32 - TV On The Radio

Congratulations on the mess you made of things

TV On The Radio checks in at number 32 on the countdown. They had a song on the 2009 version of The Show videogame.

Wiki -
TV on the Radio is an American experimental rock band formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York, whose music spans through numerous diverse genres, from post-punk to electro and soul music. The group has released several EPs including their debut Young Liars (2003), and three acclaimed albums: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004), Return to Cookie Mountain (2006), and Dear Science (2008).

TV on the Radio is composed of Tunde Adebimpe (vocals/loops), David Andrew Sitek (guitars/keyboards/loops), Kyp Malone (vocals/guitars/loops) along with Jaleel Bunton (drums/vocals/loops) and Gerard Smith (bass/keyboards). Other contributors include Katrina Ford of Celebration (vocals), Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead (vocals), Martin Perna of Antibalas (saxophones, flute), David Bowie (vocals) and Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs (guitar). The band has also played live covers of Bauhaus songs with Peter Murphy and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor.

Discography -

2002 - OK Calculator
2004 - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
2006 - Return to Cookie Mountain
2008 - Dear Science

Favorite 10 songs

10 - Let The Devil In
9 - DLZ
8 - Province
7 - Ambulance
6 - Golden Age
5 - Halfway Home
4 - Hours
3 - Dancing Choose
2 - Crying
1 - Wolf Like Me

I often refer to TVotR as the "Black Radiohead" because of their various differnt styles of music and variety of instruments and melodies at work in a number of their songs.



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