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TAS New Year's Eve Special: Dave Sitek of Maximum Balloon

Posted 12-29-10 by , Rita Houston
Tags: Dave Sitek, Maximum Balloon, TV on the Radio

New Year's Eve might be the equivalent of the Superbowl for working DJs; it's a daunting responsibility to provide the perfect party soundtrack as 2010 segues to 2011 (let alone the pressure of sensing what to spin leading up to midnight and beyond).  WFUV's Rita Houston caught up with Dave Sitek of Maximum Balloon and TV on the Radio and they discussed, among sundry things, the art of the DJ.  Dave, who did a club DJ tour in lieu of touring behind Maximum Balloon,  also chatted about the making of his solo album, the immediate future of TV on the Radio and played us some of his favorite, unusual tracks.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending October 31

Posted 10-26-10 by
Tags: Autolux, Grinderman, Junip, Marx Ronson, Maximum Balloon, Of Montreal, Ra Ra Riot, Stornoway, The Roots, The Walkmen

Nick Cave's side project Grinderman bolts onto the TAS Top 20 while an Oxford band - no, not Radiohead - takes over the top slot.

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TAS Interview: Dave Sitek of Maximum Balloon

Posted 10-6-10 by
Tags: Dave Sitek, David Byrne, Maximum Balloon, TV on the Radio

Dave Sitek, guitarist/producer for TV on the Radio (and producer for dozens of other artists), recently released his self-titled solo debut under the buoyant moniker Maximum Balloon. Though "solo" might not quite be the correct word; the project's impressive collection of vocalists includes David Byrne, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O and TVOTR's Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone. The Alternate Side caught up with Sitek from Los Angeles and learned more about his Maximum Balloon alter-ego and why a real tour is so sadly improbable.

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The TAS Top 20 For The Week Ending September 26

Posted 9-21-10 by
Tags: Arcade Fire, Autolux, Foals, Interpol, Junip, Kele, Maximum Balloon, Of Montreal, Sleigh Bells, Superchunk

 Junip, the longtime band project of singer and songwriter José González, enters the TAS Top 20 while Of Montreal breaks into the top three.

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Maximum Balloon Streams New Album On MySpace

Posted 9-14-10 by
Tags: David Andrew Sitek, Maximum Balloon, Theophilus London, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Maximum Balloon, the side project of TV on the Radio's David Andrew Sitek, will stream their debut album for the next two days on MySpace, prior to the album's September 21 release and Sitek's gig at Other Music on September 27. The guest list on the record is impressive: TVOTR's Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone, Karen O, Little Dragon, Holly Miranda,  David Byrne and more.

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