Archive For The “Talking Heads” Category
Taut as body builders’ biceps, TV on the Radio are the Talking Heads de nos jours. And possibly the most exciting and innovative rock band on the planet. Hyperbole? Maybe, but this album reminds me why I love music so much. It is spiky, difficult and wildly exciting. Intelligent rock music. Another poke in the … Continue reading »
Something of a mystery surrounds this record – it was withdrawn a couple of weeks before its scheduled release date, but not before preview copies had been sent out to the press. it consists of twelve tracks, four of which resurfaced on “Nerve Net” and one on the CD single ‘Ali Click’. Others, if my … Continue reading »
The coolest man in pop, no question. This picks up where DeeLite fell down, mixing irresistibly snarky pop with a slightly surreal dancefloor sensibility. Created by TV on The Radio’s David Sitek, the album grooves like a dalek on vaseline. Cover of the year too
“You may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?” – Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime, but applicable to this movie in spades. Inception is the blockbuster of the summer and on a single viewing, well worth the attention. Hell, I may even see it again! Like Usual Suspects, Inception is a film [...]
First let me say, you’ll have noticed a certain fondness for eighties music creeping into these pages in recent months? Well this is close to perfection. Take a great drum sound, add megabass and lots of synthesisers. Marvel at the Bowie imitations, gasp as the sound of Sparks bubbles up through the mix. Devo career 
At £20 per ticket, this event deserved a better sound system, but overhearing an earnest debate on who performed the original “Burning Down The House” – Talking Heads or Tom Jones? was worth the price of admission alone. Tony Allen of course played on neither version, but as Brian Eno pointed out in his introduction, 
