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TV on the Radio review – NYC art-rockers remain singular, energised and lupine


Their rhythms push and pull between destruction and creation, frontman Tunde Adebimpe is as magnetic as ever: this is no cynical anniversary cash-in

One minute they’ll be powering along on a motorik beat with a fixed gaze, going straight to hell, but then they seem to catch sight of a gathering at the side of the road: songs like Crying and Golden Age have Tony Allen-ish grooves and are euphorically danceable, while Young Liars is a butch yet romantic waltz. He flounces like Jagger during Happy Idiot, while there’s a touch of Zack de la Rocha to DLZ’s declamations – “Never you mind, death professor!” – but Killer Crane, dedicated to the late poet Nikki Giovanni, is a power ballad full of calm and clarity. Shapeshifting from biting politics to gentle poetry, from thunderous rock to supple funk via half a dozen versions of a perfect frontman, TV on the Radio are as vital as ever and this is no cynical anniversary cash-in.

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