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  David Byrne and St. Vincent, 'Love This Giant' (Todo Mundo/4AD)

  September 11, 2012 – Even if you're not a fan, don't you at least admire David Byrne? His career is a textbook example of how to grow older in the pitiless land of pop — the man recently turned 60 — and still do interesting, if not always great, work. Most notably, there's his openness to younger artists, which has helped him avoid old-fogeydom. …
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  David Byrne and St. Vincent Bring Hip-Swivelers to 'Fallon'

  September 11, 2012 – "Prog you can dance to." That's how Michael Chabon, the author of the out-today novel Telegraph Avenue, described the Brian Eno-produced Talkings Heads albums, and Heads lead talker David Byrne and Eno's album-length collaboration My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, in an interview this week. …
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  Watch David Byrne and St. Vincent's Street-Dancing 'Who' Video

  September 4, 2012 – David Byrne and St. Vincent shake what their mothers gave them in the first video from their collaborative album, but a nicely befitting undercurrent of darkness runs throughout. …
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  David Byrne and St. Vincent Preview Funky 'Weekend in the Dust'

  July 31, 2012 – Oh, when David Byrne and St. Vincent go marching in. The funky brass on "Who," the first listen from the former Talking Heads frontman's previously reported team-up with the shredding-capable indie-pop singer and songwriter also known as Annie Clark, turns out not to be an anomaly. …
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  David Byrne and St. Vincent Share Track Off 'Giant' Joint LP

  June 14, 2012 – When David Byrne and St. Vincent first announced they would be collaborating, it was hard not to wonder how Byrne's rock experiments would mix with St. Vincent's delicate indie-pop. After all, the former Talking Head's greatest previous collaborative achievement — My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, with Brian Eno — is an art-rock masterpiece. …
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  David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Imelda Marcos Musical Is Happening

  April 9, 2012 – When he's not busy giving new collaborations terribly self-deprecating names, David Byrne has been hard at work revamping an old one, with Fatboy Slim. The concept compilation he released two years ago almost to the date, Here Lies Love, will at long last be brought to the stage, as was promised back in 2010, the New York Times reports. …
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  David Byrne and Will Oldham Pick Extremely Self-Deprecating Band Name

  April 3, 2012 – As SPIN reported earlier this year, a film about a musician who's sort of modeled on the Cure's Robert Smith debuted at Utah's Sundance Festival in January. …
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  Rush to Judgement? A Lawyer's Take On Limbaugh's Soundtrack Woes

  March 8, 2012 – In a bit of amusing irony, Rush Limbaugh is again getting hammered for using a now-disgruntled artist's music without their permission, and that band is Rush! …
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  David Byrne's iPhone Satire, Rapture Stream + More

  August 17, 2011 – David Byrne will take part in an exhibition next month at New York's Pace Gallery titled Social Media, where the Talking Heads frontman will unveil a series of satirical iPhone apps. Among his creations: Weaselface (which adds "snark and satire to any written word — including the Bible!) and Invisible Me (which "replies to your email and texts, even if you're not at home!"). …
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  Arcade Fire's 'Suburbs' Bonus Tracks Leak

  May 24, 2011 – Arcade Fire's deluxe edition of The Suburbs, featuring bonus songs and the Spike Jonze-directed movie Scenes From the Suburbs, won't hit stores until August 2, but two previously unreleased tracks have leaked online, after they were broadcast on BBC's Zane Lowe show (via Some Kind of Awesome). …
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