Guardian Music — Former Talking Heads frontman teams up with singer-songwriter on forthcoming album Love This GiantDavid Byrne and St Vincent have teamed up for a new album and tour.The former Talking Heads frontman has spent the last two years making Love This Giant... more info

Guardian Music — Brudenell Social Club, LeedsThe apparent end of Sonic Youth has produced the unlikely emergence of the band's co-founder as a sweetly tuneful rocker. After 30 years crafting walls of detuned guitar noise with the New York punk provocateurs, Lee Ranal... more info

411 Mania — A cover of The Talking Heads "Wild Wild Life"... more info

Perez Hilton — LOLz! No, really! Recently, Florence + The Machine were picked to headline this year's Bestival music festival in England and to announce this momentous occasion, they got a little WILD! Check out the band taking on the Talking Heads hit, Wild Wild L... more info

Guardian Music — This Canadian quartet draw equally on American alt-rock and English synth-pop to achieve a brooding rhythmical miserablismHometown: Vancouver, Canada.The lineup: Matthew Lyall (vocals, synths, guitar), Murray Mckenzie (backing vocals, guitar), Jeff M... more info

Guardian Music — To mark their Bestival appearance, Florence + the Machine have put on fancy dress and covered Talking Heads' Wild Wild LifeFlorence + the Machine have been announced as the Friday night headliners for Bestival, the festival curated by Rob da Bank and... more info

Guardian Music — 'I still get berated for the line "Take your seaside arms", but it's from Nabokov's Lolita'Gary Kemp, songwriter/guitaristI wrote the song at my parents' house, where I was still living at the time. As a working-class boy, I wouldn't think of moving ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Luiza Ongelofelijk Amsterdam based post-punk disco house band Wooden Constructions took their time putting together their new album People Now People. They released two free tracks over the last couple of months to get a buzz going. It's quir... more info

Guardian Music — This Canadian duo's debut album is so sleek you can see your reflection in the shiny surfacesHometown: Guelph, Ontario.The lineup: Geordie Gordon (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Evan Gordon (bass, backing vocals, production).The background: The Magic ar... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — At Underwire, Geeta Dayal interviews Jonathan Lethem about his 33 1/3 book on Talking Heads' Fear of Music album. The Believer also interviews Lethem. The Guardian profiles Beth Ditto of the Gossip, and streams the band's new album. Mark Kurlansky... more info