David Byrne’s distinctive vision – a winsomely-skewed clarity – is usually most compelling when trained on scary stuff, be it psycho killers, zealous baptism metaphors, warning signs of things to come, or the sudden strangeness of one’s beautiful house and beautiful wife. More
The Weeknd, Janet Jackson and the Killers will headline the 2018 Panorama Music Festival, which takes place Friday, July 27th through Sunday, July 29th at Randall’s Island Park in New York City. Migos, Father John Misty, the War on Drugs, Dua Lipa, SZA, Cardi B, Gucci Mane, St. Vincent, the XX, Odesza, David Byrne, Fleet Foxes, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Japanese Breakfast, Greta Van Fleet, Mount Kimbie, Chicano Batman and Robert DeLong will also perform at the third-annual event, among others. More
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, is a nice visit, but for music aficionados looking to explore the business side of rock history, a trip to a New York federal courtroom might be more educational. More
In 2015, David Byrne gathered artists for a multi-disciplinary performance called Contemporary Color. For the event, he recruited 10 artists (including St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock, Dev Hynes, Zola Jesus, tUnE-yArDs, How to Dress Well, and more) to work on original music with color guard teams from across North America. In 2016, a documentary about…