Staff Blog
TV on the Radio, Oct. 10, Electric Factory
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| Photo | Michael T. Regan |
Preceded by Detroit punk-soul five-piece the Dirtbombs, TVotR was greeted with an eruption of cheers as frontman Tunde Adebimpe laid out his opening lyrics through the jingling of sleigh bells. Weaving his hands in and out through fabricated smoke and eerie green-blue light, Adebimpe (as well as his bandmates) picked up momentum as the song tally on their set list increased.
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| Photo | Michael T. Regan |
“Wolf Like Me,” plucked their sophomore release Return to Cookie Mountain, briefly turned sound into a tangible form of religion or redemption, converting TVotR’s audience into a frenzy of claps, hollers and stomps. Lauded for their percussive precision, the band’s “A Method” succeeded in instilling the same thrill each fan felt the first time they became acquainted with its rhythmic mystery.
From new to old, each song came off both brisk and monumental, striking a multitude of relevant chords all the while. Each and every note came wrapped in visible emotion. The crowd’s ravenous reaction to TVotR’s set ender gave way to a satiating four-song encore (punctuated by “Staring at the Sun”) before the band politely thanked fans and called it a night.
