TalkingHeads Posts

David Byrne Learns to Enjoy Performing, Looks Back on His CBGB Days

David Byrne's 'Ride Rise Roar' has been lauded by critics and, as he explained to Spinner, was a chance for him to stretch, even further, his already impressive creative tapestry. ... Read More »

Banned Campaign Songs: Music Stars Who Stopped Politicians Using Their Tunes

It's become an election-season occurrence as common as ... Read More »

Paul Simon and David Byrne Join Forces at Intimate New York Show

It was surprising enough that Paul Simon would play a show at New York’s Webster Hall. What was more of a shock was when David Byrne came out for a second encore to perform a Talking Heads classic and duet with Simon on ‘You Can Call Me Al.’ ... Read More »

David Byrne Settles Lawsuit With Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist

David Byrne may not be Robin Hood, exactly, but the former Talking Heads head honcho has turned into a talking head, of sorts, for artist rights. ... Read More »

David Byrne and Will Oldham Working on Soundtrack for Sean Penn Film

David Byrne and Will Oldham will pen music for a new Sean Penn vehicle 'This Must Be the Place' about an aging rocker chasing a Nazi war criminal. ... Read More »

Dirty Projectors and MGMT Close Day Two of Fun Fun Fun Fest With Psychedelic Jams

With SXSW and October's Austin City Limits music festival usually grabbing all the national attention when it comes to live music in Austin, the three-day Fun Fun Fun Festival ended with a bang Saturday night. ... Read More »

Tom Tom Club Bring 'Genius' Jams to New York

The funkiest song of 1981 is also the funkiest song of 2010, and anyone who doesn't agree probably wasn't at Santos Party House in New York City on Thursday night. ... Read More »

Tom Tom Club Explain the Success of 'Genius of Love'

When Nacional Records head Tomas Cookman approached his friends in Tom Tom Club about reissuing their 2002 concert album 'Live @ the Clubhouse,' he suggested they package the record with remixes of their 1981 single 'Genius of Love,' one of the most sampled songs of the hip-hop era. ... Read More »

Tom Tom Club See Their Legacy Continue With Lady Gaga and Gorillaz

By 1980, bassist Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz had found the wormhole connecting punk and funk. ... Read More »

Tom Tom Club Return With Tour, 'Genius of Live' Reissue

Fear not, folks in the “flyover states.” Tom Tom Club may have canceled shows in Cleveland, Nashville, St. Louis, Chicago and Toledo, as well two cities in Canada, cutting short what was to have been an extensive September tour, but the dance-rock band will make up the dates next year. ... Read More »