Stereogum — The snake is eating its tail. On “Hard Times,” the opening track and lead single from their 2017 album After Laughter , Paramore adopted a plastic neon Afropop/new wave vibe seemingly influenced by Talking Heads. Recently, Hayley Williams and... more info

Consequence Of Sound — The 12-inch features Byrne's cover of "Hard Times" and Paramore's rendition of "Burning Down the House." Paramore and David Byrne Announce Collaborative Record Store Day Release Scoop Harrison more info

Chorus.fm — Paramore’s cover of “Burning Down the House” will appear opposite of David Byrne doing “Hard Times” on an exclusive Record Store Day vinyl. more info

Obscure Sound — A compelling single with an evident Talking Heads inspiration, “The Day the Internet Died” comes via Brooklyn-based artist Jeremy Aaron. A wry wit is apparent in contemplating a hypothetical — what if the internet, and technology in general, ce... more info

JamBase — David Byrne assembled a collection of his favorite holiday music for his Christmas Playlist. more info

Consequence Of Sound — Paul Simon, LCD Soundsystem, and many more also appear on the collection the Talking Heads frontman curated for NPR. David Byrne’s Christmas Playlist Includes The Pogues, Phoebe Bridgers, and 100 gecs: Stream Abby Jones more info

Stereogum — The Broadway production of Here Lies Love — the David Byrne and Fatboy Slim musical about Imelda Marcos based on the 2010 concept album of the same name — will close later this month, with its final performance scheduled for Sunday, November 2... more info

Stereogum — For the past month, Talking Heads have been back in action, at least in interview form. They first reunited for a conversation at the Toronto International Film Festival to coincide with the premiere of the restoration of Stop Making Sense for its... more info

Stereogum — Just yesterday, Paramore released a new version of their latest album This Is Why featuring reworks by Panda Bear, Wet Leg, Julien Baker, and more. Last night, the band was in conversation with writer Amanda Petrusich for The New Yorker Festival, ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — So, for now, we reach the end of the decade compilations in retrospect, given 2018 hasn't actually ended yet and we'll then be compiling the playlist in the moment. Plenty happened in 2018, but not a lot outside the rise of K-Pop was progress... more info