Talking Heads Stories

Spotlight Show: This Must Be The Band @ Brixie's 5/6/11

We're always happy to give a shout to a band that brings the funk as long and as hard as these guys. This Must Be the Band returns to Brixie's in Brookfield for another Barn Spotlight show this Friday, May 6th.To celebrate, let's revisit the five posts that made up our popular Talking Heads...

Talking Heads Tuesday: Odds & Ends

Today, we say goodbye to Talking Heads Tuesday with a few odds and ends collected from the web.1.Would you like to know David Byrne's take on the current situation in Egypt? Now you don't have to wonder.2.From the very timely, to an idea whose time may never come...I've always thought of Talking...

Talking Heads Tuesday: Jambands Celebrate Talking Heads

More than just about any band (and I'll throw the Beatles, Dead, and Zappa in there too), Talking Heads have provided direct inspiration to the jamband community. Attribute it to their rhythmic ideals, engaging melodies or passion for innovation, but with only 8 studio albums to draw from, the variety of tunes covered and interpretations that...

Talking Heads Tuesday: A Year By Year Live Listener’s Guide with Streams and Downloads

Every Tuesday in January, The Barn will offer another feature about the incredible music and career of Talking Heads. In addition to a healthy legacy of groundbreaking studio recordings, Talking Heads were a band that, at least in the early part of their career, offered audiences contrasting interpretations of their catalog on stage. Fortunately, these...

Talking Heads Tuesday: Video Rewind

Every Tuesday in January, The Barn will offer another feature about the incredible music and career of Talking Heads.2010 was an incredible year for the music video. From the Spike Jonze deliciousness of LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls" and his secret film project with Arcade Fire to wonderful tongue-in-cheek rave-ups like The Black Keys' "Tighten Up"...

Infographic: Naive Melody

This offering is more of a beautiful, lyrical poster than a true InfoGraphic. But, the time is right to share, given our promise to focus on Talking Heads related content until the first of the year.Conceived and illustrated by artist TheCharles (and discovered via the seemingly boundless DeviantART website), I particularly love the color...

New Spotlight Show: NYE at Brixie’s With This Must Be The Band

When a show this huge comes to the neighborhood, we are happy to include it as a Barn spotlight show.This Must Be The Band rings in 2011 at Brixie's with the timeless, multi-faceted sonic amalgam that is Talking Heads music. This is not your typical cover band -- sure they cover the songs and will...

InfoGraphics To Make You Laugh and Cry

More music related charts and graphs from around the web. These two come courtesy of GraphJam.Glee recently broke the record for most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 than any other non-solo act. Previous record holder? The Beatles.