Talking Heads

Talking Heads was an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in
New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris
Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. Auxiliary musicians also regularly
made appearances in concert and on the group's albums. The New Wave style of
Talking Heads combined elements of punk, art rock, avant-garde, pop, ... read more

How we made: Gary Kemp and Steve Norman on True

'I still get berated for the line "Take your seaside arms", but it's from Nabokov's Lolita'Gary Kemp, songwriter/guitaristI wrote the song at my parents' house, where I w...
Posted 14 May 7.30pm — Comment on this

Shorties (Jonathan Lethem, Beth Ditto, and more)

At Underwire, Geeta Dayal interviews Jonathan Lethem about his 33 1/3 book on Talking Heads' Fear of Music album. The Believer also interviews Lethem. The Guardian profil...
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Contest - Win Jonathan Lethem's Book on Talking Heads' Fear of Music Album and a $100 Threadless Gift Certificate

The 33 1/3 series of books on seminal albums has featured a commendable variety of authors, and recently Jonathan Lethem's book on talking Heads' Fear of Music album show...
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6 Mix 2012-04-01 X-Press 2

“Renowned UK house duo X-Press 2 return to the 6 Mix for two hours of inspirations and current favourites. Rocky and Diesel first rose to underground prominence in ...
Posted 2 April 12.54pm — Comment on this

David Byrne: head collaborator

A soundtrack with Will Oldham for a film about a Nazi-hunting rock star. An opera about Imelda Marcos with Fatboy Slim. David Byrne's collaborations continue to amazeIt i...
Posted 15 March 7.59pm — Comment on this

Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall – review

(Nonesuch)One result of David Byrne's love affair with Brazilian music was a friendship with veteran singer and activist Caetano Veloso, who, like Byrne, mixes catchy tun...
Posted 11 March 12.05am — Comment on this

This Week's Interesting DVD Releases - January 31st, 2012

Three music films stand out among the week's DVD releases. Talking Heads: Chronology shares video of the band's live performances from 1975-2002. The Other F Word is a do...
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The Ting Tings urge label to rush-release leaked album

Band ask Columbia Records to issue Sounds from Nowheresville a month early following online leakThe Ting Tings are asking their label to release their new album more than...
Posted 24 January 11.19am — Comment on this

Shorties (Talking Heads, Elmore Leonard, and more)

Studio 360 interviews David Byrne about the Talking Heads' early years. Talk of the Nation interviews author Elmore Leonard about writing fiction and television scripts. ...
Posted 20 January 3.11pm — Comment on this

411 Music Ten Deep 12.30.11: Top 10 Brian Eno Albums

From U2's Achtung Baby and David Bowie's Heroes to Talking Heads' More Songs About Buildings And Food and more, 411's Christopher Bell counts down the top 10 Brian Eno-pr...
Posted 30 December 2011 7.09am — Comment on this

Wazu - Wazu EP (album stream)

Fans of Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Talking Heads, and David Bowie will want to have a listen and grab "Murder 1" from Australian-born, now NYC-based duo Wazu. The track ...
Posted 14 December 2011 7.20am — Comment on this

Erol Alkan Q

The electro overlord and former Trash supremo empties the contents of his psychic record bagThe track I'll be opening my next DJ set with Crackboy: Something For Brillian...
Posted 26 November 2011 12.06am — Comment on this

Hear Two 25 Year Old Radiohead Demos

Youtube user klootme has given the internet some rough tracks the band scratched out in its pre-fame infancy. The band recorded these, allegedly for their 1986 demo tape,...
Posted 21 November 2011 5.07pm — Comment on this

Shorties (Jeffrey Eugenides, Music to Occupy Wall Street, and more)

The Montreal Gazette interviews author Jeffrey Eugenides. I'm always fascinated by the epigraphs writers choose for their work. For The Marriage Plot you've chosen two, o...
Posted 5 November 2011 2.29pm — Comment on this

Favourite album: Risqué by Chic

Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Paul Lester takes a tour through love's darker chambers with ChicChic's third album came out in 1979, the same year ...
Posted 26 September 2011 5.26pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Talking Heads songs in the past year.

  • Once in a lifetime  457 plays
  • Road to nowhere  455 plays
  • And she was  295 plays
  • Psycho Killer  231 plays
  • Burning Down The House  69 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Talking Heads over the past year.

  1. Absolute 80s 638 plays
  2. Absolute Classic Rock 438 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 418 plays
  4. Absolute Radio 70s 91 plays
  5. Absolute Radio 90s 21 plays
  6. Absolute Radio 00s 21 plays

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