Tunde Adebimpe   (Photo: Andrew Goetz/Corbis)

4. NY ❤ TV on the Radio
After a month on the road, TV on the Radio returned to New York for a pair of shows in October that had the air of a triumphant homecoming. The studio fetishisms that clutter the otherwise excellent Return to Cookie Mountain were eliminated as singer Tunde Adebimpe flailed about with fiery passion and guitarist Kyp Malone unleashed holy thunder on his Les Paul. Did we mention the three-piece horn section? They killed.