Talking Heads

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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Art Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

Adrian Belew: Long Live The Rhino King

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Blake Maddux 0 Comments 2022, Adrian Belew, Adrian Belew Publishing, Elevator, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Talking Heads, The Lone Rhino, Tom Tom Club

Catching up on the road with the stunt guitar icon

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North Americana Rock 

Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams Rock Knoxville

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bonnie Raitt, Concert, Duke Levine, Glenn Patscha, James “Hutch” Hutchinson, John Prine, Just Like That, Knoxville, Lucinda Williams, Ricky Fataar, Talking Heads, Tennessee

Two American icons stun their audience with energy and emotion

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Dance Soul World 

In Praise of the Topical Dance Music of Belgian Duo Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul 

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Art of Noise, Barboza, Blondie, Bolis Pupul, Charlotte Adigéry, Dead Milkmen, Seattle, Stereo Total, Talking Heads, Topical Dancer

The two European composers of one of the year’s best pop albums take Seattle

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Rock 

ALBUMS: Unsubscribing to Arcade Fire (Is Harder Than It Looks)

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments “Su, “Sunflower”, 2022, ABBA, Achtung Baby, Arcade Fire, Columbia Records, Merge Records, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, U2, WE, Win Butler

WE is supposed to be the anthemic Canadian ensemble’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind, so why do they seem like the ones left behind?

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Music Journalism 

They Were There: Two Legendary Rock Writers Sitting Around Talking, Part One

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Big Brother and the Holding Company, CBGB, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Gene Sculatti, Hit Parader, Ira Robbins, Melody Maker, Mojo Navigator, Music Journalism, New York City, San Francisco, Talking Heads, Television, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, The Who Sell Out, Trouser Press

A candid conversation with Ira Robbins and Gene Sculatti

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New Wave Rock 

The Man From Utopia: David Byrne at 70

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Alex Timbers, American Utopia, Annie-B Parson, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Feelings, Janelle Monae, Jerry Harrison, Naked, Remain In Light, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the career of a Great American Eccentric

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 26: December 2021

December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “How Do You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?”, Christina Amphlett, David Byrne, David Johansen, Divinyls, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Lenny Kaye, Neil Tennant, New York Dolls, Patti Smith Group, Pet Shop Boys, Talking Heads

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Music Journalism Rock Rock Docs 

Mick Rock, 1948–2021

November 19, 2021April 3, 2022 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Blondie, Bob Marley, Brian May, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Ian Hunter, Iggy and the Stooges, Jack White, Joan Jett, John Cale, Johnny Marr, Lady Gaga, Lou Reed, Madonna, Matthew Kassel, Michael Stipe, Mick Rock, Mötley Crüe, New York Observer, Ozzy, Peter Gabriel, Pharrell Williams, Phil Collins, Ray Davies, Roxy Music, Squeeze, Talking Heads, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Thin Lizzy, Tina Turner, Transformer

Rock’s greatest photographer chronicled rock’s greatest era

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New Wave Pop 

Chris Frantz at 70

May 8, 2021March 24, 2022 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 70th Birthday, Blondie, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Genius of Love, Son of Sam, Talking Heads, Television, The Cramps, The Dead Boys, The Ramones, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club

Jim Sullivan catches up with the groundbreaking drummer for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club on his 70th trip around the sun

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New Wave 

Talking Heads Remain Amazing

October 19, 2020June 1, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1980, Beastie Boys, Chris Frantz, Crosseyed and Painless, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Once In A Lifetime, Remain In Light, Remain In Love, Talking Heads, The Great Curve, The Young Aborigines, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on 40 years of the band’s greatest album

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Glam Power Pop Records Rock 

The Flamin’ Groovies: Now We’re Jumpin’ In The Night

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 3 Comments ” Ramones, A-Bones, Dead Boys, Flamin' Groovies, Jumpin' In The Night, MVD Audio, Now, Richard Hell, Talking Heads, The Flamin' Groovies, the New York Dolls, Yo La Tengo

The San Francisco garage rock legends kept the COVID summer alive in 2020 with a pair of essential reissues

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Rock Rock Docs 

Hell Bent For Leather Tuscadero

July 3, 2020March 24, 2022 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment Alice Cooper, Blondie, Cherie Currie, Chris Franz, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Detroit, documentary, Fishbone, Joan Jett, John Norwood Fisher, Kathy Valentine, Leather Tuscadero, Lita Ford, Mickie Most, Suzi Q, Suzi Quatro, Talking Heads, The Go-Gos, The Runaways, Tina Weymouth

A new documentary shines a long overdue spotlight on rock legend Suzi Quatro

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 3: January 2020

January 13, 2020January 14, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Dave Vanian, David Byrne, My Generation, Patti Smith, Ray Davies, Rick Danko, Talking Heads, The Damned, The Kinks, The Who

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the third installment of his inquisitive column

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Pop Progressive Rock 

Still Your Reigning King of the Twang Bar

April 5, 2019April 12, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Adrian Belew, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Talking Heads

Adrian Belew’s Mr. Music Head at 30

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