A considerable cut below Television's stellar bow, this is thin stuff generally. It's more an addled attempt at a pop record than a real punk work, and guitar heat is in...
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Television's groundbreaking first album, Marquee Moon, was as close to a perfect debut as any band made in the 1970s, and in many respects it would have been all but...
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One of the very best albums to emanate from the punk convulsion, Television's debut sports the band's brightest studio fireworks and best songwriting, including the...
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Marquee Moon is a revolutionary album, but it's a subtle, understated revolution. Without question, it is a guitar rock album -- it's astonishing to hear the interplay...
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It's a reunion album, and that may just say it all. Undoubtedly the band's poorest work, with only its sinister William Burroughs homage, "Call Mr. Lee," to recommend...
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After the breakthrough success of Nirvana's Nevermind in 1991, it seemed (at least for a while) that many of the tributaries of the American punk movement might finally have...
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The sound is lousy, but this recording of a live 1978 set at My Father's Place in New York gives an exciting picture of the band's performance dynamics. Strong jams, and a...
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Double live albums frequently come off as redundant and indulgent, but in the case of Television, The Blow-Up comes awfully close to being an essential document, simply...
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Rhino's expanded 2003 reissue of Television's fine second album, Adventure, helps shine a light on this unfairly neglected sequel to Marquee Moon. Though it is ironically...
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