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TV Personalities have released four important records ... and here we got the best of the best ... GREAT COLLECTION OF A GREAT AERA ...
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Get Well Soon, Dan Treacy!
By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-Chief
Incredibly sad news in the UK today: Television Personalities frontman Dan Treacy is in a coma after surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain. Treacy is an underground icon -- MGMT honored him with "Song For Dan Treacy" on last year's TVP-inspired Congratulations and his shambling, part-sarcastic/part-heartbroken approach to pop has been cited as an influence by countless contemporary indie bands. Three years ago, Douglas Wolk wrote this excellent summary of the band's… more »
A User's Guide to the Television Personalities
By Douglas Wolk, eMusic Contributor
Listening to the Television Personalities 'records is like watching someone hold a smile until it grows desperate, laughing at a joke until it turns dead serious, obsessing over an uneasy fantasy that turns into a terrible truth and ultimately emerges as a small but genuine victory. Dan Treacy, the band's voice for its three tenuous decades, and his initial creative foil Ed Ball met in London during the punk rock era; like everybody else, they… more »