TV On The Radio - Golden Age

What this video is

Released in August 2008 as the lead single from Dear Science, 'Golden Age' arrived at a culturally charged inflection point: the final months of the Bush administration, the rise of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and the peak of Brooklyn's indie art-rock scene's critical dominance. TV on the Radio had emerged from the post-9/11 Williamsburg creative community as a multiracial art-rock collective blending…

Why it matters

'Golden Age' represents the convergence of Brooklyn indie art-rock's experimental DNA with accessible, danceable pop structure. Described by critics as indie rock, art rock, funk, soul, and post-punk simultaneously, the track demonstrated that the genre's avant-garde edge need not sacrifice…

The director

Petro Papahadjopoulos is a music video director and creative executive whose directing work spans indie rock, pop, and EDM. He is known for directing the Avicii 'Levels' video (2011), nominated for Best Electronic Dance Music Video at the 2012 MTV VMAs, and…