TAG: David Byrne

May13

Prommer & Barck – Alex And The Grizzly (Review)

Prommer & Barck

Alex And The Grizzly

Released by Derwin Records


An album with Prommer & Barck sounds like a wet dream come true for fans of modern and eclectic Jazz, House and Electronica. Their joint résumé sounds like an encyclopedia of good taste; Alex Barck is the founder and member of Jazzanova and Sonar Kollektiv, while Christian Prommer is the multitalented member of Voom:Voom, Trüby Trio, Fauna Flash and his own Drumlesson. Their collaborative project features both producers on vocals, and guests including Dollkraut, Kim Sanders, James Teej, Eva Milner (Hundreds), and Sascha Gottschalk (Thief). Alex & The Grizzly ...

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Feb15

Bonnaroo 2011 Line-Up Announced: Roo Video Flashbacks from ?uestlove/ +Led Zeps JPJ + Ben Harper, David Byrne, Neon Indian, Erykah Badu and !!! (Video)

I’ve been dog-sick with a fever for most of this new year and only two things so far have gotten me seriously up: seeing Melvin Van Peebles at a live audience Q+A (up soon) and the announcement of the 2011 Bonnaroo line-up. Herewith, the first round of the line-up and a few flashback vids from from ?uestlove +Led Zeps JPJ + Ben Harper jamming, David Byrne, Neon Indian, Erykah Badu and !!!, with much more en route…WARNING: partial nudity, nipplez alert!

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Oct26

Tom Tom Club: Putting the “Us” in Genius

You don’t have to be short and cute to be in the Tom Tom Club, but it doesn’t hurt. Nearly 30 years after “Genius of Love” conquered airwaves, dancefloors, Quinceaneras, Bar Mitzvahs and backyard birthday BBQs, Tina Weymouth takes the stage in flaxen pigtails, a silver sequin mini-dress and a teal guitar. Still looking like the coolest chick downtown, Weymouth together with drummer/husband/fellow ex-Talking Heads founder Chris Frantz and their air-tight Club, turn Santos Party House into a sanctuary for storm-weary New Yorkers. As they launch into the opener, “Suboceana,” the rain outside is soon forgotten and the only wetness on anyone’s mind is the sweat flying off our bouncing bodies. There is inevitably much jump-up going down on Lafayette as the influential and perennial side project to one …

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Sep07

David Sitek Interview

Favored for his production and guitar playing in TV on the Radio as well as his deliciously warped mind, David Sitek is once again churning out more musical snacks. Only this time he’s included a melting pot of solid singers to his funk glitter party. Ushering in pals like TVOTR’s Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone, Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Theophilus London, Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon, and David Byrne, Sitek will drop his mulit-artist collaboration Maximum Balloon Sept. 21 via DGC/Interscope. Here he talks landscaping, shifting from the east coast to the west, and Dr. Laura. …MORE

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Jul12

Maximum Balloon (Dave Sitek) “Tiger” (Video)

Two weeks ago, Dave Sitek hosted a listening party for his upcoming solo album as Maximum Balloon at West Hollywood’s ultra-exclusive Soho House. And while they still kept us riff-raff tucked away in a private room, away from the real action, I did catch Ron Artest and posse (complete with a member wearing the unwashed(?) game seven jersey) exiting the venue while we played pool in the lobby. For that reason, I’ll probably equate Sitek with “The Psychiatrist’s Champion” for the rest of my days. Which will only add to my enjoyment of the record—which pretty much sounds like a TV on the Radio album with guest vocalists Karen O, David Byrne, and, um…Kyp and Tunde from TVotR.

Here’s the video for “Tiger,” the first song let lose a couple weeks ago that features vocalist Aku from Brooklyn band …

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