Stereogum — In a new blog post, Byrne calls Sunday's indie all star concert a triumph of art rock and explains why popular music may be at a peak. He also contrasts the approach of his creative, "serious" Dark Was The Night collaborators to the hit factory that ... more info

Stereogum — One of Dark Was The Night Live's many, many, many highlights Sunday night was the onstage pairing of David Byrne and Dave Longstreth, fleshing out one of the compilation album's most logical pairings. When Byrne first announced their Red Hot tracks, ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Last year, Red Hot, which donates money to AIDS research, came out with their 20th compilation album, the amazing Dark Was the Night, featuring such great artists as David Byrne, Sharon Jones, Yeasayer, Bon Iver, and many others. If you don’t have ... more info

Stereogum — The fear with any supertalent variety show like last night's Dark Was The Night live event is that the appeal on paper will far outstrip the appeal of having your ass glued to a seat for four hours. And it was a very impressive piece of paper. B... more info

Rolling Stone — Sunday was what you could call a “win-win” night for music in New York City. At Madison Square Garden, arena-sized stars like Bruce Springsteen and Dave Matthews rang in folk legend Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday with a massive benefit concert for... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dark Was the Night (finale) (photo by Natasha Ryan) Last night's Dark Was the Night show was amazing. My only disappointment was that David Byrne didn't come back to sing with Sharon Jones during the finale/encore (he sang with almost... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Blonde Redhead will headline a free show at Prospect Park Bandshell on Friday, June 26. Stay tuned for the entire "Celebrate Brooklyn" schedule to be announced on May 4th (which will also include Deer Tick, Grace Potter, David Byrne,... more info

Pop Candy — The Fader's annual "Icon Issue" arrives on newsstands May 5, and this year the mag has chosen to honor David Byrne with a series of features and two special covers. Highlights include photos of Byrne throughout his career and pieces... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Italy's A Classic Education have a brand new 7" that they've decided to stream exclusively from IGIF starting today. The first song, "Best Regards," is a youthful jam that fits messy guitar strums with playful handclaps along a tune that's sure to c... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Voodoo Experience Festival is happening in New Orleans's City Park on October 30th, 31st and November 1st.The 11th annual VOODOO EXPERIENCE will once again celebrate music, as well as New Orleans' bohemian culture, arts and cuisine. More th... more info