Artist	Song
TV On the Radio	Staring at the Sun
from Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
TV On the Radio	Wolf Like Me
from Wolf Like Me - Single (2006)
TV On the Radio	Dancing Choose
from Dear Science (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
TV On the Radio	Dreams
from Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
TV On the Radio	Will Do
from Nine Types of Light (2011)
TV On the Radio	Satellite
from Young Liars - EP (2004)
TV On the Radio	Crying
from Dear Science (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
TV On the Radio	Province
from Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
TV On the Radio	New Health Rock
from New Health Rock - EP (2004)
TV On the Radio	Ambulance
from Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)
TV On the Radio	Second Song
from Nine Types of Light (2011)
TV On the Radio	I Was a Lover
from Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
TV On the Radio	Mister Grieves
from Young Liars - EP (2004)
TV On the Radio	A Method
from Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
TV On the Radio	You
from Nine Types of Light (2011)

Comment:

Starting with the big bang of 2003's [i]Young Liars[/i] EP, TV On the Radio emerged with a future-perfect sound from a grimy Greenpoint, Brooklyn rehearsal space — sonic explorers who pop your rock preconceptions like a bubble, but do it with sharp, irresistible hooks. This is what prog-rock [i]really[/i] means, and Tunde Adebimpe's Peter Gabriel-esque vocal on "Staring at the Sun" calls up ideas of what art-rock sounds like when it's made by cutting-edge Brooklyn hipsters. "Wolf Like Me's" scrappy, post-punk grooves, squalling hornet's nest of guitars, and hazy, low-hanging clouds of electronic atmosphere show off the band's "what next?" adventurous spirit. Ultimately, these guys want nothing more than to keep us guessing: who'd have guessed that their third album, [i]Dear Science[/i], would sport groove-savvy hot-steppers like "Dancing Choose"? It's time to get tuned into the best of TV On the Radio's ever-shifting frequency, courtesy of their most Essential tracks.

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