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Airborne Toxic Event
Indie rockers Airborne Toxic Event hail from Los Angeles and take their name from the Don DeLillo novel White Noise, echoing the literary backgrounds of frontman Mikel Jollett and guitarist Steven Chen. They’ve recently gained national recognition with “Sometime Around Midnight,” a song that they recorded themselves, distributed via MP3 and that was recently named the Top Alternative Song of 2008 by iTunes. Today they join us in the studio to discuss and perform music from their recently-released eponymous album.
Airborne Toxic Event performs on the Late Show with David Letterman on Friday.
Soundcheck blog: View images from the band's visit to WNYC
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Pretty sure the book is by Don DeLillo.
People, please! The gentleman from Seattle has it right--WHITE NOISE was written by Don DeLillo, not E.L. Doctorow (I know the last names rhyme, but still).
Thanks for the catch(es), Chris and Jeff. Fixed.
That was a great live performance by the band. Nice to hear them live on the radio.
Fantatic interview and live set! It is amazing how really talented this band is.... It's one thing to record in a studio but live... that's another... I've been at a couple of shows.. they are the best band out there!! They are so gracious too. Thanks so much for this show:)
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