With a name like this New York based quintet's, you might imagine Beavis and Butthead heavy metal types. At first listen, when this self-recorded, self-financed CD begins with the hardcorish snippet "Technotics," you kinda think TV will turn out to be the kind of head banging scene the two B's would dig.

However, the album is soon on an experimental rock ride that is not without some thrilling grooves. With no information as to who the curtly named band are - other than their names and their instruments of choice - we have to surmise a little about their intentions. Certainly TV runs like an ascerbic documentary of misspent hours with that beloved pastime: the almighty box.

The result of Butz' actions, however, we can safely say is an intriguing collection of inspired, organic rock songs; short and swift, and colored with jazz and world influences, and a slight nod to dance music via Brandon Cox's subtle turntablism. Though we're talking indie rock like Brainiac, Girls Against Boys, or Trans Am-not Van Halen.

Recorded in Brooklyn, with the band co-producing (quite ably actually), TV has a loose and raw "live" sound. The indulgent channel surfing frenzy of "Battalions" (their spelling) makes a chaotic point without laboring it, and the spacey psychotropic "Emergency Room" conveys detachment and delirium, whilst retaining a tight grip on a jazzy rhythmic plot. Butz' best shot comes with the epic twist "Lawrence of 'Rabia," with its driving melody and propulsive rhythms, not to mention intriguing use of standard vocal effects and just the right amount of trumpet to brighten up its murkier corners