I realize that it has been awhile since my last post here, but I've been on a NyQuil binge that peaked April 4 in Dallas at TV on the Radio's Granada Theater show.
The show started perfectly because we got to our spot about 5 rows from the front, to the left side, just in time for the band to kick things off. A UK group called The Noisettes opened, but I wasn't too upset about missing them because I've never heard any of their stuff.
TVOTR sounded absolutely perfect. The only thing that I couldn't hear clearly was the mumbling banter between the songs. I was surprised at how they were able to exactly duplicate the sonic structure of their music. I wasn't sure if the wall of feedback was being duplicated onstage or if it was looped, but it didn't matter to me. The show was pretty uptempo all but for a few songs in the middle of their set, which I'd guess lasted just over an hour, including the encore. If any of you have listened to their stuff, you'd probably agree that TVOTR are usually melody-driven, yet it's usually hard to decipher exactly what the words are, so you're left to ID the songs by either the vibe their music conveys on that particular track or the chorus. They ended the encore with Staring at the Sun, easily their most addictive song.
The band itself was a show itself. After reading what I just wrote to describe what it was like watching them perform, I decided you'd be best served to look at the photo here.
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