After many years of preperation, the project "Here Lies Love" of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim is due for release on February 23rd. The package includes 2 CDs (22 songs, each sung by a different singer), a DVD with videos of six of these songs and a 100-page book that explains it all. Singers include Florence Welch (of Florence & the Machine), Santigold, Sharon Jones, Roisin Murphy (formerly of Moloko) and many more. Even David Byrne can be heard on one-and-a-half track!

Pre-order the hardcover book with 2CDs and DVD here (with lowest price guarantee)
The plain CD edition is available for Pre-order here.

Santigold's contribution to "Here Lies Love", a song called "Please Don't", is now available for download for free from David's website.

Tom Tom Club is among numerous artists on "Do you EAR what I EAR", a holiday album for the Association to Benefit Children. The album features original and classic holiday songs. Tom Tom Club's contribution to the downlod-only album is "Il est Ne", previously released on CDsingle and 7" colored vinyl. The benefit album is exclusively available for only US$ 5 from the Ear Farm webshop.

For his upcoming album "Scratch my Back", Peter Gabriel has recorded thirteen orchestral covers. Among songs by Elbow, David Bowie, Arcade Fire and Radiohead is also a version of Talking Heads' "Listening Wind" (original version on "Remain in Light"). Apparently, Gabriel asked all covered artists to cover a song from his past as well, but in case of Talking Heads that might be problematic... "Scratch my Back" is due out spring 2010.

Exactly a quarter of a century after its original release, "Stop making Sense", the legendary Talking Heads concert film, debuted on Blu-Ray today. Besides all extra's from the 15th anniversary DVD release, the BR also includes an over 60 minute press conference all four ex-Talking Heads gave back in 1999 to promote the re-release.

So far, the Bluu-Ray is only available in Region A format for U.S. and Japan.

Order your copy here.

Drummer Chris Frantz spoke to Entertainment Weekly about 25 years of "Stop Making Sense" and the (im)possibility of a Talking Heads reunion. Same as it ever was...

The blu-ray edition of "Stop Making Sense" is due for release in the U.S.A. and Japan (region A coded) on October 13rd. The European (region B) edition is scheduled for early 2010. Besides all bonus features from the special edition DVD, the blu ray contains a never-before-seen (in it's entirely) pressconference with the full band from 1999. You can pre-order the American blu-ray here, and here's a little clip of the press conference: