With their 1985 album, Little Creatures, Talking Heads created arena pop songs — a direction that was partly inspired by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth’s success with Tom Tom Club. Fans gravitated ...
Talking Heads’ More Songs About Buildings and Food is a concept album about late capitalism that speaks with disarming directness to the current political moment. Celebrating its 40th birthday this ...
Though the final Talking Heads album came out in 1988, the band never really went away. Unlike defunct groups trapped in a cycle of rediscovery every generation or so, Talking Heads have remained ...
In the wake of their debut album 77, Talking Heads found themselves critically successful and, thanks to its single Psycho Killer, noted for David Byrne’s cold-eyed observation songs. On their second ...
Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth opens “Psycho Killer” with an iconic staccato riff. It’s the foundation of her band’s angular art rock masterpiece. Weymouth is also responsible for the song’s ...
Frantz began playing with singer/guitarist David Byrne in 1973 in a group called The Artistics. The duo both attended the Rhode Island School of Design. In 1975, Byrne, Frantz, and Frantz’s girlfriend ...
In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...
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