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Jun 29, 2015

David Byrne’s Contemporary Color project features color-guard teams doing interpretive choreography while musicians perform live. After a recent show in Toronto, this past weekend the event was staged in Brooklyn. More

David Byrne Announces Special Color Guard Performances, “Contemporary Color”

Featuring Music Written by St. Vincent, Dev Hynes, How to Dress Well, tUnE-yArDs, and More

Jan 22, 2015

Always the experimentalist David Byrne has announced a partnership with the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Toronto’s Luminato Festival for special set of shows called Contemporary Color, pairing original music with color guard performances. More

May 28, 2013

As a special gift David Byrne and St. Vincent today decided to give away a free EP titled Brass Tactics. More

Jan 29, 2013

Returning home after a recent tour through Australia, David Byrne and St. Vincent appeared as the musical guest on last night’s Late Show with David Letterman. More

Watch: St. Vincent and David Byrne on “The Colbert Report”

Like All New Yorkers They’re Unplugged

Nov 02, 2012

Last night, David Byrne and St. Vincent stopped by The Colbert Report in support of new album, Love this Giant. More

Sep 17, 2012

Supporting the release of their collaborative LP Love This Giant, St. Vincent and David Byrne kicked off an extensive North American and Australian tour this past weekend in Minneapolis. More

Watch: David Byrne and St. Vincent Play “Fallon”

Perform "Who" and "The Forest Awakes"

Sep 11, 2012

Last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon David Byrne and St. Vincent made their collaborative TV debut, performing not one but two tracks from their newly released album Love This Giant. More

Sep 04, 2012

Not content to stream their entire new album Love This Giant in full artistic bedfellows David Byrne and St. Vincent have now debuted a strange roadside music video for their single “Who.” More

Sep 04, 2012

Two highly-anticipated new albums have become available to stream online this week. More

Listen: St. Vincent and David Byrne - “Weekend in the Dust”

New Track Off Collaborative LP Love This Giant

Jul 30, 2012

Following the free giveaway of their opening track “Who,” St. Vincent and David Byrne continue to sample pieces of their forthcoming joint album Love This Giant with a stream of a new track called “Weekend in the Dust.” More

Jun 14, 2012

As previously announced David Byrne and St. Vincent (Annie Clark) have been at work on a joint album. Now the pair are ready to spill the beans on their project. More

David Byrne and St. Vincent Collaborate

“Eight or So” Songs Already in the Works

Mar 17, 2010

David Byrne reported from his website journal this week, via Pitchfork, that he is currently doing some writing with St. Vincent‘s Annie Clark. Byrne sat in with Clark at her January 29th show at the Allen Room in New York, where the pair performed a song they had previously worked up. But Byrne now reports that there are “eight or so” songs currently in some stage of collaborative development. More




Reviews

Sep 10, 2012

One has to wonder if Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) felt a little in awe of David Byrne, if it was never in the plans for this record to be a 50/50 partnership, or if Byrne’s persona is simply so well defined at this point that it would overshadow most artists. In any case, the mixture here leans heavily on Byrne, which is certainly not a bad thing, but Love This Giant doesn’t take full advantage of Clark’s guitar prowess or hypnotic voice. More