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Toronto, Ontario's Martha And The Muffins and New York City's Talking Heads get brought together in true avant-garde fashion and acclaimed bonafide showmanship. Now, if you don't know who Martha And The Muffins or the Talking Heads are after reading this short snippet, then you will do after hearing these two singles. The post MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS / TALKING HEADS {VIDEOS} appeared first on Noise Collective .

This weekend kicks off the Spinning Platters Midnight Music Movies screening series at The New Parkway in Oakland. When we decided that we wanted to curate a series of midnight screenings of our favorite music movies, one jumped right to the top of everybody's list: the classic Talking Heads concert film, Stop Making Sense. If [...] The post Midnight Music Movies at The New Parkway: Stop Making Sense appeared first on Spinning Platters .

Just a few weeks ago, in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, a group of young children from the town of Newtown, CT gathered to take part in what would hopefully be a healing experience. These young girls and boys were joined by their parents who you could tell ...

Chris Frantz y Tina Weymouth han reactivado  Tom Tom Club y  tienen EP fresco:   Downtown Rockers después de algo así como doce años de no haber grabado nada nuevo en estudio. El nuevo material fue lanzado el 4 de septiembre bajo el sello National Records . El video para “ Kissin’ Antonio ” -segundo sencillo de dicho EP- fue realizado por estudiantes de la Rhode Island School of Design , escuela donde Tina [...]

TALKING HEADS are not only just that genre re-defining New Wave band of the 70s and 80s, but TALKING HEADS also happen to be the holders of Stop Making Sense , which is probably the greatest concert DVD to currently be in existence. Think I’m being mighty audacious? well hold up, and let me explain. Think of all those traditions of the 'Concert Film'. Think the over-longed audience pans, the blinding stage lights, the cock-straddling guitar solos, schizophrenic camera-cuts and the [...]

Here is the new video from the Tom Tom Club which features quick cameos from Debbie Harry & Richard Hell. "Downtown Rockers" is an unapologetic nostalgic love letter in the form of a list to the NYC music scene of the 70's. A nice return to form from one of the nicest couples I've ever had the pleasure of meeting...For buying & social links visit tomtomclub.net .

9/15/75 Village Voice "Choices" column excerpt. Courtesy of Its All The Streets You Crossed (who else?!) Seven songs filmed in the early amoeba-like days of both CBGB and Talking Heads...wonderful!

One might easily think that the Tom Tom Club' s new album, titled Downtown Rockers and featuring echt-cool 1974 photos of Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth on the cover, is a nostalgic look at their halcyon days at CBGB. But Frantz and Weymouth aren't ready to play the "remember-when" game quite yet. "If people want to think [ Downtown Rockers ] is nostalgic, that's fine," Frantz recently told  CoS . "It's referring to a very important period in the history of rock and roll...but for us, those groups are just as important now as they were then, maybe [...]

Some artists are worth our worship. This week I'm taking at look at the best songs of the Talking Heads! Every so often, I take a moment to celebrate the career of an artist that is truly legendary. Those rarest of musicians whose work stands alone to justify their very own list [...]

In a recent interview Chris Frantz confessed that he is still hoping that the Talking Heads would reunite. Frantz was ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ chris-frantz-still-hoping-for- a-talking-heads-reun/64638/

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Q + A Lawrence Lucier, Getty Images The recently released, career-spanning Talking Heads DVD " Chronology " features classic video performances and interviews that date back to the band's groundbreaking 1975 appearances at CBGB in New York City. The viewer gets to see the transition from the early three-piece days (singer/songwriter/guitarist David Byrne , bassist Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz [...]

While the world waits for Rune Lindbæk’s excitingly new forthcoming compilation album to drop later amidst 2012’s dramatic & musical ways, we dissect a moment from the Norwegian’s previous gatherings on his “Discofil Desperados presents EP” and that unforgettable “N-Disko Mix” in 2007 to witness the re-editing skill of two of the most praised troubadours - with whom are alive & well today. The Talking Heads and Mr Scientologist himself – Beck. (Let’s hope Beck takes a lesson from some of lines in David Byrne’s lyrics and sees the light soon eh? [...]

While the world waits for Rune Lindbæk’s excitingly new forthcoming compilation album to drop later amidst 2012’s dramatic & musical ways, we dissect a moment from the Norwegian’s previous gatherings on his “Discofil Desperados presents EP” and that unforgettable “N-Disko ... Continue reading �

Talking Heads : Mr Jones [ purchase ] In honor of Valentine’s Day, we will be celebrating the works of musical couples this week. It is difficult to mix a musical career and a love life, even if you are in a band together, so I imagine that some of our couples will be history. But I wanted to begin with one of the most successful rock marriages, that of Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz. They were married in 1977, prior to the release of the first Talking Heads album. That [...]

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Sunday was a day of rediscovery for me. It had been years since I listened to Doolittle , the 1989 breakthrough album by Pixies, in its entirety. So many that I'd nearly forgotten what a fantastic album it is. Then yesterday, on the way home from my morning run, my iPod shuffle landed on "Debaser," the opening track, and it all came flooding back to me. What was it about Doolittle that made it such a perfect album, so much so that when I started to listen to it for the first time in [...]

James Wolcott & Chris Frantz discuss Wolcott's new book , Bowery Electric 1.3.12

In this edition of Audiography, we go backstage at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, FL with Consequence of Sound 's Art Director Cap Blackard, who sat down with Chris Frantz of the Tom Tom Club and Talking Heads. Listen in as they discuss album artwork, Heads' videos, and future Tom Tom Club releases, as well as Chris and wife, fellow Head and Clubber, Tina Weymouth's latest project, Chris und Tina. You can follow Frantz' online radio program , airing once a month on WPKN. Featured Music: 01. [...]

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El pasado 18 de octubre salió a la venta un DVD/Blu-ray de Talking Heads , el cual hace un recorrido a través de presentaciones en vivo que van de 1975 a 1983 y su presentación especial en el 2002 cuando se reunieron por única vez durante su inducción al Salón de la fama del Rock & Roll. Este material también incluirá los comentarios de los cuatro miembros;   David Byrne,   Jerry Harrison,   Chris Frantz  y  Tina Weymouth  así como una entrevista con Byrne en 1978. Este es el tracklist [...]

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Well, folks… back from the field and here again at Cluster 1. Outside Lands was quite a weekend, and we have some radical exclusive content coming your way in the form of interviews, live footage, and some more festival goodies. So, stay tuned, but for now, enjoy the past few day’s posts. Interviews: Cluster 1 Interview with Chris Frantz (of the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club) - Our very own Cap Blackard sat down with Chris Frantz to talk a darker sound, more EPs, and a tour with the Psychedelic Furs. [...]