David Byrne's still going strong. The forthcoming 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition of Stop Making Sense reminds you he's been around longer than you. Talking Heads were clearly more than Byrne, but he's often at the forefront of the action in... CONTINUE READING STOP MAKING SENSE TURNS 25, COMES TO BLU-RAY»
Posted on October 12, 2009 in (17 comments)
Tags: Chris Frantz | David Byrne | Jerry Harrison | Jonathan Demme | Sufjan Stevens | Talking Heads | Tina Weymouth
After crunching some numbers, David realizes there's no way Live Nation could be making money on his undersized European shows. And further realizes that their cost is likely being subsidized by the gate of U2's monstrous 360º tour, a $40MM... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE THANKS U2 FOR EXCESSIVE TOUR SETUP»
Posted on July 28, 2009 (8 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | David Byrne | Panda Bear | U2
By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh Not that it's a competition, but at any summer festival you'll be expected to answer What Was The Best Set So Far several times a day. We have a tie for Friday, at least... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO 2009: BROOKLYN GO HARD»
Posted on June 13, 2009 in , (37 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Beastie Boys | Bonnaroo | David Byrne | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear | Nas | Phish | TV On The Radio | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Proceeds from the live EP benefit Amnesty International. Listen/buy at everythingthathappens.com and consider it a preview for Bonnaroo, where Byrne will be the first artist to curate his own stage (with Santigold, Dirty Projectors, St. Vincent, and himself).... CONTINUE READING STREAM THE NEW DAVID BYRNE EP»
Posted on May 18, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | David Byrne
In a new blog post, Byrne calls Sunday's indie all star concert a triumph of art rock and explains why popular music may be at a peak. He also contrasts the approach of his creative, "serious" Dark Was The Night... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE ASSESSES THE STATE OF ROCK MUSIC»
Posted on May 6, 2009 (9 comments)
Tags: Dark Was The Night | David Byrne | The-Dream
One of Dark Was The Night Live's many, many, many highlights Sunday night was the onstage pairing of David Byrne and Dave Longstreth, fleshing out one of the compilation album's most logical pairings. When Byrne first announced their Red Hot... CONTINUE READING NEW DIRTY PROJECTORS & DAVID BYRNE - "AMBULANCE MAN"»
Posted on May 5, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: David Byrne | Dirty Projectors
The fear with any supertalent variety show like last night's Dark Was The Night live event is that the appeal on paper will far outstrip the appeal of having your ass glued to a seat for four hours. And it... CONTINUE READING DARK WAS THE NIGHT LIVE @ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, NYC 5/3/09»
Posted on May 4, 2009 in , , (22 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bon Iver | Bryce Dessner | Dark Was The Night | Dave Sitek | David Byrne | Deradoorian | Dirty Projectors | Doveman | Feist | My Brightest Diamond | Pete Seeger | Sharon Jones | St. Vincent | The National | TV On The Radio
Details are emerging on the Renaissance Man's Here Lies Love, a concept album about Imelda Marcos, shoe-obsessed widow of the Philippines' former dictator. Byrne wrote the project with Fatboy Slim and promises every song will have a different vocalist. Among... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE ROPES SANTIGOLD, TORI AMOS INTO WEIRD CONCEPT ALBUM»
Posted on April 10, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Alice Russell | David Byrne | Fatboy Slim | Roisin Murphy | Santigold | Sharon Jones | Tori Amos
In his silver fox incarnation, the ever-prolific David Byrne appears never to have met a collaborative opportunity he didn't like. Just in the last few months he joined creative juices with Dirty Projectors and the grab-bag of Stereogum artist tags... CONTINUE READING NEW BRAZILIAN GIRLS (FEAT. DAVID BYRNE) - "I'M LOSING MYSELF" (ENGLISH VERSION)»
Posted on March 24, 2009 (8 comments)
Tags: Brazilian Girls | David Byrne | Sufjan Stevens
Last night David Byrne went on The Colbert Report. During the jokey Q&A he got insightful, where other people laugh, trying to answer Stephen C's questions as carefully as possible even when they were meant as a punchline (see, for... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE ON STEPHEN COLBERT, BAD REVIEWS»
Posted on March 3, 2009 in (16 comments)
Tags: David Byrne | Jon Pareles | Lucero | Stephen Malkmus
So far the focus of N.A.S.A. (North America/South America)'s The Spirit Of Apollo has been beatmakers Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon's various guest collaborators. "Gifted" featured Kanye West, Lykke Li, and Santogold Santigold. It was followed by "Whachadoin," which... CONTINUE READING NEW N.A.S.A. (FEAT. DAVID BYRNE) VIDEO - "THE PEOPLE TREE"»
Posted on February 17, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: David Byrne | N.A.S.A. | Neon Indian
Folks didn't necessarily agree that the forthcoming Red Hot compilation Dark Was The Night included your favorite bands, but it does include a lot of bands (31 exclusive tracks), many of whom you'll likely enjoy. See, for instance, the previously... CONTINUE READING NEW DAVID BYRNE & DIRTY PROJECTORS - "KNOTTY PINE"»
Posted on January 15, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Dark Was The Night | David Byrne | Dirty Projectors
Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon are close to releasing an LP from their N.A.S.A. (North America/South America) project. The duo cook the beats, and turned to their enviable contact list to collect a headspinning list of contributors, including Tom... CONTINUE READING NEW N.A.S.A. (FEAT. KANYE WEST, SANTOGOLD & LYKKE LI) - "GIFTED"»
Posted on December 11, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Chuck D | David Byrne | Dirty Projectors | Kanye West | Lykke Li | N.A.S.A. | Santigold
This was the first year in three that I didn't make the trek down to Austin for the party in Zilker Park, because of the unexpected arrival of ATP NY but also because there are only so many times ("so... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE FEELS HIS STUFF, ARM HAIR @ AUSTIN CITY LIMITS»
Posted on September 29, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Austin City Limits | David Byrne
Mr. Byrne's Everything That Happens... LP collab with Eno is rather great and all, but this one's about the legendary Head's other love (no, not that one or that one or that one). As you've probably seen if you live... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE DOES BIKE RACKS, TOO»
Posted on August 20, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Coachella | David Byrne | Paul F. Tompkins
And you can stream the whole thing. Surely we all remember that Brian Eno has taken a break from Coldplay, and David Byrne from more things about buildings and robots, in order to join forces once again. In and of... CONTINUE READING BYRNE & ENO'S EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN TODAY IS HAPPENING. TODAY.»
