Rhino recenlty released new vinyl edition of the Talking Heads albums "More Songs About Building And Food" and "The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads". Both come with exact replicas of the original artwork and innersleeves. "The Name Of This Band..." is Talking Heads first official live album, and contains tracks from the various tours the band did since te release of their first album "Talking Heads 77" on two disks. The vinyl reissue contains the original tracks, none of the extras that were included on the later cd-issue. "More Songs...", the bands second album, contains the Al Green cover "Take me to the River".

Order the limited edition 180 gram LP "More Songs About Buildings And Food" from Amazon.
Order the limited edition 180 gram 2LP "The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads" from Amazon.

David Byrne's book on the state of the music industry, "How Music Works", has been updated and amended considerably.

David on "How Music Works": "This book is essentially a book with one idea: that context shapes music. Music isn’t an autonomous thing; what we hear is shaped by many extra-musical factors. Some chapters are autobiographical and anecdotal—as I can use my recording and performing experience to talk about how those mediums have affected my own musical output. Other chapters delve into (amongst other things) the economics of the music business, the acoustics of venues, music education and the idea of support for the arts… and whether or not musical structures are hard-wired in us.

"How Music Works" (2013 edition) is available as paperback in the U.S. and U.K..

Tom Tom Club just released a brand new remix of "You Make me Rock and Roll", made by The Penelopes. The original version of the song is available on the recently released ep "Downtown Rockers". The Penelopes remix is a FREE download, which you can get here.

David Byrne and St. Vincent made a record together last year, called 'Love This Giant'. After a short tour through the U.S. and Australia they, will will now do a longer tour in the U.S. and Europe this summer. As an appetizer for the shows, the duo released a 5-track ep called 'Brass Tactics'. The EP has one song that didn't make it on the record (a waltz featuring some lovely glass harmonica), a couple of energized remixes of some of the album tunes and two live tracks, including Talking Heads classic 'Road to Nowhere'.

Tracklist:

1. Cissus (Previously unreleased track)
2. I Should Watch TV (M_Stine Remix)
3. Lightning (Kent Rockafeller Remix)
4. Marrow (Live)
5. Road to Nowhere (Live)

Download the EP for FREE right here. You can also check the upcoming tourdates on the same page.

Early demo of a Talking Heads songs from the 'Little Creatures' and 'True Stories' era surfaced and can be heard on YouTube. Both albums were recorded at the same time, and the demos are all from the same period (late 1984/early 1985). So far, the following demos were put on YouTube:

• Wild Wild Life
• Road to Nowhere (a different, more developed version, was released as a bonus track on the remastered edition of 'Little Creatures')
• Hey Now
• Papa Legba
• City of Dreams
• The Lady Don't Mind (originally, this song was written for 'Speaking in Tongues' - a demo of that version was released as the 'Moog March version' on the download-only album 'Bonus rarities & Outtakes')