Video: "Staring at the Sun" by TV on the Radio

photo by Brittney Bollay It’s time again for Friday on My Mind . Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. This week the sun has remained with Seattle for more than a few consecutive days, so in honor of this momentous occasion, today we’re looking at songs about the Sun. Earlier this week on the Morning Show I dedicated an entire show to the sun! Let's face it- the sun is not something we [...]

A long time favourite of mine, Tv On The Radio are back after a pretty lengthy absence with their new album Nine Types of Light , due out on 15th April. The band are currently giving away a free track Caffeinated Consciousness, over on their website (or you can grab it from the widget below). After giving this and the other album teaser track Will Do , a couple of listens, I'm sold. Here's [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , Exclusive , Q + A Interscope By far the smartest, funkiest, most imaginative band born out of the New York City rock renaissance of the early '00s, TV on the Radio have always made music for their time and place. From their stark, soulful 2004 debut, 'Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babies,' to the freaked-out, kaleidoscopic art-rock of 2006's 'Return to Cookie Mountain,' these multiracial, multi-instrumental Brooklynites [...]

Like a klaxon, the blaring horn at the end of "The Wrong Way" is a call to arms for those unimpressed with post millennial apathy and torpor, and for those ready for a change of pace from conventional rock templates. Hailing from Brooklyn, home to fellow genre-busters and contemporaries like Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Yeasayer, TV on The Radio, with their turbulent, defiant, and danceable full-length debut, Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes, established themselves as a potent force in indie rock, as well as a shining example that art-rock needn't be obtuse. Whether it's the hypnotic doo-wop [...]

A countdown of the top songs from the past decade.

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• Grizzly Bear - Knife [Girl Talk Remix]
• Handsome Furs - I'm Confused

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