You like werewolf movies? You like TV On The Radio? Yeah, so do I.
Here’s a tantalizing mash-up of highlights from werewolf flicks and TOTR’s terrific “Wolf Like Me.” An obvious coupling done well by Editcadet. And it’s actually kind of spooky.
Here’s Mr. Cadet’s latest, ‘Keep On Walking’: a montage of scenes of people walking away from the camera turned into one seamless tracking shot.
TV On The Radio’s new album Nine Types Of Light was released today and it’s the most accessible collection they’ve made to date and will undoubtedly attract a shitload of new fans. And it deserves it. The band has created an album of lush surfaces underpinned by deep grooves and beautiful hooks. I started listening last night and it’s that rare album that hangs together as a whole satisfying work, capturing you immediately and revealing new pleasures with each listening. This sucker has legs.
The band put together a film for Nine Types Of Light.
The movie is meant to be a visual re-imagining of the record, and includes a music video for every song on the album. The band personally asked their friends and the filmmakers they admired to help direct the music videos. Tunde Adebimpe, the director for the full Nine Types of Light movie, storybooked the music videos together with interviews from local New Yorkers on various topics, including dreams, love, fame and the future. Tunde also directed the music video for Forgotten.”
This when the Internet and music coalesce in a way that rocks my world. What a blessing.
Adebimpe’s take on the film: “We as a band always have so many ideas for things that aren’t just musical… And for less than the price of a Maroon 5 video, you can make a full-length feature.”
SXSW communique: It’s 4:32 a.m. in Austin and I’m decompressing from TV On The Radio’s stellar performance at Stubb’s. My ears are ringing and my flesh is vibrating like a tuning fork struck by the hand of Apollo.
Performing before a capacity crowd, the pioneers of the Brooklyn new music scene brought some genuine magic to SXSW - a mystic vibe under a nearly full moon in a perfectly clear night sky.
TVOTR opened their set with “Young Liars,” from their 2003 debut EP.
The band pushed the limits of Stubb’s sound system and my camera’s mic. The sound is grungy, but the energy is pure and true. Watch it in HD. Direct from Dangerous Minds to you: