Stereogum — Last night, as part of the tour behind their excellent new album Sleep Well Beast , the National played a show at London's Eventim Apollo. And as part of their encore, they played a song they've never covered before: "Heaven," the philosophical ball... more info

Stereogum — David Byrne appears on the latest episode of Neil DeGrasse Tyson's TV show Star Talk, but not to discuss the 40th anniversary of Talking Heads' debut album. Rather, Byrne was there to discuss the importance of arts education, explaining how study in ... more info

New York Post — Most music fans know Nona Hendryx as a member of Labelle, the trio of divas who scored a No. 1 hit in 1974 with “Lady Marmalade.” But the 72-year-old soul sister has worked with everyone from Keith Richards to the Talking Heads over her illustrio... more info

Sweeping The Nation — 1980 has gone down as the year of unusual numbers of rock deaths - Lennon, John Bonham, Ian Curtis, Bon Scott, Malcolm Owen of the Ruts, Tim Hardin - which tends to overshadow that the improbable pace of development and diversification around these y... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The year of Live Aid, of course, and with it and We Are The World came the birth of the superstar, so much so that by September Michael Jackson could outbid Paul McCartney for the Beatles' publishing. Wham! went to China, Brothers In Arms popular... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bustle recommended August's best nonfiction books. Noisey shared an introduction to the music of Miles Davis. Vol. 1 Brooklyn, BBC Culture, and Entertainment Weekly recommended August's best new books. Hamilton Leithauser covered Talking Heads' "Road... more info

Nialler9 — After months of marketing transmissions from the Everything Now corp employees, the fifth Arcade Fire album is here finally and the music speaks for itself. I’ve loved everything they’ve released from it to date especially the rousing title... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Stop Making Sense (1984) was director Jonathan Demme’s first foray into documentary concert films. Shot during a three-night engagement at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, the film captured the avant-garde band Talking Heads at the peak of its ... more info

Dlisted — Anderson Cooper may have elegantly sprung fully silvered from Gloria Vanderbilt’s opulent womb, but it doesn’t mean he won’t get real and raunchy with fools. This was never more true than yesterday afternoon, when Anderson was sparring on CNN w... more info

Idolator — Stamp of approval. The post David Byrne & Talking Heads Praise Selena Gomez’s “Bad Liar” appeared first on idolator. more info