Tag: Chris Frantz

Talking Heads to reunite for "Stop Making Sense" Q&A with Spike Lee at Toronto film fest

Talking Heads to reunite for “Stop Making Sense” Q&A with Spike Lee at Toronto film fest

Talking Heads will appear at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 11 for the premiere of A24’s new 4K restoration of “Stop Making Sense.”

Hear "Cities" off Talking Heads' upcoming expanded reissue of "Stop Making Sense"

Hear “Cities” off Talking Heads’ upcoming expanded reissue of “Stop Making Sense”

Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense” is getting a new worldwide 4K theatrical release and an accompanying expanded reissue.

Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense" to get 4K theatrical run, expanded vinyl reissue

Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense” to get 4K theatrical run, expanded vinyl reissue

David Byrne slipped back into the Big Suit in a fun promo for A24’s upcoming rerelease of Jonathan Demme’s Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense.”

David Byrne, Tom Tom Club and Jerry Harrison's 1981 albums to be reissued on Record Store Day

David Byrne, Tom Tom Club and Jerry Harrison’s 1981 albums to be reissued on Record Store Day

Rhino Records will release expanded vinyl editions of three 1981 albums by Talking Heads members on Record Store Day, including David Byrne’s full “The Catherine Wheel” score.

Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew expand their Talking Heads' "Remain in Light" tour

Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew expand their Talking Heads’ “Remain in Light” tour

Former Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison and sideman Adrian Belew have expanded their tour performing the band’s classic 1980 album Remain In Light.

There are now 2 podcasts dissecting the Talking Heads catalog album-by-album

There are now 2 podcasts dissecting the Talking Heads catalog album-by-album

It’s a great time to be a Talking Heads fan, what with the recent publication of drummer Chris Frantz’s memoir “Remain in Love” and now not one but two podcasts dedicated to breaking down the legendary group’s recorded output album-by-album. Full details and you can listen to the most recent episodes here.

Q&A: Chris Frantz talks Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and new book 'Remain in Love'

Q&A: Chris Frantz talks Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and new book ‘Remain in Love’

There’s a refreshing optimism to Chris Frantz’s new memoir “Remain in Love,” a positivity that beams through its pages as the drummer recounts, with some amazement, career highlights like touring with the Ramones, befriending the B-52’s and playing thrilling concerts with the big-band version of Talking Heads,

Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz's memoir 'Remain in Love' to be published in 2020

Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz’s memoir ‘Remain in Love’ to be published in 2020

British publisher Faber Social has announced it will release a new memoir penned by Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club drummer Chris Frantz called “Remain in Love” in the spring of 2020 to coincide with the 40th anniversary that year of the band’s renowned fourth album Remain in Light.

Watch: Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz talk Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club in 2½-hour Tokyo lecture

Watch: Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz talk Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club in 2½-hour Tokyo lecture

Red Bull Music Academy has released the complete video of a lecture delivered in Tokyo last November by husband-and-wife musical team Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, who discuss their history with the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, plus the early CBGB scene and so much more, before taking audience questions.

Video: Tom Tom Club, ‘Kissin' Antonio’ — second clip from new 'Downtown Rockers' EP

Video: Tom Tom Club, ‘Kissin’ Antonio’ — second clip from new ‘Downtown Rockers’ EP

Talking Heads spinoff Tom Tom Club — husband-and-wife rhythm section Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz —has delivered a new video for “Kissin’ Antonio,” the second single from the band’s recently released ‘Downtown Rockers’ EP, the duo’s first new release in a dozen years.

Video: Tom Tom Club, 'Downtown Rockers' — with Debbie Harry, Richard Hell cameos

Video: Tom Tom Club, ‘Downtown Rockers’ — with Debbie Harry, Richard Hell cameos

Talking Heads spinoff Tom Tom Club — husband-and-wife rhythm section Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz — today premiered the music video for “Downtown Rockers,” the title track of their just-released new EP, the duo’s first new release in a dozen years. The video features cameos from Debbie Harry and Richard Hell.

Stream: Tom Tom Club, 'Downtown Rockers' EP — first new release in 12 years

Stream: Tom Tom Club, ‘Downtown Rockers’ EP — first new release in 12 years

Talking Heads offshoot Tom Tom Club — husband-and-wife rhythm section Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz — this month will release their first new music in a dozen years in the form of the 6-track EP ‘Downtown Rockers,’ and you can listen to the whole set ahead of its release via an exclusive stream on East Village Radio.

Tom Tom Club releasing 'Downtown Rockers' EP — 'a sort of ode to CBGB' — in September

Tom Tom Club releasing ‘Downtown Rockers’ EP — ‘a sort of ode to CBGB’ — in September

Talking Heads offshoot Tom Tom Club — namely husband-and-wife rhythm section Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz — this September will release a new EP dubbed ‘Downtown Rockers’ both digitally and on vinyl, marking the duo’s first collection of new music since 2000’s ‘The Good, The Bad and The Funky.’