Talking Heads members Chris Frantz and David Byrne met as students at Rhode Island School of Design, and made music in their college band called The Artistics. In the spring semester of 1974, the band gathered in Frantz’s Benefit Street apartment to record a demo tape. The cassette featured tracks soon to be classics in the Talking Heads discography: 'Warning Sign' and 'Psycho Killer'.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. Psycho Killer (September 1975 Demo) 
2. Tentative Decisions (September 1975 Demo) 
3. No Compassion (September 1975 Demo) 
4. Warning Sign (September 1975 Demo) 
5. I'm Not In Love (1976 Demo) 
6. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (1976 Demo) 
7. The Book I Read (1976 Demo) (
8. I Wish You Wouldn't Say That (1976 Demo) 
9. Love Goes To A Building On Fire (1976 Demo) 
10. Happy Day (1976 Demo)
11. Artists Only (Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York, NY, 8/17/76) 
7" Vinyl:
1. Psycho Killer
2. Warning Sign 

CD Tracklisting:
1. Psycho Killer (September 1975 Demo)
2. Tentative Decisions (September 1975 Demo)
3. No Compassion (September 1975 Demo)
4. Warning Sign (September 1975 Demo)
5. I'm Not In Love (1976 Demo)
6. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (1976 Demo)
7. The Book I Read (1976 Demo)
8. I Wish You Wouldn't Say That (1976 Demo)
9. Love Goes To A Building On Fire (1976 Demo)
10. Happy Day (1976 Demo)
11. Artists Only (Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York, NY, 8/17/76)
12. Psycho Killer
13. Warning Sign
14. Psycho Killer (CBS/Columbia Demo)
15. Sugar On My Tongue (CBS/Columbia Demo)
16. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (CBS/Columbia Demo)
17. I Want To Live (CBS/Columbia Demo)
18. I Wish You Wouldn't Say That (CBS/Columbia Demo)
19. The Girls Want To Be With The Girls (CBS/Columbia Demo)
20. Who Is It? (CBS/Columbia Demo)
21. With Our Love (CBS/Columbia Demo)
22. Stay Hungry (CBS/Columbia Demo)
23. Tentative Decisions (CBS/Columbia Demo)
24. Warning Sign (CBS/Columbia Demo)
25. I'm Not In Love (CBS/Columbia Demo)
26. The Book I Read (CBS/Columbia Demo)
27. Love Goes To A Building On Fire (CBS/Columbia Demo)
28. No Compassion (CBS/Columbia Demo)
29. Artists Only (Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
30. 1, 2, 3 Red Light (Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
31. Happy Day (Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
32. Don't Worry About The Government (Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
33. Psycho Killer (Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
34. Love Goes To A Building On Fire (Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
35. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
36. With Our Love (Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
37. Pablo Picasso (Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
38. I'm Not In Love (Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
39. No Compassion (Live At The Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77)
40. New Feeling (Live At The Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77)
41. Psycho Killer (Live At The Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77)
42. A Clean Break (Let's Work) [Live At The Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77]
43. Sugar On My Tongue (Live At The Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77)
44. I Wish You Wouldn't Say That (Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York, NY, 8/17/76)
45. Take Me To The River (Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York, NY, 8/17/76)

Twenty-five years since its release My Life Story are reissuing their classic album ‘Joined Up Talking’. 


A nostalgic glance back, delivered with fresh perspective, the brit-pop band’s third album has been lovingly remastered and will be released on vinyl for the first time ever this Autumn. Available on double coloured vinyl, there is also a 3xCD package on offer, full of B-Sides, rarities, and period gems.

Brimming with wit, ambition and unmistakable My Life Story flair, Joined Up Talking features the singles It’s a Girl Thing, Empire Line and Walk/Don’t Walk, plus the groundbreaking world’s first downloadable single If You Can’t Live Without Me Then Why Aren’t You Dead Yet?.

Self-produced with programming wiz Pete Gleadall at Parkgate Studios in 1999, the album has the feel of a millennium time capsule. References to Monica Lewinsky, Tamagotchis, Pret A Manger, the dot-com boom, and even megabytes of storage reflect the everyday vocabulary of the turn of the century with Shillingford’s typically irreverent style.

Across album tracks like “The New New Yorker”, Shillingford stitches together topical newspaper headlines into surreal narratives, while “I Don’t Believe in Love” — originally written when Shillingford was 17 — reveals the band’s roots in classic songwriting traditions.

