TV On The Radio (funk, house, jazz, rock, genre)

adidasss · 05-31-2006, 05:52 PM

sorry, i know there's a thread but it's a sonofabitch to track down...
anyways i'm listening to return to my cookie mountain and i think it's fantastic ( especially playhouses )...anyone heard it? is it supposed to be the new record? because i can't find it on amazon.com ( it says it's not released yet ) if so, can anyone compare it to the previous album? i haven't heard it...
and what would be the difference between experimental rock and prog rock?

boo boo · 05-31-2006, 07:00 PM

Experiemental has a more atonal style, and more avant garde influences as oposed to prog, which often showcases a more classical, jazz or folk oriented sound... Though prog is also very avant garde based, as in the case of Can.

Prog overall has certain distinct influences, which can vary, depending on the artist, but many bands share a similar sound or approach (check the prog ed thread, for furher information), while experiemental rock dosen't exactly have any truly definable characteristics, experiemental music is simply any kind of band who are truly distinct from any currently known music form, so it's really more of a term for musicians that don't share characteristics of any conventional genre, rather than being an actual genre itself... However prog can be considered a type of experiemental rock, and many so called experiemental rock bands can fall into the prog category... Genres like post rock could fall into either category.

hookers with machineguns · 06-04-2006, 05:27 PM

"Playhouses" sounds nothing like them...I dunno if I can handle it.

cardboard adolescent · 06-04-2006, 05:43 PM

Really? That's depressing... I'm seeing them soon and I was really looking forward to it. Please tell me their new stuff doesn't suck...

adidasss · 06-04-2006, 06:12 PM

i like the new album better...

cardboard adolescent · 06-04-2006, 06:20 PM

Yeah... but you're croatian..

Just kidding. What's different about it, exactly?

adidasss · 06-04-2006, 06:25 PM

it's just that one song, it's got a beat and it's sorta funky...the rest of the songs are pretty much like desperate youth...

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-04-2006, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hookers with machineguns

"Playhouses" sounds nothing like them...I dunno if I can handle it.

Thats good , I thought their first album was kinda flat sounding

cardboard adolescent · 06-04-2006, 06:58 PM

Personally, I prefer their EP over the album, but I still like it a lot.

betabox · 06-05-2006, 04:42 PM

I really like the new album, playhouses has a new health rock feel to it, the rest sound like an improved version of desperate youth mainly due to the addition of a drummer who has been touring with them now for awhile but wasnt featured on desperate youth.

05-31-2006, 05:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	TV On The Radio sorry, i know there's a thread but it's a sonofabitch to track down... anyways i'm listening to return to my cookie mountain and i think it's fantastic ( especially playhouses )...anyone heard it? is it supposed to be the new record? because i can't find it on amazon.com ( it says it's not released yet ) if so, can anyone compare it to the previous album? i haven't heard it... and what would be the difference between experimental rock and prog rock? __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

06-04-2006, 05:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
hookers with machineguns Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,753	"Playhouses" sounds nothing like them...I dunno if I can handle it. __________________ LASTFM

06-04-2006, 06:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	i like the new album better... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

06-04-2006, 06:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	it's just that one song, it's got a beat and it's sorta funky...the rest of the songs are pretty much like desperate youth... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

06-05-2006, 04:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
betabox Groupie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 20	I really like the new album, playhouses has a new health rock feel to it, the rest sound like an improved version of desperate youth mainly due to the addition of a drummer who has been touring with them now for awhile but wasnt featured on desperate youth. __________________ The Betabox Indie Music and Film Blog

06-04-2006, 05:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Really? That's depressing... I'm seeing them soon and I was really looking forward to it. Please tell me their new stuff doesn't suck...

06-04-2006, 06:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Yeah... but you're croatian.. Just kidding. What's different about it, exactly?

06-04-2006, 06:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Personally, I prefer their EP over the album, but I still like it a lot.