What a whirlwind career it's been for Vampire Weekend. And by career we mean 18 months of course. But in that time the band's nabbed themselves a BTW designation, blessings for from indie pop…   Read Story »

When our phone book-sized copy of Artforum's annual "Best Of" arrived in the mail yesterday, we turned immediately to the "Best Of Music 2007" section, of course, where we were happily surprised to…   Read Story »

David Byrne makes David Shrigley's words very much his own on the awesome "For You," the song included for you (well, if you're a subscriber) in this week's 'Gum Drop. To extend the concept some,…   Read Story »

Scottish artist David Shrigley has turned his 2005 book Worried Noodles (The Empty Sleeve) into a 39-track music compilation, featuring Franz Ferdinand, Grizzly Bear, Liars, Deerhoof, and other…   Read Story »

Right, David Byrne on a bike is something we see every once in a while. But never in Times Square! And never with commentary. This big was filmed for David's "How New Yorkers Ride Bikes" event at…   Read Story »

Since nailing down Band To Watch status around here earlier this year, the Ivy League Afro-beat/new wave/indie pop kids of VMPRWKND have seen their name written (usually with vowels) in the NMEs and…   Read Story »

Prince Paul may no longer be a Handsome Boy (he and Dan the Automator cited irreconcilable differences), but still he's talented and charming enough to attract a slew of notables to his new project:…   Read Story »

Another thing we would have loved to hit while in Austin last week was David Byrne's "Record Companies -- Who Needs Them?" talk -- which suggests new marketing models for an industry that, he says,…   Read Story »

Great article in the New York Times this weekend, tracing the evolution of the Talking Head from an "archetypal nerve-racked data-age persona" to the "mellow," show-going, approachable multi-media…   Read Story »

We were just checking in on David Byrne's blog, which we're prone to do whenever we see him at a show (OMG, maybe he'll blog about us! LOL!) and while we didn't get a review of the CYHSY show, we did…   Read Story »