Two current indie/alt greats, Angel Olsen and Lorde, have both shared covers of legendary NYC bands from the punk / proto-punk era today. Lorde takes on Talking Heads‘ “Take Me to the River” ...

The Talking Heads were pioneers. They revolutionized rock, blazing a trail with their new wave, art punk style that championed the underground and also grabbed the ear of the mainstream. Erratic and ...

Miley Cyrus gives the Talking Heads‘ jittery 1977 new wave classic “Psycho Killer” a fresh spin in a fan-posted video of the singer’s cover of the track from her November performance at Los Angeles’ ...

"It [the collection was consigned by the artist Alan Sondheim who taught at RISD in the early 1970s, and the work was by ...

In 1975 in New York City, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz struck up a band together and called themselves the Talking Heads. They joined an East Coast punk scene populated by Blondie, ...

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 ...