Here Comes The Flood — Music you enjoy is like a drug. Or good food. You already knew that, but a scientist has proof. Valorie Salimpoor of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, has published an article in Nature Neuroscience. From an article in The Guardian: A single ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — ROCKTIME said... ROCKTIME - Podcast Edition - n.01/11 --- THIS IS OUR MUSICAL PODCAST --- You can hear 60 years of Rock 'n' Roll in 60 minutes! Enjoy the last episode. With the sound of: 01. IKE TURNER & HIS KINGS OF RHYTHM - Rocket 88 (1951) 02. ... more info

Topix — Start Making Sense, Fri., Dec. 31, 10 p.m., River Street Jazz Cafe . Info: 570.822.2992, myspace.com/startmakingsenseband by Christine Freeberg Weekender Intern When singer and guitarist Jon Braun gathered six other musicians together for a night of ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — So far, the series has featured what could be accurately described as classic acts – The Jam, The Police, Orange Juice, Joy Division, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, Magazine and Talking Heads none of whom have released a new LP in years. Not so with... more info

Guardian Music — (Family Edition)If you could pay the greatest compliment to Brooklyn duo Tanlines it might be that their arty, tropical disco could fit perfectly into the bit in Talking Heads's Stop Making Sense between David Bryne leaving the stage to get his "big ... more info

Big Stereo — Tortoiseshell is a bit of a mystery band, not really having much of a bio online besides saying they are a band of cousins, brothers, and friends. Listing their influences as Talking Heads, ESG, and A Certain Ratio only makes me try to keep refreshin... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Earlier this year, I called Bravestation a band to watch. Their 2010 EP is one of the coolest finds of the year. If you haven’t listened to it yet, you should get on that since it’s a free download. The band just uploaded a video of them covering... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Cut Copy have released the first single from new album Zonoscope. It’s called “Take Me Over”, and it’s Cut Copy at it’s finest. Dreamy vocals blessed with electronic clouds from above that can make the stiffest backs dance. Cut Copy have fu... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “Lost my shit, trying to act casual.” For years…years…that is what I thought David Byrne was singing on “Crosseyed And Painless” off the Talking Heads Remain In Light LP.  Nope. It turned out he was singing “lost my shape.”  The mis... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I received this email towards the end of last month:-I've been enjoying the blog a lot lately and, in particular, love the 5 album sides idea. I'd be curious to know which you'd pick for Talking Heads. I know you tend to focus on UK and especially S... more info