TV on the Radio's frontman, Tunde Adebimpe, liked the view from the stage at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday night. ''Many tiers, many levels,'' he said. ''Speaking of many, many levels ... ,'' he said, trailing off as the band started the hurtling beat and buzzing synthesizer bass line of the next song, ''Dancing Choose.'' TV on the Radio's...

The biggest TV on the Radio song of 2008 is, like many of the band's songs, about romantic disappointment. The vocals are high-pitched and anguished, yet certain. Keyboards are played with slight imperfections that sound as if they were born of frustration. At the hook, the piece bursts alive with martial percussion, giving it an appealing bulk....

ONE day in July a bulldozer mistakenly plowed into the outside wall of Dave Sitek's Headgear recording studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It's the studio where the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars and Mr. Sitek's own band, TV on the Radio, made albums that drew international attention to Brooklyn rock just a few years ago. Those were the indie days, when TV...