TV on the radio

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TV on the radio
TV on the Radio at Treasure Island Music Festival
TV on the Radio at Treasure Island Music Festival
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)
Tunde Adebimpe at a concert in 2004

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

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Return to Cookie Mountain
  DE 61 07/14/2006 (2 weeks)
  UK 90 07/15/2006 (1 week)
  US 41 09/30/2006 (10 weeks)
Dear Science
  DE 76 10/03/2008 (1 week)
  AT 69 10/03/2008 (1 week)
  CH 77 05/10/2008 (2 weeks)
  UK 33 04/10/2008 (4 weeks)
  US 12 10/11/2008 (14 weeks)
Nine types of light
  DE 68 04/29/2011 (1 week)
  CH 65 04/24/2011 (3 weeks)
  UK 33 04/23/2011 (2 weeks)
  US 12 04/30/2011 (5 weeks)
Seeds
  CH 73 11/23/2014 (1 week)
  UK 78 11/29/2014 (1 week)
  US 22nd December 06, 2014 (3 weeks)
Singles
New Health Rock
  UK 76 10/16/2004 (2 weeks)
Wolf like me
  UK 89 08/12/2006 (1 week)

Albums

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

  1. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.de/news/mektiven/article93717/tv-on-the-radio-bassist-gerard-smith-an-lungenkrebs-verstorben.html
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2

Web links

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