 12 .
The song DLZ was used in 2009 in the series Breaking Bad (among others with Bryan Cranston ; 2nd season, 10th episode) and in The Vampire Diaries (2nd season, 12th episode).
Discography
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Albums
- 2002: OK Calculator (in-house production)
- 2004: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes ( Touch and Go Records )
- 2006: Return to Cookie Mountain ( 4AD Records )
- 2008: Dear Science (4AD Records)
- 2011: Nine Types of Light ( Interscope Records )
- 2014: Seeds ( Harvest Records )
EPs
- 2003: Young Liars (Touch and Go Records)
- 2007: Live at Amoeba Music (Interscope)
Singles
- 2004: Staring at the Sun
- 2004: New Health Rock
- 2005: Dry Drunk Emperor
- 2006: Wolf Like Me
- 2007: Province
- 2008: Golden Age
- 2008: Dancing Choose
- 2008: Crying
- 2008: Family Tree
- 2011: Will Do (My Love)
- 2011: Chemical Peels
- 2013: Mercy
- 2013: Million Miles
- 2014: Happy Idiot
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.de/news/mektiven/article93717/tv-on-the-radio-bassist-gerard-smith-an-lungenkrebs-verstorben.html
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2
Web links
- Official website
- German fan site from tvotr
- Song for the victims of Hurricane Katrina
- PUNKCAST # 335 Live Vid @ Knitting Factory NYC - Nov 27 2003
- PUNKCAST # 414 Live Vid @ Southpaw, Brooklyn - Mar 4 2004
- TV on the radio at laut.de.
- The Klangschau interview with TV On The Radio (August 06)
- Interview at crazewire.de (11/06) ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )