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Expendable. · Feb 23, 2011

First Single - Will Do (Stream)

Nine Types of Light is out April 12th.

Twitter = @TVonTheRadio - Official Site

Tour

04-08 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
04-09 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theatre
04-10 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
04-13 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
04-16 Boston, MA - House of Blues
04-17 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
04-18 Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy
04-20 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
04-23-24 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04-25 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
05-02 San Diego, CA - 4th and B
06-22 Zagreb, Croatia - T Mobile Inmusic Festival
07-03 London, England - Wireless Festival
07-08 Bilbao, Spain - BBK Live Festival

Cohsae · Feb 23, 2011

So excited for this. Dear Science became one of my favourite albums ever pretty much immediately.

Aegus · Feb 23, 2011

2011 is epic so far for music.

KingGondo · Feb 23, 2011

Looking forward to this, I wore Dear Science out, listened to it 3 or 4 times straight through on a long drive.

Expendable. · Feb 23, 2011

Seeing a lot of negative buzz for that new single, but I like it.

ThanksVision · Feb 23, 2011

Expendable. said:
Seeing a lot of negative buzz for that new single, but I like it.

Yeah it's pleasant enough. Doesn't really do too much for me cause it's pretty generic in TV otr terms. Still doesn't deserve the backlash it's getting.

Vicious · Feb 23, 2011

I really like that song.

woodchuck · Feb 24, 2011

song's ok. seems like an average TVotR song

theBishop · Feb 24, 2011

Can't wait. These guys have several great albums now, but not one which breaks through into genius territory. I'm always excited to hear what they do next.

sixteen-bit · Feb 24, 2011

I'm excited for this. I love this group.

kiweinatee · Feb 24, 2011

also excited for this album, but kind of upset that they're not touring near me :/

disappeared · Feb 24, 2011

I forgot that it's been about two years since Dear Science already.

Archaix · Feb 24, 2011

First of the song I'm hearing (and first I'm hearing of a new album coming, to be honest), but I certainly see where the disappointment comes from. The initial singles off of their last three albums have been amazing songs, and this one...isn't. It's not bad, it's nothing special whatsoever though.

That said I'm still disappointed they won't be touring round here, at least as currently scheduled.

K.Sabot · Feb 24, 2011

Omg 2011.

So godlike.

Track is very good by any other band's standards, but it doesn't quite reach TV on the Radio's average brilliance!

sublime085 · Feb 24, 2011

No chicago dates? lame. i wonder if that means they'll be at p4k or lolla.

looking forward to hearing this

woodchuck · Feb 24, 2011

Detroit? Minneapolis?

motherfuckers need to come to Texas

Suairyu · Feb 24, 2011

'Wolf Like Me' is one of the greatest songs ever committed to popular culture. I'm expecting good things from this album.

kiweinatee · Feb 24, 2011

Suairyu said:
'Wolf Like Me' is one of the greatest songs ever committed to popular culture.

this.

Roofy · Feb 24, 2011

Fuuuuuuck

I just bought the extra fancy tickets to the April 20th show @ St.Andrews hall and now my girlfriend tells me she has a calculus exam at that time.

now i need to find someone who would want to go.

FML

Invisible_Insane · Feb 24, 2011

This band came to my school for the end-of-year campus festival...

..and they were absolutely awful. I hear their album stuff is decent, but I can't imagine wanting to see them live.

Roofy · Feb 24, 2011

Invisible_Insane said:
This band came to my school for the end-of-year campus festival...

..and they were absolutely awful. I hear their album stuff is decent, but I can't imagine wanting to see them live.

they're a club band. almost all festivals suck

swoon · Feb 24, 2011

it kinda sounds like the evolution of that first ep. it's alright.

i've seen them a couple of times, the first time was pre-drummer and it was pretty bad. the second time was in a hotel basement bar with cocorosie and it was one of the best show i've ever seen. the third time was in a larger indie rock venue and it was just OK.

onlyindreams · Feb 24, 2011

That single is pretty damn good.

chris121580 · Feb 24, 2011

I'm not a fan of the new single. This band has left its balls at the door. This song could've easily been on Dear Science, my least favorite album of theirs. I miss their fast paced, in your face, songs like "Wolf Like Me" or "Staring at the Sun." Knowing what this band is capable of, I consider this new single very disappointing.

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew · Feb 24, 2011

Brilliant! When are tickets on sale?

Expendable. · Feb 24, 2011

I can't believe this is coming out the same day as likely AOTY, Tomboy.

sixteen-bit · Feb 24, 2011

Roofy said:
Fuuuuuuck

I just bought the extra fancy tickets to the April 20th show @ St.Andrews hall and now my girlfriend tells me she has a calculus exam at that time.

now i need to find someone who would want to go.

FML

take me

Roofy · Feb 27, 2011

_dementia said:
take me

are from detroit? cover the face cost of the ticket and its yours

Talon · Feb 27, 2011

Detroit and MInneapolis but not Chicago?

I'm howling.

Expendable. · Mar 11, 2011

New Song: Caffeinated Consciousness

Dartastic · Mar 11, 2011

I'm either so jaded that I think everything sucks these days (very possible) or this song is just boring. That latter statement is as equally possible though.

GnarkillZA · Mar 11, 2011

Loving both tracks so far,can't wait for this album along with the new Explosions in the Sky in the same month.

Archaix · Mar 24, 2011

I saw TV on the Radio this weekend, and I absolutely loved both new songs. Listening to the recording again, though, it's just not the same. Both were incredible, I was pretty shocked at how much I loved Will Do.

Also, they released a video for Will Do this week:

http://www.spinner.com/2011/03/22/tv-on-the-radio-will-do-video/

edit: This wasn't the show I was at, I saw them the next night at a smaller SXSW set but here's an example. I like it so much better than the recording:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A7e-mvx_u4

Nappuccino · Mar 24, 2011

Expendable. said:
New Song: Caffeinated Consciousness

http://onethirtybpm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tv-on-the-radio-nine-types-of-light.jpg[/MG][/QUOTE]

Wow... sounds kinda like something Jack White would do.

sixteen-bit · Mar 24, 2011

Archaix said:
I saw TV on the Radio this weekend, and I absolutely loved both new songs. Listening to the recording again, though, it's just not the same.

How so? Is it true that TVotR aren't that great live?

Archaix · Mar 24, 2011

_dementia said:
How so? Is it true that TVotR aren't that great live?

This was the second time I've seen them, but this show was incredible start to finish. Small venue, free SXSW party and they played their asses off. The first time was at a large stage at a big festival and they weren't bad by any stretch, but it may as well have been a different band from the one I saw Saturday. Best show I've seen in a long time, easily the best I saw during SXSW.

lastflowers · Mar 24, 2011

I saw them while they were touring for RtCM, and for DS. Both times they were amazing. I was on the fence about them before the RtCM concert. It was the best concert I had ever seen.

In both cases, they played in relatively small venues. This might make a big impact on how they are perceived.

chris121580 · Mar 24, 2011

Every time I think "Will Do" is starting to grow on me, I go to their back catalog and just realize it's pretty weak compared to most of their work. Hopefully it's one of the few slower songs on the album

Big-ass Ramp · Mar 24, 2011

Expendable. said:
Seeing a lot of negative buzz for that new single, but I like it.

oh, I didn't know that. I really liked that single. :/

sublime085 · Mar 24, 2011

Talon- said:
Detroit and MInneapolis but not Chicago?

I'm howling.

They've actually announced a show at the Metro 4/22 and they're gonna be a Pitchfork headliner as well.

We get two shows!

Expendable. · Mar 29, 2011

Leaked.

K.Sabot · Mar 30, 2011

It feels really short, but it's actually pretty normal.

I enjoy a lot about it, but I need more time with it to really start getting some of the nuances.

Treefingers · Mar 30, 2011

Whyyyyy is the cover so fucking ugly? =(

Expendable. · Mar 31, 2011

It's a decent album, not loving it though. Just seems like a rehash of Dear Science, which certainly isn't a terrible thing.

woodchuck · Apr 5, 2011

for those that don't want to pirate it, it's available for streaming here:

http://www.rhapsody.com/tv-on-the-radio/nine-types-of-light

Stuck · Apr 5, 2011

woodchuck said:
for those that don't want to pirate it, it's available for streaming here:

http://www.rhapsody.com/tv-on-the-radio/nine-types-of-light

Sweet, thanks. Going to give it a first listen now.

Suairyu · Apr 7, 2011

I've had 'Will Do' on loop for hours now.

What a perfect, perfect song.

sixteen-bit · Apr 7, 2011

I wish tvotr would play a show near me

Suairyu · Apr 7, 2011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/apr/05/tv-radio-nine-types-light?INTCMP=SRCH

Alternative full album stream.

Sent · Apr 7, 2011

I accidentally found out about their new album browsing Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/21051326 (Will Do video)

So nice

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