Guardian Music — From the Kinks' Lola to David Bowie's Major Tom, here are your songs about characters who are not quite as they first seemI thought you might struggle to come up with songs about mistaken identity. Not so. It wasn't as tough as I thought. In fact, th... more info

Guardian Music — The band's former frontman David Byrne says cutting arts in schools is 'narrow-minded' since the benefits are provenA cheer from the sidelines for those battling to keep a creative element in the British school curriculum, against the tide of Gove in... more info

Sky News — Former Talking Heads front man David Byrne has made a sequel - of sorts - to his acclaimed 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense. more info

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