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Kindness :: Swinging Party

4674 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardI wrote about this 7″ a few years back – UK artist Kindness taking on the mats’ “Swinging Party.” Completely reinvented, the track ditches its original lounge vibe and comes off like a lost David Byrne cover. Full-length debut, World, You N... more info

Delicate Steve – “Afria Talks To You”

4674 days ago
StereogumDavid Byrne’s Luaka Bop label has Stereogum CMJ party alum Delicate Steve down for a new album this May. It’s called Positive Force, which is a fair LP name coming from someone calling himself Delicate Steve. For the record, Steve does it all, wr... more info

Caetano Veloso & David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall – review

4675 days ago
Guardian Music(Nonesuch)David Byrne's world music label Luaka Bop introduced the likes of Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil to a new western audience in 1989. Fifteen years later, Veloso invited "my favourite American artist" to appear with him in New York, and now ... more info

Jonathan Richman – review

4685 days ago
Guardian MusicBrudenell Social Club, LeedsThe last time Jonathan Richman played this venue, his "rider" consisted of only a glass into which to pour his own water, and he spent the afternoon telling drinkers about his other job, installing pizza ovens. This i... more info

Pop stars working the web

4686 days ago
Guardian MusicRihanna is the queen of Twitter. David Byrne's psychedelic radio show is a global hit. And Tim Burgess has his own virtual caffAs recently as the mid-1990s, when record companies still sent postcards to fans alerting them to new releases, a few reall... more info

Alabama Shakes, live in London

4687 days ago
Guardian MusicBoston Arms, LondonThe woman shaking her corkscrew curls and bawling into the microphone doesn't much look like the music industry's usual idea of a star. Brittany Howard is, nonetheless, riding a thermal of acclaim so fast and so high it could be gr... more info

Bright Moments – “Tourists” (Stereogum Premiere)

4693 days ago
StereogumKelly Pratt is a multi-instrumentalist who’s worked with a seriously impressive list of artists that includes Arcade Fire, Beirut, St. Vincent, and David Byrne. He also records his own music under the name Bright Moments, and his album Natives is a... more info

Talking Heads - Chris Frantz Refuses To Give Up On Talking Heads Reunion Dream

4698 days ago
ContactMusicFormer Talking Heads star Chris Frantz refuses to give up on a reunion and hopes frontman David Byrne wakes up to the idea one day The drummer tells Billboard com that he his wife and bandmate Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison would be interested in a... more info

Jherek Bischoff, Wordless Orchestra, David Byrne, Mirah & more guests opened the Ecstatic Music Festival (pics, review)

4706 days ago
Brooklyn Veganphotos by David Andrako, words by Andrew Frisicano Jherek Bischoff & some of his guests It wasn't the marathon that opened the inaugural Ecstatic Music Fest in 2011, but this year's opening show on Saturday (2/4) had some of that... more info

Paul Simon: 'Graceland is the peak of my solo career'

4718 days ago
Guardian MusicSinger considers 1986 album to be his greatest – and defends decision to record in South Africa during apartheid regimePaul Simon has said he considers his 1986 album Graceland his greatest musical achievement and has defended his decision to recor... more info

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