TV On The Radio live in concert.
ON TOUR

TV On The Radio

114
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

72
%
Based on 
114
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 114 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that TV On The Radio is rated as a watchable live performer, with shows that lack distinction. TV On The Radio concert reviews describe live shows and performances as charismatic, ambient, stunning, avant-garde, playful, memorable, and innovative.

ON TOUR

Utah State Fairpark, Salt Lake City UT, United States (May 15); Parc del Fòrum, Barcelona, Spain (Jun 5); Parque da Cidade, Porto, Portugal (Jun 12); Safaripark De Beekse Bergen, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands (Jun 13)

Latest Release

Final Fantasy (2004 Recording) - Single (4 September 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Brooklyn, United States (2001 - present)
Bio
TV on the Radio are an American indie rock band formed in 2001 in Brooklyn, New York. The group has released several EPs including their debut Young Liars (2003), and five studio albums: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004), Return to Cookie Mountain (2006), Dear Science (2008), Nine Types of Light (2011), and Seeds (2014).
Has Performed With
Kirin J Callinan, Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors

Critic Concert Reviews

Pass The Aux (USA)

October 1, 2018
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Grizzly Bear, TV On The Radio bring NY indie rock to Hollywood Bowl

Scenestr (Australia)

June 12, 2015
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Ahhh, the summer of 2008. It was a bleak time for popular music. That ‘Electric Feel’ song was hanging around like a fart in a blanket, Kaiser Chiefs were still being taken seriously and Kings Of Leon had begun the long journey up their own arses. All was not well, oh my brothers and sisters.

The AU Review (Australia)

June 10, 2015
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Brooklyn quartet TV on the Radio held the honours playing as a six piece in the venue - trombone and all - supported by the one and only Kirin J Callinan.

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

June 9, 2015
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It takes a good band to make complicated music, but it takes a great one to make that music eminently listenable.

The Music (Australia)

June 8, 2015
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His power lies not only in screaming instruments and growling vocals, but also in the total physicality of his onstage presence.

Glide Magazine (USA)

May 19, 2015
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As we passed over a gulf inlet for the second time, the bro to my right stopped chugging his liter of bud light long enough to suggest taking a completely different bus.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (USA)

March 25, 2015
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Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, USA

Past critic reviews published in

Dallas Observer (USA), The Boston Globe (USA), Exclaim (Canada), Live in Limbo (Canada), The Guardian (UK) and more

Image Credit

Anders Jensen-Urstad [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons