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Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense Coming Out via A24 Music
Jan 31, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Paramore have covered Talking Heads’ classic “Burning Down the House.” It’s the first single from Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, a new tribute album on A24 Music. More
American Utopia Due Out March 9 via Todomundo/Nonesuch
Jan 16, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
David Byrne is releasing a new album, American Utopia, on March 9 via Todomundo/Nonesuch. Previously he shared the album’s first single, “Everybody’s Coming to My House.” Now Byrne has announced a whole bunch of new tour dates that take him all the way through August. More
Movie Due Out December 22 via Paramount
Sep 12, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
In Downsizing, the new film from Alexander Payne (Election, Sideways, The Descendants, Nebraska), the solution to solving the world’s problems (over-population, global warming, happiness) is to simply get shrunk. In your new shrunken size your life savings turn to millions and you can live in mansions the size of dollhouses. More
Trump Deals with Democrats, But Cancels DACA (Meanwhile Hurricane Irma Looms)
Sep 08, 2017
By Stephen Mayne
We have deals struck, and dubious friends treated dubiously this week. Oh what it is to see a little Republican discord. There’s also Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, the mistreatment of dreamers, the good side of Charlottesville, and a taste of Vitamin C on offer. More
I'll Take You There: An All-Star Concert Celebration Due Out June 2 via Blackbird Presents
Apr 14, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
In 2014 soul legend and civil rights activist Mavis Staples had a big hometown concert in Chicago that featured a slew of special guests. Among them were Arcade Fire‘s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, who joined Staples on stage for a cover of Talking Heads’ 1983 song “Slippery People.” More
This Wednesday's Episode Parodies Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads' Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth React
Oct 10, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
This week’s episode of Documentary Now,! Fred Armisen and Bill Hader‘s excellent faux documentary show on IFC, spoofs Talking Heads and their 1984 concert documentary Stop Making Sense. More
Documentary Now! Season 2 Premieres Tonight on IFC
Sep 14, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Fred Armisen and Bill Hader‘s excellent faux documentary show on IFC, Documentary Now!, is coming back for a second season, which premieres tonight at 10 PM Eastern with a political campaign themed episode entitled “The Bunker.” More
