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Talking Heads pose the questions on US game show Jeopardy - take them on here

Talking Heads appear on US game show Jeopardy

MusicRadar

“Stupefying seat-of-the-pants stuff nicely served by a crisp, revelatory sound mix… and ripe for reappraisal”: King Crimson’s Sheltering Skies

1982 live set, previously part-released as The Noise, finds the post-Discipline line-up repurposing prog

Louder

Talking Heads’ debut album set for CD and vinyl reissue - check out acoustic version of Psycho Killer

Talking Heads: 77 will be re-released in November featuring a new remaster of the original album, outtakes, rare cuts and more

Louder

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The 10 best cover versions by Smashing Pumpkins

Billy Corgan and crew's renditions of hits by U2, Hole, Fleetwood Mac, Depeche Mode, The Cure and, umm, Natalie Imbruglia

Louder

Talking Heads, Agatha All Along and George Clooney: what’s new to streaming in Australia in September

Plus Mads Mikkelsen in Another Round, the original Gladiator and an ‘unforgettable’ entry in the Batman universe

The Guardian - AU

"This brilliant avant-rock band embracing mainstream pop success with wit, style, and groove-heavy swagger can still floor you": Talking Heads' seminal concert film soundtrack expanded and repackaged

Talking Heads' seminal concert film soundtrack Stop Making Sense, expanded and repackaged

Louder

“I was at a King Crimson show, I was signing autographs and somebody handed me Mariah Carey’s record and said, ‘Would you sign this?’” How Adrian Belew ended up on a number one single without even knowing

Belew’s playing on Tom Tom Club’s Genius of Love has been sampled 166 times by a host of artists, including Mariah Carey

Guitar World

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“Seymour Duncan went to work. He dragged it through the grass. Put motor oil on it. Chipped it. Frank Zappa said, ‘If you wanted to ruin your guitar, Adrian, why didn’t you loan it to a friend?’” Adrian Belew’s number one Stratocaster has lived a life

Is this the first relic'ed guitar? Belew says so, and it's graced records by Zappa, Talking Heads, David Bowie and King Crimson. It has been on the cover of GW. It is still in service

Guitar World

“I wanted to be XTC or Talking Heads… the Haircut One Hundred album had Genesis at its heart, and Chris Squire got me into bass”: Nick Heyward’s passion for prog

Singer-songwriter recalls feeling like he was reading a book when he discovered A Trick Of The Tail, and that’s why his solo work has become more progressive over the years

Louder

Talking Heads tribute album Everyone’s Getting Involved is well-produced karaoke, but the joyous experimentation which fuelled David Byrne's iconic band is only fleetingly present

Miley Cyrus, Paramore, Girl In Red and more pay homage to Talking Heads, with mixed results

Louder

Everyone’s Getting Involved review – tepid all-star Talking Heads tribute

Cult film company A24’s tie-in merch to the seminal documentary Stop Making Sense sounds either like karaoke or is wildly disconnected from the source material

The Guardian - UK

“David Bowie and Brian Eno used to laugh at me, saying: ‘You’re not supposed to be able to play that!’” Adrian Belew on Frank Zappa’s lessons, Robert Fripp’s synth guitar, and what’s coming up with Steve Vai

Still amazed that he managed to gather Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey into new band Beat, Belew reflects on his light-speed journey from 1977 to 1982, and how he plans to reactivate King Crimson’s ‘80s albums on stage

Guitar World

7 top new movies to stream this week on Netflix, Prime Video, Max and more (April 30-May 6)

"The Idea of You", "Unfrosted" and "Turtles All the Way Down" headline the best new movies that you can stream this week.

Tom’s Guide

Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life review – down the rabbit hole with a musical maverick

He played cello for Allen Ginsberg, nearly joined Talking Heads and was sampled by Kanye West. Now the singular, genre-spanning Russell has the exhaustive study he deserves

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Paranoia and polyrhythms: Talking Heads’ greatest songs – ranked!

As an all-star version of 1984’s Stop Making Sense is released, we run down the band’s best tracks, from the beautiful Dream Operator to the existential crisis of Once in a Lifetime

MusicRadar

"He knows very little about an awful lot, but it’s how he applies that knowledge - and it’s down to confidence, too": How Brian Eno became music's ultimate renaissance man

Producer, collaborator, hard-to-use synth champion, ambient maestro, app developer and chancer Brian Eno is certainly a pioneer, but of what? Well, how about everything?

Louder

“Watching David Byrne work was so pivotal”: St. Vincent on what she learned from working with the Talking Heads leader

The pair collaborated on the 2012 album Love This Giant

Guitar World

From King Crimson to A-list hired gun with Talking Heads, Frank Zappa and David Bowie, Adrian Belew created his own language on the guitar – here are his 10 greatest guitar moments

With King Crimson, Talking Heads, as a solo artist, it didn't matter: Adrian Belew manipulated the guitar like no-one else, bending sound into new shapes

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9 top new movies to stream this week on Netflix, Peacock and more (March 26-April 1)

"Imaginary", "Lisa Frankenstein", and "The Boys in the Boat" are among the new movies streaming this week on Netflix, Peacock and more of the best streaming services.

Louder

Real Power exhibits the kind of genre-defying artistry which made Blondie and Talking Heads iconic, as Gossip seek to cement their name among the greats

Beth Ditto's Gossip make a welcome return after an extended hiatus

Louder

"This was fun!" Talking Heads vocalist David Byrne has recorded a Paramore cover in recognition of Paramore covering Talking Heads

A forthcoming Record Store Day release will feature Paramore covering Talking Heads, and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne covering Paramore

The Guardian - UK

‘I used to roundly mock Bryan Adams’: Bill Bailey’s honest playlist

The comedian has come full circle on the Canadian soft rocker, but which sweary song did he miss out on playing at Reading?

Metal Hammer

"It brings back lots of memories and takes me back to a place instantly of heartbreak but also teen rebellion, great times, intense times": This is the soundtrack of Bill Bailey's life

Rock-loving comedian Bill Bailey picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the song that's been a constant companion throughout his life

Louder

“People would ask: ‘Is David Byrne a genius or a moron?’ I wanted to nip that ‘moron’ bit in the bud, so it was better to say ‘genius.’ The truth is somewhere in between”: The prog credentials of Talking Heads

The eccentric post-punk outfit certainly progressed with albums including More Songs About Buildings And Food, Fear Of Music and Remain In Light… but were they actually progressive?

Louder

Listen to Paramore's cover of Talking Heads classic Burning Down The House, from the forthcoming tribute album Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense

Hayley Williams channels the spirit of David Byrne on Paramore's punk-funk cover of Talking Heads anthem Burning Down The House

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