It was a tumultuous week at NY’s Ed Sullivan Theater. Bill Clinton stopped by Monday (LOL @ Chris Rock afterward) and on Wednesday John McCain canceled at the last minute because the economy exploded. The high-profile week of musical chairs was capped off with TV On The Radio & Friends’ horny, wordy “Dancing Choose,” an appropriately anxious soundtrack for a country lobotomized by the media. The Friday night edition of the Hello Deli Concert Series was actually filmed on Monday, but by now you should know to expect the unexpected from this talk show.
Dear Science (yes David, that’s the title) is out now via Interscope.
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Fire escape! It’s so REAL!
this was great. and the the “hello deli concert series” is a great rip on the lame outdoor leno and kimmel concerts.
good thing they’re by the fire exit, this performance is HOT!!!!!
so corny, but i gotta digg that up.
fire escape, eh? how clever.
i dig.
dude totely unoriginal and also fucken dum
this band sux dudes totalley
I’ve got a great Top Ten List topic for Dave: Top ten reasons to not let your idiot younger sibling who “fuken luvs” Buckcherry know what Stereogum is.
I saw them at San Diego Street Scene & they were AMAZING! Last night, not so much.
i dont get it
So this would be, TV on the Radio on the TV?
TV on the Radio on the TV on the Fire Ecsape.
I mean …… e – S – cape.
Ah, I just assumed you were African American.
this band has its moments, some decent songs (more a singles band than an album band), but overall yeah I feel this band is not one to compete in the longevity sweepstakes, a band that’s on the radar (tv on the radar? dahdunktshhh) now so the average music listener can say “yes I too listen to this boutique hipster band from Brooklyn” can’t forget to mention Brooklyn in their press package of course! they must be good, right? but yeah eventually all the skittering beats and the guy’s wailing vocals bring on ear fatigue, it gets old – very ‘of its time’, plus I, at least, find them boring as fuck live
honestly, the term “hipster” as an insult is getting pretty fucking old by now.
well obviously you’re irked by the hipster tag, also insulting hipsters will never get old, muhmuhmhahahahmuhhahahha, oh fun
Isn’t that a fire hazard?
Thanks for this
this is awesome!
Also, that is a terrific, quintessentially New York-styled choice of outdoor venue (even if music videos in the ’80s corned the whole hornlines-on-fire-escapes thing). Extremely befitting of a band like TVOTR that is so unique in how they cross over.
They put out a VERY good record.
very “it’s end of the world as we know it.” someone call the noise police!
hahah yeah i don’t get it! I’m not saying it’s bad its just confusing! These guys are all over the place like what’s their sound really? Whatever though they can do whatever they want.
Wow. That version is horny. Rad.
i like tv on the radio – i think it was a nice idea that they played on a fire escape but i don’t think they really got their sound across or maybe its the new album – i haven’t had the chance to listen to it yet. but every album tv on the radio has put out has never disappointed me… and i don’t think this one will either- hopefully.
Even considering my e-mail address, I think this album is terrible. I can’t imagine them being in a creative rut, but it really feels like they were pushing the deadlines with this album. It sounds so forced, straight forward, and trying so hard to achieve something rather than just well constructed, creative songs. Maybe I’m not used to them driving so hard, and while they’re noted for fancy production Sitek comes off sterile this time around. Oh well, 2 great LPs and an EP that rivals both. Glad I saw them twice before this album. They’ve played live every song I’ve ever wanted to hear.
Dear Science is this year’s In Rainbows.
How can anyone not like this band?
Black Jesus strikes again