Kevin Bronson on October 23rd, 2014

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Vocalist Tunde Adebimpe has called the forthcoming TV on the Radio album “1000%, without a doubt, the best thing we’ve ever done.” Even if “Seeds” – due Nov. 18 via Harvest Records and the band’s first release since the 2011 death of bassist Gerard Smith – seems, in places, a departure for the beloved indie-rockers. At the sold-out Fonda Theatre on Wednesday night, Adebimpe paused to asked the crowd whether new tune “Careful You” sounded like a TVOTR song. It should, he added, because it is. The band’s show included six tracks from the new album, including the electric “Happy Idiot,” along with “Could You,” “Ride,” “Lazerray” and “Trouble.” The crowd was deprived of hearing the finale, 2004’s “Staring at the Sun,” because of time constraints, and there was an interruption during the set when a scuffle broke out in the middle of the crowd and some rowdies were escorted out. Fans can hope things will be more peaceable tonight when the band plays downtown at the Mayan Theatre.

Photos by David Benjamin