Features 10 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 in people’s minds rather than…
News Watch 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 to perform a theatrical rendition…
Film and TV News Spike 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 adaptation of the hit Broadway…
News Talking 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, has just signed up to…
Exclusives Pro Audio The 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 new cultural and technological features…
News David 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 Utopia tour may just be the…
News WOMADelaide returns in 2019 with an incredibly diverse lineup by Molly Lasker Adelaide’s iconic festival WOMADelaide is back for another year in 2019, just dropping its first lineup of super talented artists from around the world. Since it was established in 1992,…
Film and TV News David Byrne’s 1986 film True Stories is getting re-released by Happy Back in 1986, legendary Talking Heads frontman David Byrne directed a feature film titled True Stories. The film starred John Goodman and featured a soundtrack from Talking Heads. This November,…
News Holy shit, David Byrne is touring Australia later this year! by Happy David Byrne, iconic frontman of Talking Heads and general musical genius, is touring this great nation of ours later this year… and please excuse me while I regain some composure,…
Music Brighten up your life with a 16-track playlist from Byron Bay legends Seaside by Happy Seaside know how to piece together a slick tune. Turns out they know how to piece together a slick playlist too. Their delish new single Golden Girl calls in favours from…
Lists Buried rhythms and DIY bass: 10 tracks that inspired Voidhood’s debut single Gillotine by Happy Just last week we came across Gillotine, the spine-tingling debut single from Canberra solo artist Voidhood. It sounded like something dragged straight from the underworld – a sinister piece of music…
News Iggy, Blondie, and Patti: see the first shots from the Smithsonian’s massive concert photo archive by Happy Back in the tail end of 2015, the Smithsonian institute began a massive, crowd-sourced photography campaign. They put the call out for shots of our favourite rock ‘n’ rollers ever,…
News “Culturally Significant” records from Bowie, N.W.A. and Talking Heads archived into the Library of Congress by Happy The Library of Congress has announced the latest inductees into the National Recording Registry, which archives “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” works that are at least 10 years old. Among…