Talking Heads

New Wave Rock 

Tentative Decisions: How Talking Heads Grew up in Public

March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1976, CBS Records, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Max's Kansas City, Rhino, Talking Heads, Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live, Tina Weymouth

Hear New Wave being invented on a box of early live and demo tracks 

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Post-Punk Rock 

Dry Cleaning’s Secret Love: Enchanting, Chiming, Exotic and Loud at Any Volume

January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2026, 4AD, Dry Cleaning, London, Secret Love, Talking Heads, The Au Pairs, The Raincoats

Inside the band’s fantastic third album, out now on 4AD

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Poetry Punk 

Patti Smith: Earth Angel

December 30, 2025December 30, 2025 Dave Steinfeld 1 Comment Blondie, Bread of Angels, Fred Sonic Smith, Ivan Kral, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, St. Martin’s Press, Talking Heads, Television, The Patti Smith Group, Todd Smith, Tony Shanahan

The Godmother of Punk’s new memoir is the book of a lifetime

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Folk Funk Fusion Gospel Hip Hop Indie Rock Pop 

David Byrne Hits the Zeitgeist in Boston

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2025, Boch-Wang Theater, David Byrne, Matador Records, Talking Heads, Who Is The Sky?

A dispatch from the Who Is The Sky? Tour at the Boch-Wang Theater

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New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

Talking Heads Release Super Deluxe Edition of More Songs About Buildings and Food

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1978, 2025, Box Set, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Rhino, Super Deluxe Edition, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Goodies galore adorn four-disc upgrade of band’s 1978 sophomore classic 

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Films New Wave Rock 

Found a Job: Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense at 40

September 11, 2024September 12, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Bernie Worrell, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the band’s groundbreaking concert film and soundtrack

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Records Retail 

Rhino Gores the Competition on Record Store Day with 39 Exclusive Titles

April 10, 2024April 10, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Air, Captain Beefheart, Chase Atlantic, Cheech and Chong, David Bowie, Dio, Dwight Yoakam, Faces, Fetty Wap, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Cliff, Linda Ronstadt, Lowell George, MUDHONEY, Record Store Day, Rhino, Rhino Entertainment, Rhino Records, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Doors, The English Beat, The Grateful Dead, The Replacements, Yes

A complete rundown of what the venerated catalog label has coming out on April 20th

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Experimental Noise Post-Punk Punk 

Burning Rubber: No New York at 45

December 4, 2023February 19, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Brian Eno, DNA, James Chance, Mars, No New York, No Wave, Post-Punk, Punk, Talking Heads, Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, The Contortions

Looking back at the Brian Eno compilation that put the spotlight on the short-lived No Wave scene

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Music Journalism 

Marc Masters’ Excellent Cassette Adventure

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments Books, Cassettes, High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape, Marc Masters, Talking Heads, tapes, The Grateful Dead

A conversation with the author of High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

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Records 

Rhino Celebrates Rocktober With Vinyl Reissues

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bad Company, Devo, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, Matchbox Twenty, MC5, Portugal The Man, Rhino, Rhino Records, Rocktober, Talking Heads, The Band

Limited-Edition LPs will be available each week of October

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Stay Hungry: Talking Heads’ More Songs About Buildings and Food at 45

July 12, 2023July 12, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Sire Records, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the band’s breakthrough second album

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Post-Punk Punk Rock 

Avant-Garage: Pere Ubu’s David Thomas Turns 70

June 14, 2023June 14, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Cheetah Chrome, David Thomas, Dead Boys, Neil Young, Pere Ubu, Ralph Carney, Rocket From The Tombs, Stiv Bators, Talking Heads

Looking back on the career of an unlikely rock star

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Art Pop Funk New Wave Pop Rock 

Slippery People: Talking Heads’ Speaking In Tongues at 40

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Burning Down The House, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Girlfriend Is Better, Jerry Harrison, Sire Records, Slippery People, Speaking in Tongues, Swamp, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the band’s most successful album

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Electronics Experimental Films Instrumental Pop 

Golden Hours: Brian Eno at 75

May 15, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Brian Eno, Cluster, David Bowie, David Byrne, Devo, Harold Budd, John Cage, John Cale, Jon Hassell, Nico, Paul Simon, Phil Manzanera, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, U2, Ultravox

Looking back on the career of rock’s avant-garde icon

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Remembrance 

Music Industry Titan Seymour Stein Gone at 80

April 2, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Against Me!, Aphex Twin, Depeche Mode, Dinosaur Jr., Echo & The Bunnymen, Ice-T, k.d. lang, Madness, Madonna, Ministry, RIP, Seal, Seymour Stein, Sire Records, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Pretenders, The Ramones, The Smiths, Wilco

Remembering the Sire Records co-founder who gave us Madonna, The Ramones, Talking Heads and so much more

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