Premiere: Midnight Masses, “Walk On Water” MP3
- story Peter Macia
While TV On The Radio remains on hiatus, its members stay fully busy. A couple days ago FADER TV talked to Kyp Malone about his Rain Machine solo project; last Saturday, Tunde Adebimpe hosted the Radio Happy Hour variety show in Manhattan; Dave Sitek is probably producing the next pop masterpiece; and Gerard Smith and Jaleel Bunton both jump on this new song from malleable Brooklyn group Midnight Masses. Smith produced it and Bunton lends his as-yet-unheard spectral vocal chords, and both leave no doubt that TVOTR is much more than its three most visible members. As far as Midnight Masses, this open-armed approach is kind of their whole thing, with appearances from Trail of Dead and Here We Go Magic members a not uncommon facet of both their album and live show. And judging by the results of “Walk On Water,” if anyone else wants to jump in the studio with them it would probably not be a bad thing. If “Walk On Water” suits you, the band’s new EP Rapture Ready, I Gazed At The Body is produced entirely by Gerard Smith and will be out Nov 10th via Collect Records.
Download: Midnight Masses, “Walk On Water”
At Home With Kyp Malone of Rain Machine
- story Matthew Schnipper
We’re mighty familiar with Kyp Malone, having written a feature about his solo music and a cover story about his main gig, TV On The Radio. Still, longtime enamor or not, we were surprised with how much we liked his solo debut as Rain Machine. Malone’s voice sounds like an heirloom, passed down generation by generation. It rings as a truly organic record, accented with bells and loose strings. We recently went by Malone’s Greenpoint apartment to sit with him and discover Rain Machine’s environmental footprint.
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posted on Oct 12, 2009 in FADER TV, MUSIC CHANNEL, MUSIC INTERVIEWS SHOW tags Kyp Malone, Rain Machine, rock, TV on the Radio
Q+A: Medicine For Melancholy’s Barry Jenkins
- story THE FADER
Barry Jenkins wrote Medicine For Melancholy in a coffee shop. Then they filmed the movie over two weeks. Because that is what happens when you make a movie and work on the floor at Banana Republic at the same time. Your movie, probably, is also going to be mostly about you. Write what you know, you know? In that spirit, the film is about the night after a one night stand between two people. Set against gentrifying San Francisco, Micah and Jo — both black, both “indie” — are trying to figure out how to move in a world that is predefining, narrow and not particularly romantic. Fortunately they have MySpace and weed to help them out. We spoke with Jenkins, who also directed the film, read our Q+A after the jump.
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posted on Feb 26, 2009 in ART+CULTURE INTERVIEWS, MUSIC INTERVIEWS tags Barry Jenkins, Medicine For Melancholy, Q+A, TV on the Radio
FADER 57: TV on the Radio Cover Story
- story Edwin "Stats" Houghton
- photo Jason Nocito
When we decided to put Brooklyn’s TV on the Radio on the front cover of our Photo Issue we were living in a state of uncertainty: We didn’t know who our next president was going to be, the economy was on the verge of catastrophe, and a bunch of scientists were about to turn on a machine that could potentially have sucked our entire planet into a black hole. Our country may still have a long way to go, but we have a new president, are excited about life (in spite of America’s rock bottom financial situation), and the Hadron Collider ended up doing a bunch of harmless stuff that scientists thought was really cool. After the jump read Edwin Houghton’s feature on TV on the Radio, in which they address many of their existential concerns, accompanied by an epic set of closeup photos by Jason Nocito.
Video: TV on the Radio, “Dancing Choose”
- story THE FADER
Finally, a video that blends Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime” with the Mad Men opening credits and the Warhol Dali screentest hanging above entrance at MoMA. We can literally stop doing anything on weekends but watch TV on the Radio’s generous use of green screen and absurd graphics in their new video for “Dancing Choose.” And if we get bored of that, there’s always TVOTR hanging from David Letterman’s fire escape.
PS- These dudes are about to be on the cover of our magazine.
Screw the Lucrative Magazine Business…We Should Start a Record Company
- story THE FADER
Never before in our history (ten years), has there been a day like today in terms of you being able to buy albums by artists who are on the covers of The FADER. Let us qualify that by saying that we didn’t actually do the research because we’re busy and too excited to worry about truth. Today, after work or school, at your preferred record seller, you can purchase a physical or digital copy of Busy Signal’s Loaded (F56), The Tough Alliance’s A New Chance (F56), Brightblack Morning Light’s Motion to Rejoin (F57) and TV on the Radio’s Dear Science—each brand new today and each incredible in its own right. And if the recession has yet to pummel your bank account and four-plus hours of the newest FADER-sanctioned music isn’t enough, there about thirty other FADER-ered artists with albums out today, most of whom you can find listed at Insound. Say goodbye to money and hello to temporary happiness!
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posted on Sep 23, 2008 in MUSIC NEWS tags Brightblack Morning Light, Busy Signal, The Tough Alliance, TV on the Radio
FADER 57: TV on the Radio, Brightblack Morning Light. EXCLUSIVES!
- story THE FADER
We are in love with TV on the Radio’s Dear Science and Brightblack Morning Light’s Motion to Rejoin. They are singular recordings of vast awesome heat, too universally awesome not to be in love with them. Shit, even the side-eyed computer-hobbits at Pitchfork liked the albums. And because we were terrified the turning-on of the Large Hadron Collider would cause the planet to be sucked into an obliterating black hole before we could share with you our exclusive FADER 57 covers, featuring TV on the Radio’s mellifluous brilliance and Brightblack Morning Light’s rugged individualism, we decided to sneak preview them now. Luckily, the Collider is getting temporarily shut down until it stops leaking helium, TVOTR’s and BBML’s albums both drop TOMORROW, and FADER 57 is coming soon to newsstands near you!
Audio: TV On The Radio’s New Album Dear Science,
- story THE FADER
Just a few short days away from the release of TV on the Radio’s epic new album Dear Science,, the band has decided to stream the whole thing on their MySpace. For the law-abiding among you, this will be your first chance to preview all eleven tracks, and for everyone else, well, you no longer have nerd rights to the excellent music therein. Also, we will have a special TVOTR-related surprise for you on Monday, so make sure to come back for that. Now, enjoy your apocalypse-themed listening session.
Stream: TV on the Radio, Dear Science,
Video: TV on the Radio, “Golden Age”
- story THE FADER
To the uninformed, this new TV on the Radio video might look like a Skittles video directed by the guy who made The Neverending Story, but insider intelligence claims that the imagery herein actually refers to the Mayan Apocalypse in 2012, which, according to Latin American scholars, doesn’t really guarantee end times but just the end of a “world cycle” and a huge fucking party. In other words, December 21st, 2012, you are going to get so trashed that you will put a goat’s head over yours and run around half naked until the cops come over, see how much fun you’re having and throw flowers all over you. Or you’ll puke and get arrested.
Sorta Live from Portland’s Musicfest Northwest, Part 2
- story THE FADER
FADER executive editor Julianne Escobedo Shepherd reports from Musicfest Northwest, Portland’s answer to the Olympics. This installment: TV on the Radio, Crooked Fingers, bacon, The Joggers, Sir Mix-A-Lot, the after-after-after-after-after-after-party.
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posted on Sep 10, 2008 in MUSIC NEWS tags Crooked Fingers, Sir Mix-A-Lot, The Joggers, TV on the Radio
