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Album Review: Matthew Dear

Heave Ho

TV on the Radio break through the tedium to release one of the year's best albums

Best of 2004

TV on the Radio break through the tedium to release one of the year's best albums

Top Indie Rock Albums of 2008

In 2008, independent rock returned to the underground, where it belongs. Given the grand catastrophe that is today's record industry, most major-label executives don't have the time or energy to convince music fans they might like something a little out of the ordinary. They're too busy recycling v ... More >>

Village Voice Releases its Annual Pazz & Jop Poll

via www.villagevoice.comTV on the Radio's win for best album was not exactly a stunning upsetNew Times' sister paper, the Village Voice, has been running its annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll since 1971. And while it's among the last in the "best-of" national roundups, it's been one of the most i ... More >>

Best Indie Albums of 2008

America's rock and roll nerds got put back in their place, and we all benefited.

TV on the Radio

Dear Science (DGC/Interscope)

Smells Like Indie Spirit

Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again.

Independence Day

What's indie rock? Who cares? Ten great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.

It Was Free Cuz I Stole It

The year in unfair shares

Basshead

Chairs Missing

TV on the Radio

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch and Go)

90 Day Men

Panda Park (Southern)

Art Basel Music: Avant-Pop Duo Telepathe Plays at the Vagabond Friday

​Brooklyn's Telepathe has been creating a stir for a little over a year now. Made up of Melissa Livaudais and Busy Gangnes, the duo's synth-heavy, atmospheric pop is reminiscent of TV on the Radio, just really girly and not as full-sounding. (TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek produced Dance Mother, Tel ... More >>

Q&A With Holly Miranda, Opening for Tegan and Sara This Sunday

Photo by Sebastian MlynarskiHolly MirandaVocally, Detroit-born, Brooklyn-based neo-pop folk songstress Holly Miranda might bring to mind Chann Marshall. But mood-wise she's got much more in common with, say, American dream pop duo Azure Ray. Both find solace in sleep, and the things that go bump in ... More >>

Concert Review: Holly Miranda (Opening for Tegan and Sara) at Sunset Cove Amphitheater

Photo by Ian WitlenTo view a slideshow of photos from the show, click here.Holly MirandaWith Tegan and SaraSunset Cove AmphitheaterFebruary 21, 2010Better Than: Having to brave a bunch of Brooklyn hHipsters for some true New York cool    The Review:Had Holly Miranda heard that I came ... More >>

Sweat Records Celebrates Its 5th Anniversary With Sweatstock This Saturday

Photo by Ian WitlenTo view a slideshow of photos from the show, click here.Holly MirandaWith Tegan and SaraSunset Cove AmphitheaterFebruary 21, 2010Better Than: Having to brave a bunch of Brooklyn hHipsters for some true New York cool    The Review:Had Holly Miranda heard that I came ... More >>

Synthesis Festival with Prefuse 73

Photo by Ian WitlenTo view a slideshow of photos from the show, click here.Holly MirandaWith Tegan and SaraSunset Cove AmphitheaterFebruary 21, 2010Better Than: Having to brave a bunch of Brooklyn hHipsters for some true New York cool    The Review:Had Holly Miranda heard that I came ... More >>

Synthesis Antithesis

Photo by Ian WitlenTo view a slideshow of photos from the show, click here.Holly MirandaWith Tegan and SaraSunset Cove AmphitheaterFebruary 21, 2010Better Than: Having to brave a bunch of Brooklyn hHipsters for some true New York cool    The Review:Had Holly Miranda heard that I came ... More >>

The Glitch Mob plays at Revolution August 30

Photo by Ian WitlenTo view a slideshow of photos from the show, click here.Holly MirandaWith Tegan and SaraSunset Cove AmphitheaterFebruary 21, 2010Better Than: Having to brave a bunch of Brooklyn hHipsters for some true New York cool    The Review:Had Holly Miranda heard that I came ... More >>

Banging Royalty

Photo by Ian WitlenTo view a slideshow of photos from the show, click here.Holly MirandaWith Tegan and SaraSunset Cove AmphitheaterFebruary 21, 2010Better Than: Having to brave a bunch of Brooklyn hHipsters for some true New York cool    The Review:Had Holly Miranda heard that I came ... More >>

TV on the Radio Announce Miami Show at the Fillmore October 25

​Have you've seen (or, well, heard) Nine Types of Light? It's the new-ish album by Brooklyn's TV on the Radio and it's so blindingly brilliant that if a weak-eyed, sensitive-eared indie kid such as yourself isn't very, very, very careful (i.e. UV-shield sunglasses and silicone), he or she could e ... More >>

Sirens and Sealions Release New EP at The Stage Tonight

When a band chooses a name as romantic and whimsical as Sirens and Sealions, you might expect a stage show that leans heavily on harps and incense. But this Miami band isn't really a gang of hippies. So while tonight's album release party at The Stage will involve lots of live music and plenty of go ... More >>

Underground Rebel Bingo Club Takes Over the Fillmore Miami Beach This Friday

Courtesy of Rebel BingoB-I-N-G ... Oh.​"It's bingo, sort of, but not like you've seen it before. We made up our own rules, because we don't know how to play ACTUAL bingo. This is Rebel Bingo. It's not nice and it's not fair. Do not bring your grandma." That's the way the cryptic press release for ... More >>

TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe Talks Occupy Wall Street and Impersonating Prince

​Even if Tunde Adebimpe has never been a household name, TV on the Radio, the band he formed with David Sitek in 2001, has persevered and thrived longer than many of their more conventional brethren. By putting out one fully realized musical art project after another, the New York group kept criti ... More >>

TV on the Radio at the Fillmore Miami Beach October 25

​Even if Tunde Adebimpe has never been a household name, TV on the Radio, the band he formed with David Sitek in 2001, has persevered and thrived longer than many of their more conventional brethren. By putting out one fully realized musical art project after another, the New York group kept criti ... More >>

Tinariwen Brings Desert Rebel Rock to Grand Central November 10

​​While there's reason to rage against the media saturation inherent to the internet (e.g. too many chill/witch/triangle clone bands uploading from their bedrooms), you've got to celebrate the World Wide Web for the incomparable access it grants to musical worlds previously impossible to connect ... More >>

Who Wants Free Tickets for TV on the Radio at the Fillmore Miami Beach?

​When Brooklyn's TV on the Radio revealed plans to surf all the way to South Beach upon Nine Types of Light, we  warned all you weak-eyed, sensitive-eared indie kids about arriving unprepared. Next Tuesday's TVOTR blast at the Fillmore Miami Beach will be blindingly brilliant. So if you have ... More >>

TV on the Radio Flickers and Flashes at the Fillmore Miami Beach, October 25

Photo by Marta Xochilt PerezTV on the Radio vocalist Tunde Adebimpe.​TV on the Radio With Sorne Fillmore Miami Beach Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Better Than: Being blinded by Nine Types of Light. On the one hand, this past year's been a really tough one for arty Brooklyn indie band TV on the Radio ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 Music Guide: All the Acts Announced So Far

Yelle is coming back to reclaim its Basel band status.​Right now, Miami is being swarmed by art fairs, galleries, and artists from across the globe. Of course, we're talking about Art Basel Miami Beach. A side benefit to all this arty international activity is the influx of awesome music to enter ... More >>

Tinariwen at Grand Central November 10

Yelle is coming back to reclaim its Basel band status.​Right now, Miami is being swarmed by art fairs, galleries, and artists from across the globe. Of course, we're talking about Art Basel Miami Beach. A side benefit to all this arty international activity is the influx of awesome music to enter ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach: Nas, TV on the Radio, Sharon Jones Announced for Art Loves Music

Nas is all about that Art Basel.​Question: If you log onto Spotify and search for "Art Basel Miami Beach," do Nas, Theophilus London, TV on the Radio, and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings pop up? Answer: No, the system just gets cranky, asks the user to check his or her spelling, and suggests tryi ... More >>

Art Basel Miami Beach Parties You Are Not Invited To

FacebookIt's all about the Benjamins, baby. ​Whether you're an affluent jet setter or an artistic street kid, Art Basel Miami Beach and the plethora of satellite fairs, gallery exhibits, and public instillations attached to the four-day festival offer a little something for everyone. For Crossfade ... More >>

Nas, TV on the Radio, Sharon Jones: Schedule Revealed for Spotify's Art Basel Concert Series

Music Loves Art loves TV on the Radio.​Seven days ago, we here at Crossfade got word that Spotify and Midtown's Ricochet Lounge were putting together a four-day Art Basel Miami Beach concert series, dubbed Music Loves Art, starring Nas, Theophilus London, TV on the Radio, and Sharon Jones and the ... More >>

You Are Not Invited to Spotify's Basel Concert Series With Nas, TV on the Radio, Sharon Jones

Sorry. Spotify and Theophilus London's arty party is invite-only.​Over the last couple weeks, we here at Crossfade have become total Spotify addicts. Our habit began last week after learning that the free on-demand music service had teamed up with Midtown's Ricochet Lounge to put together a Basel ... More >>

Art Basel Music: TV on the Radio Brings All the Energy to Ricochet Miami, December 2

​TV on the Radio Spotify's Music Loves Art Ricochet Bar & Lounge Thursday, December 1, 2011 Better Than: A Big Mac. Last night, eating a double cheeseburger, drinking a Perrier, and considering trying Spotify's Kool-Aid, about two hundred people took iPhone pictures of TV on the Radio at R ... More >>