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TV On The Radio
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Style: Indie Rock
Joined: September 15, 2008
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When much of the critical conversation this year focused on Brooklyn's nü-primitivism coldly capitalizing on globalism, TVOTR proved that the borough can give us so much more than Keffiyeh scarves. TVOTR mixed Princely falsettos and handclaps rooted in African-American churches with dissonant washes of feedback and sounds cribbed from "I Wanna Be Sedated"; hell, "Family Tree" references slavery and lynching while copping its aristocratic aural style from Coldplay. Lest we forget that the group is still a bunch of boho weirdoes, though, there's the unapologetically strange video for "Golden Age": with its brass-aided angelic chorus emerging triumphantly from the robotic funk of the verses, it was the closest thing 2008 pop had to Rapture. On that note, one last sigh of relief that "Golden" in December isn't a sad curio of a nation afraid to embrace difference on November 4, but instead stands as a bona fide fucking anthem going forward. --Eric Harvey
The follow-up to 2006's bleak, beautiful Return to Cookie Mountain, Dear Science is full of wondrous pop experiments like opening romp "Halfway Home," which buries a bubblegum ba-ba-ba refrain under a thick coat of synths and guitars. Such moments are part of the reason Dear Science is SPIN's Album of the Year -- the second such accolade for TVOTR in three years. Parse the lyrics, and the phrase "album of the year" reveals a double meaning. For Dear Science is a document of the absurd, oft-contradictory realities that have governed American lives over the past 12 months, during which waxing anxiety was offset by irrational optimism.
Consider the first two singles, "Dancing Choose" and "Golden Age." One depicts an overstuffed, senses-dulling culture that leaves its victims with "a palette blown to monochrome"; the other is a lush disco anthem -- part Off the Wall, part Wall of Sound -- that promises better times ahead: "There's a golden age comin' round." It's a jolting dichotomy, but an accurate one. Dear Science suggests that, even if the end seems nigh, we all need to keep smiling through the apocalypse.
BRIAN RAFTERY

Record Label: 4AD/DGC/Interscope Records
Label Type: Major Label
Band Members: Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, David Andrew Sitek, Gerard A Smith, Jaleel Bunton
Country: United States
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TV On The Radio Webisodes
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TV On The Radio webisodes
HDTV On The Radio "Golden Age"
3:49
High Definition
2 months ago 14,865 views tvontheradiovideos
TV On The Radio "Shout Me Out" (Webisode)
1:26
TV On The Radio "Shout Me Out" (Webisode)
3 months ago 7,581 views tvontheradiovideos
TV On The Radio "Webisode 4"
1:24
TV On The Radio "Webisode 4: Make Love All Night Long"
5 months ago 2,227 views tvontheradiovideos
TV On The Radio "Webisode 3"
1:18
Check out TV On The Radio's new webisode "Stork & Owl"
5 months ago 20,284 views tvontheradiovideos
TV On The Radio "Making of Dancing Choose"
3:48
TV On The Radio "Making of Dancing Choose"
5 months ago 6,094 views tvontheradiovideos
TV On The Radio "The Making of Golden Age"
3:44
TV On The Radio "The Making of Golden Age"
8 months ago 11,998 views tvontheradiovideos
TV On The Radio: Webisode 2
1:29
Webisode 2 of the TV On The Radio Series
9 months ago 10,453 views tvontheradiovideos
TV On The Radio "Dancing Choose"
3:00
TV On The Radio "Dancing Choose"
9 months ago 380,453 views tvontheradiovideos
TV On The Radio "Webisode 1"
1:01
Check out TV On The Radio's new album "Dear Science," in stores now!
9 months ago 26,653 views tvontheradiovideos
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
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Music video by TV On The Radio performing Wolf Like Me with Jon Watts [Video Direc...
2 years ago 227,040 views universalmusicgroup
TV On The Radio - Province
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Music video by TV On The Radio performing Province with Jeff Scheven [Video Direct...
2 years ago 334,839 views universalmusicgroup
Channel Comments (45)
BloodThirstyBabe (7 hours ago)
I love your music.!
dangerfeel (1 month ago)
i saw one of the interviews and you said you wanted to take submissions for videos, do you guys have anywhere i can show you my stuff? i'm a film/animation major at MCAD. i doubt you'll email me back just cos you guys are out rocking a show but you should check out the page. love

boy ghost...
LimpBuzzcut (1 month ago)
when are we going to see the DLZ music video?
bdeziel (1 month ago)
Just saw you guys in Vancouver, BC. Amazing show! That was my most favorite concert to date! Come back soon! :D
skysaw73 (1 month ago)
Radiohead live on their '08 tour. Videos on my youtube channel. Check it out.
bluenameless (2 months ago)
hey guys...you`re amazing.
I can
have
TOTR
in croatia?
pretty please?
zakkask8 (2 months ago)
otima banda som amigavel e de letras incriveis, simplismete otimo!
SALethole (2 months ago)
I only have a question 4 you guys.
When are you guys coming to africa?
Tunde, you have to hit South Africa.
You are pretty big down South.
IGAAdmin (3 months ago)
its because youtube is an ad-supported video streaming partner of UMG. Since they can't run ads in certain regions of the world, they can't pay UMG for the views, and thus they take it down.
peterbriers (3 months ago)
Can someone explain why I can't see the webisode because I live in Belgium? This seriously sucks. Is this a DRM-thing? I thought most indie-bands were against those things.
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