Stereogum — Five years ago today, Olivia Rodrigo got her “Drivers License” last week. That song became a #1 hit and made Rodrigo an instant star, so much so that she spent last festival season sharing stages with the likes of Weezer, Robert Smith, and David... more info

Stereogum — Last year David Byrne advocated for the Music Fairness Act, a bill that would require radio stations to license musicians' songs for airplay so they could get compensated. Today Gene Simmons testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee to support... more info

Stereogum — Before Talking Heads were Talking Heads, they were the Artistics. Rhode Island School Of Design students David Byrne and Chris Frantz formed the Artistics in 1973, and they made a kind of music that wasn't really known as punk rock yet. The band didn... more info

Stereogum — If you get a chance to see David Byrne, you should really take it. The art-music legend and former Talking Head released his album Who Is The Sky? a few months ago, and he’s lately been out on the road, playing a fascinating and innovative live sho... more info

Stereogum — Miley Cyrus has had a prolific year. In May, she released the visual album Something Beautiful . In September, she dropped a deluxe edition of that project that tacked on two great new songs with Fleetwood Mac members and David Byrne. Now comes a ne... more info

Stereogum — Paramore leader Hayley Williams makes her own music, and sometimes she even plays her own shows. Much more often, though, she loves jumping up onstage at other people’s shows. In the past few months, Williams has released her solo album Ego Dea... more info

Magnet Magazine — The last time I saw David Byrne with a troupe of weightlessly untethered musicians and deceptively simple dancers, they were, en masse, boogalooing down Broadway at the Hudson Theatre for the Talking Heads frontman’s still-fresh American Utopia al... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday, David Byrne and Hayley Williams teamed up for a track called “Open The Door” for The Twists soundtrack. In the evening, David Byrne surprised his New York City audience by inviting the Paramore leader with him onstage for some songs... more info

Stereogum — David Byrne and Hayley Williams have been closely aligned lately. Last year Paramore covered “Burning Down The House” as part of the promo campaign for A24’s reissue of the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense. Byrne, in turn, covere... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, Miley Cyrus released Something Beautiful, which we called the best album of her career. A couple days ago, she revealed she was expanding that universe with a deluxe version that includes new songs — one written with Lindsay B... more info