Building up to the release fans have enjoyed accessing a treasure trove of archive material from the era — digitised tapes, press cuttings and photos — which Jake has shared on his Patreon page.

My Life Story will also perform the album in full alongside a career-spanning “best of” set on special tour dates throughout December.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Side A (Joined Up Talking Remastered)
1. Empire Line
2. If You Can’t Live Without Me Then Why Aren’t You Dead Yet?
3. It’s A Girl Thing
4. Sunday Tongue
5. Yes To Everything
6. Walk/Don’t Walk

Vinyl Side B (Joined Up Talking Remastered)
1. There’s Nothing For Nobody And Everybody Wants To Be Someone
2. The New New Yorker
3. Neverland
4. Stalemate
5. I Don’t Believe In Love
6. Two Stars

Vinyl Side C (B Sides)
1. Cherries
2. Holy Deadlock
3. Emerald Green Blah Blah Blah
4. My Sweet Little Death
5. The History Of The World On Ice
6. I’m A Statistic
7. Sleep

Vinyl Side D (B Sides)
1. Florence's Theme
2. Self-Defence Mechanism
3. Paint It Emerald Green
4. It's A Boy Thing
5. E.G.M.C.M.X.C.I.X

CD 1 (Joined Up Talking Remastered)
1. Empire Line
2. If You Can’t Live Without Me Then Why Aren’t You Dead Yet?
3. It’s A Girl Thing
4. Sunday Tongue
5. Yes To Everything
6. Walk / Don’t Walk
7. There’s Nothing For Nobody And Everybody Wants To Be Someone
8. The New New Yorker
9. Neverland
10. Stalemate
11. I Don’t Believe In Love
12. Two Stars

CD 2 (B Sides)
1. Cherries
2. Holy Deadlock
3. Emerald Green Blah Blah Blah
4. My Sweet Little Death
5. The History Of The World On Ice
6. I’m A Statistic
7. Sleep
8. Florence’s Theme
9. Self-Defence Mechanism
10. Paint It Emerald Green
11. It’s A Boy Thing
12. Walk / Don’t Walk (Parts 1 & 2)
13. E.G.M.C.M.X.C.I.X.

CD 3 (Demos And Rarities)
1. Neverland (RAK Demo ’97)
2. New New Yorker (RAK Demo ’97)
3. Emerald Green Blah Blah Blah (RAK Demo ’97)
4. Walk / Don’t Walk (Battery Demo ’97)
5. Florence’s Theme (RAK Demo ’97)
6. It’s A Girl Thing (Matrix Demo ’98)
7. I Don’t Believe In Love (Matrix Demo ’98)
8. Sunday Tongue (Matrix Demo ’98)
9. Empire Line (Single Version)
10. Grieve (Matrix Demo ’98)
11. Here Comes The Big Weekend (Matrix Demo ’98)
12. If You Can’t Live Without Me Then Why Aren’t You Dead Yet? (Matrix Demo ’98)
13. Stalemate (Matrix Demo ’98)
14. Two Stars (Matrix Demo ’98)
15. There’s Nothing For Nobody And Everybody Wants To Be Someone (Demo ’97)
16. It’s A Girl Thing (D-Bop’s Boys Mix)

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Talking Heads members Chris Frantz and David Byrne met as students at Rhode Island School of Design, and made music in their college band called The Artistics. In the spring semester of 1974, the band gathered in Frantz’s Benefit Street apartment to record a demo tape. The cassette featured tracks soon to be classics in the Talking Heads discography: 'Warning Sign' and 'Psycho Killer'. This new collection includes this newly discovered material alongside an additional 11 demo and live tracks recorded by the original trio lineup of the band (Bassist Tina Weymouth alongside Frantz and Byrne) in 1975 and 1976.

TRACK LISTING

1. PSYCHO KILLER (SEPTEMBER 1975 DEMO)
2. TENTATIVE DECISIONS (SEPTEMBER 1975 DEMO)
3. NO COMPASSION (SEPTEMBER 1975 DEMO)
4. WARNING SIGN (SEPTEMBER 1975 DEMO)
5. I’M NOT IN LOVE (1976 DEMO)
6. THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME AN ANGEL (1976 DEMO)
7. THE BOOK I READ (1976 DEMO)
8. I WISH YOU WOULDN’T SAY THAT (1976 DEMO)
8. LOVE GOES TO A BUILDING ON FIRE (1976 DEMO)
10. HAPPY DAY (1976 DEMO)
11. ARTISTS ONLY (LIVE AT THE OCEAN CLUB, NEW YORK, NY, AUGUST 17, 1976)

7":
1. PSYCHO KILLER - THE ARTISTICS
2. WARNING SIGN - THE ARTISTICS

The Wytches return for their latest incendiary album, 'Talking Machine', the
Brighton 4 piece bringing a whole new avalanche of their undeniable psych
infused jet black soundscapes alongside a pleasingly lengthy tour.

