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TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain

I confess, it wasn’t until this year that I first ‘got into’ (read: ‘heard of’) TV on the Radio. It was the coincidence of one of my friends in Brighton being a huge fan and them also being the favourite band of one of my house mates. I returned from a trip to see the friend, where lots of TV on the Radio had been played, and slipped my house mate a memory stick with the instructions “you know what to do”. He didn’t, and I had to explain in more clarity that I wanted him to mp3 me with TV on the Radio goodness.

Return to Cookie Mountain is TV on the Radio’s second album, following Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes. I just want to recommend a purchase of Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes as it’s a collection of music unlike anything else you will have heard and has two of my favourite tracks of the (personal) year: Staring at the Sun and Ambulance. For a few weeks now I have been giving the mp3 of Staring at the Sun to people unfamiliar with the group and, without exception, they have purchased the album within days.

The band offer an intoxicating mix of genres. In places they are Jazzy, at times hip-hoppy, even touching on doo-wop in tracks such as Ambulance (an entirely vocal song). Their style is difficult to do justice to in description but it has a relaxing and rhythmic feel to it that I’ve found listenable in pretty much any mood. Return to Cookie Mountain maintains the precedent set in TV on the Radio’s first album of decent length tracks (only one track over the two albums is less that 4 minutes) that keep a distinct theme going but frequently insert interesting drum beats and instrumentals as the song progresses.

I’m failing to convey what TV on the Radio are about and completely neglecting an analysis of Return to Cookie Mountain in isolation from Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes but, in many ways, that’s what TV on the Radio are all about: each piece of music is distinct, the albums don’t seem to have a theme but the tracks on them certainly do. TV on the Radio are a group that don’t think in albums, but in pieces of music and performances, Return to Cookie Mountain is a continuation of the distribution of their amazing music and a beautiful collection.

TV on the Radio – Province MP3 Expired
TV on the Radio – Tonight MP3 Expired

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: 09 Dec 2006 08:30 |  Tags: TV On The Radio |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Mixtape: Summer

So summer is here… As a former student, it still feels like I should be spending every day lounging outside in shorts drinking Budweiser at 10.30am… Except that when I say 10.30am, I mean 4pm… Anyway. I'm off to France for two weeks at the end of next week, so I was trying to put together a laid back (yet awesome) mixtape that I could enjoy whilst dozing in the back of the car on the long drive down. This is what I came up with, mostly with laid back music or from SXSW '06 artists… Anyway. Enjoy!

Radiohead – Paranoid Android MP3 Expired [Buy (only £3.99!!!)]
Dresden Dolls – Sing MP3 Expired [Buy]
Magnolia Electric Company – Dark Don't Hide It MP3 Expired [Website]
Persephones Bees – Nice Day MP3 Expired [Buy]
The Thrills – Tell Me Something I Don't Know MP3 Expired [Buy]
Keith – Replica MP3 Expired [Buy]
Sia – Breathe Me MP3 Expired [Buy]
Lily Allen – Smile MP3 Expired [Buy]
Replica X – Requiem MP3 Expired [Website]
Dash Rip Rock – Locked Inside a Liquor Store MP3 Expired [Buy]
Tapes'N'Tapes – Cowbell MP3 Expired [Buy]
TV On The Radio – Staring at the Sun MP3 Expired [Buy]
The Knife – Bird MP3 Expired [Buy]
Under Byen – Hjertebarn MP3 Expired [Buy]

Edit (Saturday 8th July 06): Courtesy of Gorilla vs. Bear, I've come across this quite beautiful unreleased Voxtrot track, which is quite special… and fits perfectly on here. So add it!
Voxtrot – Warmest Part of the Winter MP3 Expired (Courtesy of here)

Mathew Mannion : 07 Jul 2006 15:51 |  Tags: Dash Rip Rock Dresden Dolls Keith Lily Allen Magnolia Electric Company Mixtapes Music Persephone Bees Radiohead Replica X Sia Summer Sxsw Tapes N Tapes The Knife The Thrills TV On The Radio Under Byen Voxtrot |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem