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The most immediately striking component of Human Televisions sound is the guitar. Its perpetually jangly and deliciously upbeat, calling to mind all those underrated Teen Beat and Sarah Records bands who stood at the forefront of what some considered a Golden Age for our lovably nerdy counterculture. The production style is understated and really, barely noticeable; everything's crisp and relatively clear, but refreshingly free of any sterilizing sheen. The subject matter covered by frontman Billy Downing boredom, failed relationships, etc. is far from revolutionary, but the phrasing and presentation of his lyrics boast enough subtle nuance to take something fairly...

Television was one of the most creative bands to emerge from New York's underground scene of the mid-'70s, creating an influential new guitar vocabulary. While guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd liked to jam, they didn't follow the accepted rock structures for improvisation — they removed the blues while retaining the raw energy of garage rock, adding complex, lyrical solo lines that recalled both jazz and rock. With its angular rhythms and fluid leads, Television's music always went in unconventional directions, laying the groundwork for many of the guitar-based post-punk pop groups of the late '70s and '80s. In the...

Television Room are a band that for whatever reason came together in Dublin in 2007. They make music using drums, bass, synthesizers, melodicas, glockenspeils, guitars, piano, mandolins, shakers, singing, shouting and whatever else they can think of. .

Ghosts of Television is 5 young boys making hypnotic, accusatory music for frightened angry people. Their music is party music for subterranean prisons and bedtime music for rabid insomniacs. .

Hailing from Malmö, Sweden, the band line-up is; Vocals, guitar and other stuff: Jon Rinneby Bass: Stellan Lofberg Drums and vocals: Erik Willman The band released their eponymous debut album in October of 2011. Turn off your television have been compared to Sparklehorse and Grandaddy and have a similar mellow, country-tinged, post-rock sound to these artists. .