Guardian Music — Academy, Manchester"This is another one of those, er, singalongs," says Beirut's Zach Condon, sounding slightly embarrassed by what's going on around him. Once again, the cavernous Academy erupts into a choir of audience voices, with every second han... more info

Guardian Music — This highly touted four-piece have pretensions to Talking Heads' funk-rock mantle – but fail to burn down the houseHometown: London.The lineup: Miles Haughton (vocals, guitar), Marcus Haughton (vocals, guitar), Louis Bhose (bass) and Oscar Manthorp... more info

Stereogum — David Byrne made a bunch of screenshots of fake iPhone apps for an exhibit titled “Social Media,” showing at the Pace Gallery on West 25th Street from 9/16 – 10/15 (via BoingBoing). I just made a fake app to check out David Byrne’s fake apps ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Talking Heads founder David Byrne is perpetually up to something cool. If he's not singing backing vocals on Arcade Fire records or writing his New York Times column about cycling (seriously), he's creating wry and topical art. His latest offering is... more info

Totally Fuzzy — In 1987, Alexander Balanescu left the Arditti Quartet to form his own Balanescu Quartet, which has gone on to acquire a reputation as one of the world’s leading contemporary music groups. Collaborators have included Michael Nyman, Gavin Bryars, Or... more info

Guardian Music — (Atlantic)There's no gang involved here, just university dropout Max McElligott, who quit his studies in London to make a go of his knack for orchestral pop. While there's no doubting his ability, particularly his talent for melody and ease with ela... more info

Stereogum — As Videogum pointed out, Sean Penn has a new movie. What Gabe didn’t mention is This Must Be The Place is a mumblecore remake of Edward Scissorhands featuring new original music by David Byrne. NJ Underground notes the film also includes Arcade Fir... more info

We Like it Lossless! — 4AD / 2006So here it is, the album that you've probably read about a thousand times already and serious contender for album of the year on numerous taste-making journals and blogs. Championed by the alternative music press as one of the finest record... more info

ContactMusic — Former Talking Heads star David Byrne and director Todd Haynes will join filmmaker Darren Aronofsky among the judges at this year's (11) Venice Film Festival in Italy. Aronofsky has already been announced as jury head and now his panel has been confi... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — 2011 Fourth of July Mix!!! 1. Matmos - The Stars and Stripes Forever2. Galaxie 500 - Fourth of July3. X - Fourth of July4. Bruce Springsteen - 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)5. Ryan Adams - Firecracker6. The Decemberists - July, July!7. Si... more info