Posts tagged Talkingheads
Inside Arcade Fire Secret Show: Besnard Lakes' Jace Lasek Says There...
Besnard Lakes Jace Lasek has the inside line on what Arcade Fire's new album might be like. ... Read More »
Talking Heads' Chris Frantz: I Still Hope for a Reunion With David...
Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz discusses the band's new DVD, "Chronology," the '70s-era CBGB, Dick Clark and the possibility of a reunion with David Byrne. ... Read More »
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...
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...
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'
TomTomClub.net When Nacional Records head Tomas Cookman approached his friends in Tom Tom Club ... 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 »
Maximum Balloon's Dave Sitek Combines Recording and Dinner Parties
For Maximum Balloon, the new solo project from TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek, the musician/producer enlisted an all-star cast of guests for the band's first album ... Read More »
Michael Franti Offers Up More 'Power to the Peaceful'
Getty Images On the heels of the best summer of his career, Michael Franti will bring his annual ... Read More »
Getting Geeky With It: 20 Albums Inspired by the Dork Life
Geek rockers are deceptive. On the one hand, they're ... Read More »
Fang Island Have a 'Dream Come True' on Flaming Lips Tour
Like so many notable bands before them, Fang Island began as an art school project. More ... Read More »
