TV on the Radio

Hear Mwahaha, East Bay Bleep-Rock That Ain't No Laughing Matter

We're a bit unsure of the name, but anyone looking for experimental new rock/electronic sounds out of the Bay Area (or anywhere, really), oughta give Mwhahaha a listen. The band sounds more than a little bit like TV on the Radio sometimes, but -- as you may have gathered from its moniker -- it is fa ... More >>

Last Night in Photos: TV on the Radio at the Fox Oakland

TV on the Radio Thee Oh Sees Sept. 27, 2011 TV on the Radio came to the Fox Oakland last night, delivering its forward-leaning blend of lolling, synth-driven modern rock and wailing, otherworldy vocals. Photographer Joseph Schell was there to record the the action, and sent back these shots.

TV on the Radio Recasts Songs, Energizes Crowd at the Independent

Ian S. PortTV on the Radio at the Independent last night.​TV on the Radio IO ECHOTuesday, May 10, 2011@ The IndependentBetter than: Must See TV What's great about a TV on the Radio show? Well, there's the fact, for better and occasionally for worse (mostly when the sound personnel aren't up to th ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

TV on the Radio Steps Back to Gaze at the Apocalypse

In Print: TV on the Radio's Apocalyptic Love, Mike Watt's World, and More

TV on the Radio​From SF Weekly's latest print music section:  TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light is also the first TV on the Radio album to be recorded away from the band's comfy boho surroundings in north Brooklyn. And then some: The band decamped to a mall-based studio near Rodeo Drive th ... More >>

R.I.P. Gerard Smith, TV on the Radio Bassist and Keyboardist

​Gerard Smith, the 36-year-old bassist and keyboardist for critically beloved Brooklyn alt-rockers TV on the Radio, passed away this morning following a struggle with lung cancer -- only a month after the band made his diagnosis with the disease public. TV on the Radio released its fourth ful ... More >>

Win Tickets to TV on the Radio April 30 at the Independent

Join them in S.F.!​Ladies and gentlemen, it is true: We have a pair of tickets to give away to TV on the Radio's show April 30 at the Independent. You know you want to go. And if you don't, well, let us just say that we saw them at SXSW (brag alert!) and you want to go. The band is touring in supp ... More >>

J*Davey and Blu Make Mischief And/Or Sense at 330 Ritch

Def Sound​J*DaveyBluDef Soul@ 330 RitchThursday, March 10, 2011Better than: A late-night spelling bee. San Francisco came out last night to party in good faith -- to get down, make noise, say Yeeaaayyuh, the usual -- but the partying spirit was damped, at least in my case, by an hour and fifteen ... More >>

Listen To This While Pining: Busdriver's "I Don't Dream"

Patrick KeelerDespair not, Bus, it's almost January​Los Angeles MC Busdriver is usually a one-man dictionary-wrecking crew, all piss and vinegar and nerdish vengeance aimed at just about everything: haters, wack MCs, racial tension in America, you, himself.

Tonight: Free Lichens In-Store at Aquarius Records

Eat your heart out, mustachioed local bartenders​If you're taking a pre-happy hour totter through the Mission this evening after work, you should probably stop in to visit darling indie-esoterica purveyors Aquarius Records and catch a free in-store set from Lichens, the otherworldly drone project ... More >>

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Cosmic Disco Dragons

Video of the Day Pt. 2: Raaaaaaaandy-Dave Sitek Mixtape

The best parts of Aziz Ansari's SF performance at the Punch Line last year were his Raaaaaandy sketches. Those bits fleshed out the small part he had in Funny People, where he's a prick DJ with a hilarious hypeman, neither of whom know what they're doing.Now Raaaaaandy (just add a couple more "a ... More >>

Black Rock City

Outside Lands Picks Part 1: Five Ways to a Fitter You

Outside Lands Trivia Challenge

Zap Mama​ The headliners for this weekend's Outside Lands festival--Pearl Jam, the Dave Matthews Band, Black Eyed Peas, Thievery Corporation, Tenacious D, and M.I.A.--need little introduction. But what about the undercard? One of the coolest things about this event is the sheer number of acts play ... More >>

Cheap Musical Thrills

Give your ears — and your wallet— a summer treat.

Ocote Soul Sounds Plays SF, Berkeley this Weekend

Ocote Soul Sounds It's hard to keep up with all the various offshoots of the Daptone/Antibalas Brooklyn funk nexus, we know--from El Michels Affair to Bronx River Parkway to the Budos Band to Ocote Soul Sounds (who have a new record dropping soon called Coconut Rock on Thievery Corporation's ESL lab ... More >>

Kill yourself if you listen to classic rock

Outside Lands Announces Ace Lineup: Beasties, Ween, Tom Jones, Dirtbombs, and More

Soren Solkaer StarbirdSan Francisco's giant music marathon, Outside Lands, announced its lineup this morning, capping its press release with headliners like Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Modest Mouse, and, yes, Dave Matthews Band hitting Golden Gate Park between August 28-30. Also in the ... More >>

Bonnaroo Lineup Announced

BruceSpringsteen.netThe BossBreak out the Sharpie and circle your calendars. The lineup for the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival has just been announced, and suffice to say Woodstock and Lollapalooza have nothing on this. Just when you thought the four-day music and arts extravaganza, held on a farm in rural ... More >>

Eight Steps to a Better 2009

Top Ten Indie Rock Albums of 2008

By Michael Roberts 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'r ... More >>

The Golden Age of TV on the Radio

Last Night: She & Him at Bimbo's

Last Night: Treasure Island Music Festival Day 1 on Treasure Island

Treasure Island picks: in haiku form!

TV on the Radio bring new levity to Treasure Island

More Treasure Island News: New Bands, New Art

Song of the Day: Feral Children

Globetrotting Crate-Diggers

Justice, Hot Chip, Spiritualized, Raconteurs at Treasure Island

Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/7

Subtle

Exiting ARM(Lex)

Sifting through Thee Oh Sees' rehearsal space

Live 105's summer concert lineup lacks luster this year

Celebration

The Modern Tribe (4AD)

Damn! Download Festival Bitch-Slapped by Merc

TV on the Radio: no one dislikes these dudes

The snorification of indie rock

It Was a Year Of ...

Well, lots of things, actually

From symphonies to smoke machines: snapshots of three very different shows

The Revolution Will Be Digitized

TV on the Radio keeps a social conscience

OK Then, 2004!

A dark year for America resulted in a great year for music

OK Then, 2004!

A dark year for America resulted in a great year for music

Sound Salvation

Though difficult to nail down, TV on the Radio's debut is unmistakably genius.

The Late Great Daniel Johnston

Discovered Covered

TV on the Radio

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

Hear This

TV on the Radio: Add a pinch of electro, a gallon of guitar fuzz, and...Peter Gabriel?