"I saw the term 'Talking Machine' in a book I was reading about Thomas Edison" lead singer Kristian muses. "It was a nickname for gramophones. I thought that was ftting enough for an album title but I guess like a lot of people, the whole AI thing has been on my mind a lot and I saw a connection there too. Thomas Edison would host these events called Tone Tests where he'd demonstrate how much audio recordings had advanced by fooling the audience in to thinking they were listening to musicians playing live but it was actually all pre-recorded, playing from a gramophone. People feared that a lot of jobs in the entertainment industry and beyond would be replaced by technology, a lot like what's going on now."

TRACK LISTING

1. Talking Machine
2. Black Ice
3. Coffin Nails
4. Perform
5. Factory
6. Romance
7. Is The World Too Old
8. Nothing To See
9. When The Obsession Began
10. Don't Make It For Me
11. Romance 2

Talking Heads’ groundbreaking second album, 'More Songs About Buildings and Food'. The collection captures a pivotal moment in their evolution and marks the first of three albums produced with Brian Eno and includes a nice selection of rarities!

TRACK LISTING

More Songs About Buildings & Food Tracklisting:
1. THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME AN ANGEL
2. WITH OUR LOVE
3. THE GOOD THING
4. WARNING SIGN
5. THE GIRLS WANT TO BE WITH THE GIRLS
6. FOUND A JOB
7. ARTISTS ONLY 
8. I’M NOT IN LOVE
9. STAY HUNGRY
10. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
11. THE BIG COUNTRY

Rarities:
1. THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME AN ANGEL (ALTERNATE VERSION)
2. WITH OUR LOVE (ALTERNATE VERSION)
3. FOUND A JOB (ALTERNATE VERSION)
4. THE GOOD THING (ALTERNATE VERSION)
5. WARNING SIGN (ALTERNATE VERSION)
6. ELECTRICITY (INSTRUMENTAL) 
7. THE GIRLS WANT TO BE WITH THE GIRLS (ALTERNATE VERSION) 
8. I’M NOT IN LOVE (ALTERNATE VERSION)
9. ARTISTS ONLY (ALTERNATE VERSION)
10. THE BIG COUNTRY (ALTERNATE VERSION)
11. THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME AN ANGEL (“COUNTRY ANGEL” VERSION)

Live (3CD & 4LP Box Set Only):
1. NO COMPASSION (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
2. WARNING SIGN (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
3. THE BOOK I READ (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
4. STAY HUNGRY (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
5. ARTISTS ONLY (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
6. THE GIRLS WANT TO BE WITH THE GIRLS (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
7. UH-OH, LOVES COMES TO TOWN (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
8. WITH OUR LOVE (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
9. LOVE GOES TO A BUILDING ON FIRE (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
10. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
11. THE GOOD THING (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
12. ELECTRICITY (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
13. THE BIG COUNTRY (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
14. NEW FEELING (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
15. PULLED UP (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
16. PSYCHO KILLER (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
17. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
18. FOUND A JOB (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)
19. THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME AN ANGEL (LIVE AT ENTERMEDIA THEATRE, NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 10, 1978)

Blu-Ray:

1. Original Album: Dolby Atmos Mix, 5.1 Mix, Hi-Res Stereo
2. Video: Live At Entermedia Theater, 1978 (25 Minute Promotional Film)
3. Video: Live At Sproul Plaza, Berkeley, CA, September 18th, 1978 (47 Minute Single-Camera Video)

On the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, acclaimed music biographer Jonathan Gould presents the long-overdue, definitive story of this singular band, capturing the gritty energy of 1970s New York City and showing how a group of art students brought fringe culture to rock’s mainstream, forever changing the look and sound of popular music. “Psycho Killer.” “Take Me to the River.” “Road to Nowhere.” Few musical artists have had the lasting impact and relevance of Talking Heads. One of the foundational bands of New York’s downtown 1970s music scene, Talking Heads have endured as a musical and cultural force for decades. Their unique brand of transcendent, experimental rock remains a lingering influence on popular music—despite their having disbanded over thirty years ago. Now New Yorker contributor Jonathan Gould offers an authoritative, deeply researched account of a band whose sound, fame, and legacy forever connected rock music to the cultural avant-garde.

