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" Smiling Black Faces " Brooklyn man Kyp Malone's band Rain Machine is not as famous as his other band, TV on the Radio , but with songs as good as "Smiling Black Faces" one wonders why.

New York Magazine has a long-overdue cover story on the Brooklyn music scene and the thing is pretty epic.

TV on the Radio boasts rock's most exciting new producer on a mission to bust out of the underground scene, writes Jon Pareles ONE sunny day in July a bulldozer mistakenly ploughed into the outside wall of a recording studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Maria Muldaur Star Tribune Amy Millan Yan Lassalle, Star Tribune Rain Machine More from Music POP/ROCK While his other band has inched toward accessibility after pushing so many sonic boundaries, TV on the Radio guitarist, co-vocalist and beard-grower Kyp Malone has recorded a solo album under the name Rain Machine that's as wild as anything he's ...

Kyp Malone is best known for his work with the band TV on the Radio. And after listening to his solo side project Rain Machine, that's unlikely to change anytime soon.

The Cedar Cultural Center presents its first annual International Music Festival this weekend, showcasing a lineup of bands who merge the fresh and modern with the traditional and classic.

Kyp Malone is a little defensive about his band TV on the Radio going on a year-long hiatus.

Y ou don't have to be that old to remember when record retailers had a single category called "world music," where everything from Indian ragas to Irish jigs to Nigerian Afrobeat to Jamaican reggae was ghettoized in a sales bin far from the mainstream displays.

Bass rumbles in the background of Massive Attack MC Daddy G's mobile phone, and the gentle coo of frequent collaborator and reggae legend Horace Andy is barely audible over the din.

TV On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe has announced that the band will be taking a year off now they have completed their current tour.

Outside Lands Music Festival :: Day 2 :: 08.29.09 :: Golden Gate Park :: San Francisco, CA Saturday at the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival featured another gorgeous day.

The indie rock band, TV on the Radio is making moves today. According to NME , the group will be performing at the event entitled, Celebrate Brooklyn .

The indie rock band, TV on the Radio is making moves today. According to NME , the group will be performing at the event entitled, Celebrate Brooklyn .

Lauren Martin of Geneva was slicing salami at the deli counter at the Mill Creek Market when Chronicle reporter Brenda Schory asked her 10 questions.

Lauren Martin of Geneva was slicing salami at the deli counter at the Mill Creek Market when Chronicle reporter Brenda Schory asked her 10 questions.

Kyp Malone The first song off Kyp Malone 's much anticipated solo release Rain Machine is premiering right now at pitchfork.com . "Give Blood" is a rocking percussive number with blissfully fuzzed out guitars and some genius word play.

TV On The Radio were joined onstage by support band Noisettes last night during their one-off date at London 's 02 Academy Brixton .

TV On The Radio singer-guitarist Kyp Malone has revealed the tracklisting of his upcoming solo album, set to be released on September 22.

TV On The Radio played to a half-empty tent at T In The Park today . Despite coming on after Pete Doherty , who had packed the King Tut's Wah Wah Tent out before them, the US band started their set with much of the canvas unoccupied.

It says something about the mental well-being of Sunday's Balado hoards when TV on the Radio arrive on the King Tut's stage to a less than half packed tent.