Film and TV Music News Talking Heads’ ‘Stop Making Sense’ returns to theaters in 4K: One of the greatest concert films of all time by Tammy Moir A24 is bringing back the 1984 Talking Heads performance in Stop Making Sense, newly remastered in 4K and returning to theaters worldwide in 2023. Hope…
Lists News The 6 greatest covers of ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie by Happy Heroes by David Bowie was one of those songs which would forever leave its mark on the world, affecting all of those who heard it….
Features News Pro Audio Frippertronics: how Robert Fripp and Brian Eno brought looping to life by Luka Osborne Frippertronics: Ambient tape looping brought to you by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno. It might not sound new, but in 1972 it was. Frippertronics ……
Music News Pop Culture LA punk, from its roots to the sun: The legend now explored by Tom Blain LA punk continues to seep into our present day. All from a form of music not meant to live past a single song. The sun…
Features Talking Heads – ‘Remain in Light’: Why It Mattered by Max Mahood Talking Heads’ Remain in Light expanded the vernacular of rock, embracing an experimental approach to a style that had become bloated on ego. It’s an album that…
Drugs Lists Music Here are the 25 best ’70s songs to get high to by Luke Saunders Delve into the 25 most mind-bending, beguiling, or downright beautiful ’70s songs to kick back and light up too. Purple haze, Jesus saves. As society…
Features Pro Audio 10 epic tracks that put the accordion in the limelight by Dan Shaw The accordion has a sound that’s instantly recognisable – a fact that can make it easy to pigeonhole. But here are 10 songs that do…
Features Pro Audio Reverb: the evolution from springs to circuits by Borna Crvelin Reverb is pivotal in how we hear sounds and record music. Here’s a snapshot of how the effect has developed throughout the decades. Reverb has…
Music News Pop Culture Talking Heads will receive their first ever Grammy at the 2021 ceremony by Phoebe Repeti The Grammys have announced the talented recipients of their Lifetime Achievement Awards for next year’s ceremony, including Talking Heads, Selena, and more. Following last month’s…
News Pop Culture David 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….
Features Pro Audio Talking 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…
News Turns 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…
Features Pro Audio Madchester 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…
