Nine Types of Light

Image via Interscope Records

Just as television provided a platform to view music during the 80s with MTV, today many artists have opted for a more cinematic approach to their music videos complete with famous directors, celebrity cameos, and special effects.  TV On the Radio took that concept a step further and with their most recent album, Nine Types of Light, released a full length "music movie" that corresponds with each track on the album.  The Brooklyn based ensemble has such a wide variety of sounds, it's really hard to pin them down to one particular genre.  No matter what you call it, the movie is a poetic art-piece, which I think is pretty rad.


Each song has a unique music video strung together touching on topics of dreams, love, fame, and the future.  The results are incredible both visually and musically.  Composed of a variety of interview, animation, and live action, it is nearly a full hour of highly cerebral, eerie, experimental artistry (to be watched full screen in 1080p).