TV on the Radio
Live Music: Jazz, Funk, Rock
Imagine a parallel universe where people generally thought that jazz was good. Brooklyn-based free-form post-punk experimental rock band TV on the Radio come from that place. And they've used the power of hype to open up a wormhole so that we're listening to them too, saying things like 'man, this funk really drives' and 'this is complex but like, rhythmic' and 'ooooh yeah' instead of immediately shouting 'jazz alert, switch this shit OFF!'.
Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone are a couple of great vocalists and there's nothing wrong with jazz soundscaping per se. It's just, normally only for jazz fans. However you can't blame the band because they live and perform among the highest density of yuppie tin-eared media hacks on the planet. Brooklyn is the secret of these guys going global. And it's a nice burgh, just like they are a nice band.
Remember in the very early 90s when a substantial clique of people with otherwise sound musical taste suddenly started telling you that funk veterans Mother Earth were good? Well, whether or not you do, the result was Jamiroquai so beware of listening to jazz. It's not good.
Read a review of 'Dancing Close' single released 19 Jan
Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone are a couple of great vocalists and there's nothing wrong with jazz soundscaping per se. It's just, normally only for jazz fans. However you can't blame the band because they live and perform among the highest density of yuppie tin-eared media hacks on the planet. Brooklyn is the secret of these guys going global. And it's a nice burgh, just like they are a nice band.
Remember in the very early 90s when a substantial clique of people with otherwise sound musical taste suddenly started telling you that funk veterans Mother Earth were good? Well, whether or not you do, the result was Jamiroquai so beware of listening to jazz. It's not good.
Read a review of 'Dancing Close' single released 19 Jan
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Joe Harrod
Tuesday, 03 February
SINGLES REVIEWS - 2 FEB 2008
Dancing Close
Interscope
Having read about this band everywhere from Observer Music Magazine to Metro as innovators in experimental post-punk rock, it was surprising to put on their new single and discover that they make old-fashioned, slightly shit jazz.
Experimental in a marketable way, this random lyrical list references a rich heritage from Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' through Public Image Ltd and Billy Joel to REM's 'End of the World as We Know It', which it sounds a bit like. It's not very good at all.
Dancing Close
Interscope
Having read about this band everywhere from Observer Music Magazine to Metro as innovators in experimental post-punk rock, it was surprising to put on their new single and discover that they make old-fashioned, slightly shit jazz.
Experimental in a marketable way, this random lyrical list references a rich heritage from Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' through Public Image Ltd and Billy Joel to REM's 'End of the World as We Know It', which it sounds a bit like. It's not very good at all.
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