Two Bears in a Record Store

It is one thing to make an album that is critically acclaimed for its technical brilliance and genre defining in its variety, and it is quite another thing to re-create this music for a live environment.

Yet TV on the Radio have not only mastered what is required to make an impressive studio sound, they have applied their own special brand of genius in making a live set that harnesses the energy of each song and sends it pumping out to the dancing masses in the crowd.


Playing for close to an hour and a half, TVotR kept the crowd constantly wowed by the vast sound they managed to produce, and the ability to take so many different musical elements and bring them all together so flawlessly. Throwing in a spattering of songs from previous albums, the majority of the set focused on tracks from the critically acclaimed 2008 hit, Dear Science.


The Metro Theatre yet again proved itself to be an intimate venue, where every audience member can feel close enough to the action to really feel a part of it, and there is no doubt in my mind that the venue played some part in producing an animated connection between the charismatic lead singer Tunde Adebimpe and the crowd.



Oh, and as a side note for those who haven’t seen TVotR live (or even a YouTube video of a live performance), Adebimpe’s dancing alone makes seeing these guys worthwhile...R.E.Ms Michael Stipe definitely comes to mind.