Monsters and Critics — Art rock veteran David Byrne (Talking Heads) and St. Vincent (Annie Clark) have announced a number of summer tour dates more info

Consequence of Sound — The 30-date trek stretches most of June and July. more info

Consequence of Sound — Björk, Wilco, David Byrne and St. Vincent, The xx, and Animal Collective so far. more info

Consequence of Sound — A fitting cut of "I Should Watch TV". more info

XLR8R — The bi-coastal sound scavengers of Javelin have announced they will drop Hi Beams, the duo's sophomore LP, on March 5 via David Byrne's Luaka Bop label. Ahead of the release, cousins George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk have shared a free do... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Despite David Byrne and St. Vincent gracing the decommissioned altar of the Church of St. John the Baptist, despite Win Butler and the Strokes’ Nik Fraiture running a charity basketball game in McGill’s shoebox-sized gym, despite even a homecomi... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — By the close of the 1970s, Talking Heads had come a long way in a shockingly short period of time. After emerging as a minimalist three-piece at CBGBs in ’75 centered around the nervous presence of David Byrne, the band expanded their sonic palette... more info

Guardian Music — The dread cloud of 'zany' hangs over La Shark. But get past that and you'll find an agreeably off-kilter clatter, reminiscent of Talking Heads and the Ze labelReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: London.The lineup: Samuel Geronimo Deschamps (vocal... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Quietus interviews David Byrne about his new book How Music Works. Weekend Edition interviews author Ian McEwan about his new novel, Sweet Tooth. On the similarities between spies and novelists, and how those similarities play out between Serena ... more info

Guardian Music — David Byrne's arty, commonsense reflections intrigue Michel FaberGiven the vastness of the subject, calling a treatise How Music Works seems intellectually arrogant, but it could also be seen as disarmingly frank, a fresh perspective from a down-to-e... more info