TV on the Radio

In 1961 the Freedom Riders set out to protest segregation in interstate travel, leaving from Washington, D.C. into the Deep South. Read More

Short films about TV on the Radio, a Chopin piano competition and a lyrical absurdist who the Beatles signed to Apple Records in the 1960s will be screened during the SXSW Film festival in Austin, Texas, March 9-17. Read More

The "Nine Types of Light" film is now available for purchase. Read More

It isn't necessarily a promising sign when the creator of a piece feels compelled to step on stage, before it begins, to explain what it's about, as the artist Matthew Ritchie did before the London premiere of The Long Count. Read More

The organizers of Bonnaroo announced today that after careful analysis of the first 10 years of the festival, they have been able to donate more than $5 million to local, regional and national charities and organizations. Read More

Legendary singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, Art Garfunkel , along with TV on the Radio , Jackie Greene , Marianne Faithfull , Rickie Lee Jones , Taj Mahal , Peaches and Ronnie Spector have been added to the all-star line-up paying tribute to the music of Rolling Stones at Carnegie Hall Tuesday, March 13. Read More

Perhaps we should start by discussing a few time-honoured cliches, such as " you can't teach an old dog new tricks ", or " if at first you don't succeed ", or " a rose by any other name ", as this quartet from Denmark used to make up half of an older group, Le Fiasko. Read More

Come late February, Southpaw , a staple music venue on Fifth Avenue that has brought bands, groups and stand-up comics to Park Slope like TV On The Radio, Sufjan Stevens, KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Dave Chappelle, and hosts the monthly dance party, The Rub , will close its doors for good. Read More

This article is reprinted from PJ Media , where I write a weekly column on music and culture. Read More

From a man who's known as much for his biting, verbose cultural and political criticism, it was hard to know what to expect from a new record that was called, by the artist himself in the press release announcing it, "a dance album."Read More