21 March 2004
Love Hurts

"The Wrong Way," which opens the album, highlights another thing that makes TV on the Radio stand out from the typical nouveau New York rock band: Mr. Adebimpe and Mr. Malone are black, and Mr. Sitek is white. (The band also has a handful of collaborators in the studio and in concert, of various races.) Though the color lines have long since been crossed in hip-hop and most pop, it's still a rarity to see an interracial band come up through the ranks of underground rock, particularly in New York

More injury news: Photographer Claims Injury At Love Show.
Freelance photographer Dara Kushner says she was injured when Love bodysurfed through the crowd during her performance at Manhattan music venue the Bowery Ballroom. Kushner was treated for a bruised and swollen neck at Beth Israel Medical Center and released. (link Billboard)