TV On The Radio - Shout Me Out

TV on the Radio "TVotR" is an American band formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York. TVorR music touches numerous genres, all from alternative rock and electro to free jazz and soul. 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), Stuart Bogie (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.

Last night these guys visit Sweden and Debaser for a show, i did these guys two years ago when they played at Acceleratorfestival at Stockholms Universitet.
The show was marvelous, its great to see the mix betveen all the styles of music making, i really like this. The played all the great tunes from thier record catalog, and looked to be really excited about to be back in Sweden again.
The 1½ hours did pass by very fast. The guys in the band was very nice, specially the sax player "Stuart" Opening act was Little Dragon from Gothenburg.

Today TVontR will play at Storsjöyran in Östersund.

Enjoy todays tune "Shout Me Out" from thier latest album "Dear Science"




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TV on the Radio at MySpace

Jónsi & Alex - All the Big Trees

Jónsi (Sigur Rós) & Alex have been making music together in their home since 2003. Initially they wrote music to accompany their videos and eventually they began recording songs for a full length LP.

The result is Riceboy Sleeps – a gorgeous and intoxicating 68-minute instrumental album. The record is played solely on acoustic instruments in Iceland, with appearances by amiina and the Kópavogsdætur choir.

Enjoy todays tune!




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Smash Into Pieces - Fading

Smash into Pieces is a new young Alternative/Rock band who's not ashamed of their American influences. The guys comes from the rock town Örebro.
Their sound could be described as heavy and hard but not without a sense of melody and a flair for a hit sound. Bands in the same category include Alter Bridge, Creed, Three Days Grace and Nickelback.

Smash into Pieces made it into Swedish TV4 talent show "Sweden..s got talent" in 2009but after being offered a spot in the semi finals the band dropped out of the competition to sign a record deal with Ninetone Records.

Smash into Pieces are releasing their first song "Fading" on June 17th! The debut album is to follow this fall.



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Zee Avi - Bitter Heart

Zee Avi (born Izyan Alirahman, also known as KokoKaina; born in 1986) is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and ukulele player. She was born in Miri, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo.

Zee originally posted a video of her first song on YouTube because one of her friends had missed her first performance in Kuala Lumpur, so she created a video on YouTube for him to watch. He convinced Zee to leave the video up, and soon she received positive feedback, which inspired her to put more videos on YouTube. After she was featured on YouTube, she was signed by Brushfire Records, which is partly owned by Jack Johnson. Her single "Bitter Heart" was first to become available on the US iTunes store, and her full self-titled debut album was released on May 19, 2009.

Zee Avi performs "Bitter Heart", at WNRN in Charlottesville, Virginia



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Zee Avi at MySpace