Posted on August 18, 2008 (11 comments)
Tags: Brian Eno | Coachella | David Byrne | Girl Talk | Yeasayer
We've given you the background on Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, David Byrne and Brian Eno's first full-on studio collaboration since My Life In the Bush Of Ghosts. (They couldn't called the new one My Life In The Ghosts... CONTINUE READING NEW DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO - "STRANGE OVERTONES"»
Posted on August 4, 2008 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Brian Eno | David Byrne | Leonard Cohen | Perez Hilton | SXSW
We previously reported David Byrne and Brian Eno were going to collaborate on their first studio material since 1981's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Turns out we weren't lying. The new one Everything That Happens Will Happen Today... CONTINUE READING BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE LET US KNOW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN TODAY»
Posted on July 28, 2008 in (10 comments)
Tags: Brian Eno | David Byrne
That David Byrne, always with the being so smart. Aside from writing albums better than you will ever write, the man has deeper thoughts about the nature of emotional conveyance than you will ever think. Also he's such a good... CONTINUE READING THIS SPANISH ROBOT SINGS LIKE DAVID BYRNE»
Posted on June 20, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: David Byrne
A number of people get naked in "Toe Jam," but the synchronized black boxes are good at covering up the naughty parts. Also, it's not David Byrne or Dizzee Rascal doing the stripping. Though Byrne does use some strong language.... CONTINUE READING NEW BPA (FEAT. DAVID BYRNE & DIZZEE RASCAL) VIDEO - "TOE JAM"»
Posted on June 12, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: David Byrne | Dizzee Rascal | Fatboy Slim | The BPA
As we mentioned when discussing David Byrne's Webby, he has a new project, "Playing The Building," which transforms the 9,000-square foot Great Hall of the 99 year-old Battery Maritime Building (on Whitehall Street, NYC) into a large-scale interactive instrument via... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE'S BUILDING HAS EVERY CONVENIENCE. YOU CAN EVEN PLAY IT.»
Posted on June 3, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: David Byrne
At this year's 12th Annual Webby Awards, master blogger, recent Dirty Projector collaborator, and longtime Talking Head David Byrne will be receiving a lifetime achievement award. The ceremony takes place 6/10 in NYC and is hosted by Seth Meyers. This... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE IS WEBBY»
Posted on May 28, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: David Byrne | will.i.am
David Byrne has a post over at his blog (thanks for the tip, Jen) about collaborating with hyper balladeers Dirty Projectors for an upcoming Red Hot compilation. You've likely seen these collections in the past: Starting with 1990's Red Hot... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE AND DAVE LONGSTRETH GET RED HOT»
Posted on May 22, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Dave Longstreth | David Byrne | Dirty Projectors
Maybe Eno felt revitalized after helping out with the new Coldplay and Byrne maintained an adrenaline rush after performing at BAM with Paul Simon. Whatever the case, the two are reportedly working on an album to be released in '09.... CONTINUE READING BYRNE/ENO JUMP BACK IN THE SADDLE, BYRNE WRITING MANIFESTOES ABOUT MORTGAGES AND OLYMPIC TORCHES BY HIMSELF»
Posted on April 17, 2008 (10 comments)
Tags: Brian Eno | David Byrne
Yeah, and if there's even a shred of truth to this Simon story the Lobos is telling about the Graceland sessions, then Paul really is the world's greatest dong. But first, the happy good times: David Byrne joined Paul Simon... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE DOES PAUL SIMON ("THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PRICK" ACCORDING TO SOME DUDE IN LOS LOBOS)»
Posted on April 15, 2008 in (20 comments)
Tags: David Byrne | Los Lobos | Paul Simon | Talking Heads
