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Tv On The Radio

TV on the Radio formed in Brooklyn in the early 2000s around vocalist Tunde Adebimpe and bassist Gerard Smith. Their 2004 debut album, 'Desperate Youth,...

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TV on the Radio's anxious Brooklyn sound

A Brooklyn band that mixed rock textures with electronic unease starting in the early 2000s.

For their anxious energy, 'Wolf Like Me' still hits. 'Staring At The Sun' frames their melodic side.

They arrived with a sound that didn't fit neatly in one box, pulling from rock and electronic textures on their 2004 debut 'Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes.' Songs like 'Wolf Like Me' and 'Staring At The Sun' became touchstones for that mix of anxious energy and melodic hooks. Their 2019 single 'Happy Idiot' showed they were still putting out new material years later.

TV on the Radio formed in Brooklyn in the early 2000s around vocalist Tunde Adebimpe and bassist Gerard Smith. They followed their 2004 debut with albums like 'Return to Cookie Mountain' in 2006 and 'Dear Science' in 2008. Later records included 'Nine Types of Light' in 2011 and 'Seeds' in 2014.

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TV on the Radio formed in Brooklyn in the early 2000s around vocalist Tunde Adebimpe and bassist Gerard Smith. Their 2004 debut album, 'Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes,' got them noticed for a sound that didn't sit neatly in one box, pulling from rock and electronic textures.

They followed that with albums like 'Return to Cookie Mountain' in 2006 and 'Dear Science' in 2008. Songs like 'Wolf Like Me' and 'Staring At The Sun' became touchstones for their mix of anxious energy and melodic hooks.

Later records included 'Nine Types of Light' in 2011 and 'Seeds' in 2014. The lineup settled with Adebimpe, Gerard Smith, Kyp Malone on vocals and guitar, David Sitek on keyboards, and Jaleel Bunton on drums. Their 2019 single 'Happy Idiot' showed they were still putting out new material.

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