TV on the Radio

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风格: #独立摇滚　#后朋克　#艺术摇滚　#低保真
地区: United States of America 美国

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猫王以降，白人以先天的社经优势，主导了摇滚乐。

殊不知半世纪前，摇滚乃由黑人音乐发展而来。近年随着跨国族的青年自觉，情势渐获改善，饶舌与嘻哈不再是黑人乐手的当然出路，搞团，同样有声有色，英伦乐团Bloc Party便是绝佳案例。美国呢？布鲁克林五人组TV On The Radio，是最无法忽视的一支队伍。不似Bloc Party只有主唱一员代表，TV On The Radio除了吉他手，其余四人都是律动感十足的黑人弟兄。一经合体，不仅爆发力惊人，论开创性与革命精神，同侪也只能苦苦追赶。

打从2004年首张专辑《Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes》，至大获全胜的第二击《Return To Cookie Mountain》，TV On The Radio将黑人细胞中内建的酷劲与性感发挥得淋漓尽致。曲风前卫却可亲，展现实验手法的同时仍保有适切的流行感。他们不摆弄都会的疏离姿态，反而将稠密的情绪注入音乐，任谁听了都会热血沸腾。即便已立下如此高的标准，第三张大碟《Dear Science》依旧让人叹为观止。火力全开的超凡开场曲〈Halfway Home〉，或以贝斯破音贯穿头尾的〈Dancing Choose〉；欢愉复古的〈Golden Age〉，或恢弘温暖的〈Family Tree〉。紧凑的跳舞节拍遇上深邃的吉他音墙，热闹的小喇叭遇上动人的弦乐组，《Dear Science》呈现出的壮丽奇景，让人分秒都不愿意将视线移开。

播放这张不可思议作品的同时，美国或许也将诞生第一位黑人总统。我们正在聆听一个乐团最卓越的时刻，目睹一段几乎不可能发生的历史，怎能教人不兴奋？

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The Brooklyn-based group TV on the Radio mixes post-punk, electronic, and other atmoshperic elements in such a creative way that it only makes sense that its core duo, vocalist Tunde Adebimpe and multi-instrumentalist/producer David Andrew Sitek, are both visual artists as well as musicians. Adebimpe is a graduate of NYU's film school and specializes in stop-motion animation, which his Brothers Quay-like video for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs single "Pin" demonstrates amply. He is also a painter, as is Sitek, who also produced the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Machine EP and their full-length Fever to Tell.

The duo met when Sitek moved into the building where Adebimpe had a loft; each of them had been recording music on his own, but realized their sounds would work well together. Sitek's brother Jason began playing drums and other instruments with the pair during their recording sessions, which resulted in a self-titled, 24-track CD released by the Brooklyn Milk imprint. Jason Sitek left the band for a short time due to other musical commitments but returned to the band when they recorded their Touch and Go debut, the Young Liars EP.

After the EP was completed, TV on the Radio added guitarist/vocalist Kyp Malone to their fold. Young Liars, which also features the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, was released in summer 2003 to critical acclaim, coinciding with their gigs opening for the Fall. Their first full-length release, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes arrived in spring 2004. The band remained busy for the rest of the year, embarking on their own tours as well as dates with the Faint and the Pixies. That fall, they released the New Health Rock EP and won the 2004 Shortlist Prize.

In 2005, the band kept busy with touring and returned to Sitek's Stay Gold studio to work on their second album. They also made an MP3 criticizing President George W. Bush, "Dry Drunk Emperor," available on their website. TV on the Radio signed with 4AD for European distribution of their albums and moved to Interscope in the U.S. In summer 2006 they resurfaced with Return to Cookie Mountain, a more polished but still searching collection of songs that featured David Bowie on backing vocals.

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