Even though it's been fourteen years since his last release, Television frontman Tom Verlaine feels little has changed. Well, except for his famous pipes -- just a little.

"I have to tune the guitar lower just to make the notes," he jokes of the effect of aging on his sound. After all, the landmark Marquee Moon, which had a marked influence on more recent New York bands such as the Strokes and Interpol, was released in 1977. "I guess my voice has gotten deeper. The older you...