NewsPop CultureDavid Byrne apologises for using blackface in a 1984 Talking Heads video by Happy “We have huge blindspots”: David Byrne has taken to Twitter to address his use of blackface in a Talking Heads promotional video back in 1984….
Enmore AudioFeaturesGearTalking drums and Talking Heads: the limitless world of percussion instruments by Josh Davies The percussion family consists of the widest range of instruments seen in any instrument family. An orchestral percussionist, for example, needs to master a huge…
NewsTurns out Jerry Seinfeld helped out David Byrne with his Broadway show by Manning Patston Turns out Jerry Seinfeld, best known for Seinfeld (aka the show about nothing) had some input in David Byrne‘s critically acclaimed American Utopia. Byrne recently…
Enmore AudioFeaturesGearMadchester and the sounds of the Second Summer of Love by Max Mahood Even though electronic music and synthesisers were becoming more popular throughout the 1980s, there was still a healthy guitar-based strain of alternative-rock music on both…
FeaturesListsHere are the 25 best ’70s songs to get high to by Luke Saunders As society nervously shifted towards a new decade the times they were a changing. The counterculture was at it’s zenith, drugs were become more wildly…
Features10 records to introduce you to the world of art-rock by Luke Saunders For the most part, art-rock is an undocumented musical niche. A small fragment under the oversized umbrella of rock, that exists as a translucent concept…
NewsWatch David Byrne perform Talking Heads’ ‘Once in a Lifetime’ on SNL by Claudia Schmidt On this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, the musical guest was none other than Talking Heads‘ frontman, David Byrne. Byrne took to the stage…
ListsNewsThe 6 greatest covers of ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie by Claudia Schmidt Back in 2018, Talking Heads‘ David Byrne gave a breathtaking cover of Heroes by David Bowie, backed by a vast choir of strangers. Over the years, the song…
FilmNewsSpike Lee set to direct film version of David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ by Claudia Schmidt It has just been announced that Spike Lee will be directing an adaptation of David Byrne’s American Utopia. The film, which is a direct cinema…
Enmore AudioFeaturesGear10 epic tracks that put the accordion in the limelight by Dan Shaw Too often the accordion is relegated to the niche instrument category. Given its instant recognisability, it has a tendency to be filed away in the…
NewsTalking Heads have finally made themselves an instagram account by Luke Haggart Talking Heads, the band that made quirky ‘cool’, have just come out with an official Instagram page. The group, which has been disbanded since 1991,…
Enmore AudioExclusivesGearThe 80s Part I: experimentation, cutting edge tech and breaking into the mainstream by Max Mahood If the 1970s was the decade that began the revolution of electronic music, the 1980s was the decade that improved it. The 80s also added…
NewsDavid Byrne’s unveils new live EP titled …The Best Live Show of All Time by Joanna Panagopoulos David Byrne‘s new EP has a humble title, …The Best Live Show of All Time, named after a review from the music website NME. “The American…
