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October 1, 2012By Kai Flanders
David Byrne and St. Vincent
Williamsburg Park
9/29/12
Better than: ... hoping against hope that a Talking Heads reunion tour will happen.
Criticizing David Byrne is difficult. It's not just that he's such a seminal artist to a lot of people, nor that he's prolific and brainy: pub ... More >>
Film
June 27, 2012On their third concert film, Neil Young Journeys
Music
May 23, 2012Santi White's genre-bending adventures continue on her second album
Blogs
March 22, 2012Sound of the City's search for the quintessential New York City musician enters Round Two this week, with battles in the Round of 32 daily. Keep up with all the action here.
Two CBGB staples from two different scenes, Talking Heads and Sick Of It All get in the Round of 32's pit as we try to det ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2012The Round of 64 for Sound of the City's own version of March Madness—in which you, the Sound of the City voting public, help determine the quintessential New York musician—is a little jam-packed today, with six matches on the docket. (The schedule and results so far are here; the full ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011Julia Von Der HeideBrooklyn fourpiece Esque play Afro-Latin soul-pop, an unlikely combo of Joy Division melodies, bubbling Latin rhythms and the cheery smash-up feel of Talking Heads' Naked. Their website basically lays it out: "It's a waste of time to play only one kind of music when, you kn ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011MTV turns 30 today. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future.
Earlier today, we counted down the best music videos directed by people who took home (or, more likely, left at the podium) the Razzies' "Golden Raspberry" award for worst director. ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 22, 2011Go back to when Soho was cool
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April 27, 2011Blogs
January 14, 2011Presenting... burger-core. Pic by Puja Patel.In the week we spent holed up in Sound of the City headquarters preparing Pazz & Jop results, we still found time to report back from shows by former Talking Heads members Tom Tom Club, former Deee-Lite member, Lady Miss Kier, former the Pack membe ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2010Greg Gillis in Williamsburg, summer of 2009. Photo by Sam Horine.By now you've heard All Day, the fifth full length LP from Pittsburg's Greg Gillis--or, as he's known on chaotic, fan-filled stages around the world, Girl Talk. The record was released to minimal fanfare, at the low price of fre ... More >>
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May 28, 2010In yr face. Photo by Rebecca SmeyneIn the week the world learned how dangerous a truffle-flavored french fry really can be, we watched in horror as the New York Times Magazine penned a brutal takedown of M.I.A.--who retaliated by going after the journalist who wrote it, of course. Were you pe ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2010
We've been here before.
So yesterday former Talking Heads frontman and current omni-artistic silver fox David Byrne dropped a $1 million dollar lawsuit on Florida Governor and embattled Senatorial candidate Charlie Crist, who'd used the Heads' 1985 romp "Road to Nowhere" in a campaign ad without a ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2010
Per Billboard comes the latest "politician swipes a pop song for a campaign ad; pop star recoils in horror" tale -- these are always a delight, even though the epic John McCain/Jackson Browne battle of 2008/9 was supposed to settle this question once and for all in the artists' favor. But no, Char ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2010
Here we have the TV on the Radio luminary tackling what he acknowledges is many folks' favorite Talking Heads song -- an underrated first-dance-at-your-wedding number, really -- in a characteristically yelp-y, jittery, anxiety-ridden style (those high notes are tough). But the result, as captured ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2010Not kidding about the hirsute thing. PIcs by Santiago Felipe.Local Natives
Bowery Ballroom
Thursday, May 6
Your eyes are drawn immediately to the one dude's mustache, a prime accordion-playing/fire-flower-acquiring/bowling-pin-juggling/olde-tyme-bathing-suit-wearing juggernaut, a prof ... More >>
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May 4, 2010Music
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April 6, 2010Marielle Solan Look, it's MiniBoone! And free Monopoly money!Get past the silly concept of an indie supergroup and go see the Babies (Cassie from the Vivian Girls and some dude from Woods) at the Knitting Factory. Expect uppity Vivian Girls sass, but with discernible lyrics and a healthy lowe ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2010
You get one guess which Pitchfork writer. Fascinating post on DB's journal/blog on songwriting alchemy, how much everyone hates writing words, his own personal workspace ("Serial numbers and security codes for software are pinned to the wall, along with a Tammy Wynette poster"), and so forth. Evid ... More >>
Books
August 25, 2009On the improbable return of the rock-star novel
Blogs
July 2, 2009
Any even slightly exhibitionistic art student knows the ground rules to starting a band: do some serious hanging out, pick a name, make a noise, and bring that noise with supreme gusto to a group of people in a basement or a cafeteria. It's simple and satisfying. Perhaps one in five art school ban ... More >>
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June 24, 2009Blogs
June 9, 2009
Just keep your eye on the glowing white rectangle. CREDIT
David Byrne
Celebrate Brooklyn! at Prospect Park
Monday, June 8
A lesson we forget every winter and relearn every summer is how nuts New Yorkers are when it comes to free outdoor shows -- and how many New Yorkers there are. Prospect Park i ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2009
The Daily News reports that tonight's Femi Kuti gig has been cancelled. But if you can't delay your fix, the Knitting Factory's New York AfroBeat Festival will otherwise continue as planned. Catch clarinetist Oran Etkin's free-form jazz at the early show, or Wunmigirl's African breakbeats late.
D ... More >>
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May 27, 2009David Byrne plays a free concert in Prospect Park
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February 18, 2009Because he's released a book and done everything else, too
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May 20, 2008White Williams really means it
Film
July 31, 20071977 New York gets the VH1 treatment and, oh my, wasn't it fun back then!
Art
November 14, 2006Music
August 8, 2006News
July 25, 2006Music
February 28, 2006Music
December 13, 2005Austin indie band effortlessly achieve completeness the sixth time out
Specials
October 18, 2005Music
October 4, 2005Thrift-shop-dapper Scottish new wave revival standard bearers approach the perfect beat
Music
September 13, 2005A great slew of genre-bending goulash-rockers gracefully emerge from Brooklyn's hipster dust
Film
June 21, 2005Theater
March 8, 2005People
February 8, 2005NYC Life
September 21, 2004NYC Life
February 17, 2004NYC Life
April 9, 2002News
March 12, 2002The Ramones and Talking Heads Battle Their Way From CBGB to Cleveland
News
October 9, 2001The Return of the Dictators
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