Stereogum — Any serious Radiohead fan knows that after wisely dropping On A Friday, they named themselves after “Radio Head,” a Talking Heads song from the 1986 album True Stories and David Byrne film of the same name. As Dangerous Minds points out, the song... more info

Stereogum — Marc Maron sat down with the legendary David Byrne at his New York office for the latest episode of his WTF podcast. They talked about the rise of the Talking Heads, Byrne’s other creative work outside the field of music, his upcoming color guard p... more info

Stereogum — Back in 2008, the Blessed Sacrement color guard team of Cambridge, MA approached David Byrne about using some of his music in one of their routines. Generous, prolific genius that he is, Byrne assented, but under the condition that he get to see the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ad Rock, Money Mark & Somerville High School Color Guard David Byrne's high-concept Contemporary Colors shows, which pair pop musicians with high school marching band color guard troupes, are coming up, happening June 22 & 23 in Toronto (tickets) and... more info

Stereogum — The great golden-era rap trio De La Soul has turned to Kickstarter to fund their next album, and they’ve lined up a roster of guests that includes Damon Albarn, David Byrne, and 2 Chainz. And though it’s not part of the forthcoming album, they’... more info

Stereogum — David Byrne had this idea to combine live musicians with color guard, the weird military tradition of dancing with flags and guns. He’s calling it Contemporary Color, and a few performances this summer will feature Byrne along with people like St. ... more info

Stereogum — Two years ago, David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label put out a compilation of old tracks from the little-known African synth artist William Onyeabor. Last year, some of those songs were reimagined for a remix album, including a cover from Hot Chip of the 1... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Thank you all for showing up and playing your part in our success of reaching the goal!! Continue to spread the word!" - De La Soul photo: De La Soul at Irving Plaza in 2014 (more by PSquared) Legendary rap... more info

Stereogum — Hip-hop’s royal trio De La Soul have announced that their eighth studio album will be funded through a Kickstarter campaign. The group is raising $110,000 for their first full-length since 2004’s The Grind Date. Once the project is funded, they�... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis David Byrne (via @estee_p) Alexis Krauss (via @iambrianscottk) Sharon Jones & Davied (via @sharonjones) Last night was the David Byrne tribute show at Carnegie Hall which brought out a host of cool musicians to perform songs by... more info