From their art school origins to the enigmatic charisma of David Byrne and the internal tensions that ultimately broke them apart, Gould tells the story of a group that emerged when rock music was still young and went on to redefine the prevailing expectations of how a band could sound, look, and act. At a time when guitar solos, lead-singer swagger, and sweaty stadium tours reigned supreme, Talking Heads were precocious, awkward, quirky, and utterly distinctive when they first appeared on the ragged stages of the East Village. Yet they would soon mature into one of the most accomplished and uncompromising recording and performing acts of their era. More than just a biography of a band, Gould masterfully captures the singular time and place that incubated and nurtured this original music: downtown New York in the 1970s, that much romanticized, little understood milieu where art, music, and commerce collided in the urban dystopia of Lower Manhattan.

What emerges is an expansive portrait of a unique cultural moment and an iconoclastic band that shifted the paradigm of popular music by burning down the house of mainstream rock.

'Different Talking', the sixth and, so far, best album by NYC indie-rock four-piece Frankie Cosmos, seems to exist across time and space, as we all kind of do. It’s a collection of fragments and memories, remembered places, and reinterpreted feelings that adds up to a lucent, humming whole: a sturdy, worldly indie-rock record about aging and the passage of time that nonetheless manages to feel sharply current. Frankie Cosmos’ lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter Greta Kline has long been heralded as one of contemporary indie music’s most deft and most necessary writers, but on 'Different Talking', her lyrics soften out slightly, the wry cynicism that defined recent records now giving way to an acknowledgment of the awesome, and necessary, fallibility of the human brain and heart.

To classify 'Different Talking' as a return to form, or at least a return to the lush directness of earlier Frankie Cosmos records, would be rude but also wholly incorrect: as 'Different Talking' makes clear, you can never return to the comfort and bravery of your early twenties, but that person always kind of lives inside you, no matter how much you change. 'Different Talking' is about finding that person, honoring them, and learning from them. “A lot of the album is about being grown up and figuring out how to know yourself – like, ‘What is moving on?’” says Kline. “How do we move on when we’re addicted to a cycle of haunting our own past? Writing songs is just the way through that.”

Kline has been a fixture of the American indie underground since her late teens when her prolific Bandcamp releases and 2014 indie-label debut Zentropy led her to be dubbed “the poet laureate of New York City DIY.” A tag like that is a lot for young shoulders to take on, but it’s hard to deny the singular influence she has had on contemporary pop music. If the idea of a young woman picking up a synth in her bedroom, putting a couple of songs on the internet, and quickly becoming a superstar is now de rigeur, it’s because Kline and her peers normalized and exalted (female) DIY genius long before they were pinned to moodboards in major-label marketing offices.

A lot has changed since then: after going through a handful of different permutations over the past decade, Frankie Cosmos is now a four-piece featuring Kline, Alex Bailey, Katie Von Schleicher, and Hugo Stanley. Kline is the only constant, but Stanley, Bailey, and Von Schleicher are crucial collaborators, and to use the names “Greta Kline” and “Frankie Cosmos” interchangeably would be incorrect. Kline remains the primary songwriter, and the music on Different Talking is arranged by the band as a whole, but this is the first album to be self-tracked and self-produced by the band. Not coincidentally, it feels like a purer, more distilled take. “It does feel like the best version of what I’ve wanted to make since I was a teenager,” says Kline. “Although this was recorded in a living room, it’s as high fidelity as anything we’ve made in the studio.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Retaining the pace and structure of their early work, but bolstered by the musical and production skills of Katie Von Schleicher and their earned experience (since the 2012 debut), Frankie Cosmos' 'Different Talking' shows a band at ease with their shifting sound. Warm synths, floating melodies and harmonies, perfectly crisp percussion and impeccable melodic sensibilities. Fantastically paced and perfectly formed.

TRACK LISTING

1. Pressed Flower
2. One Of Each
3. Against The Grain
4. Bitch Heart
5. Porcelain
6. One! Grey! Hair!
7. Vanity
8. Not Long
9. Margareta
10. Your Take On
11. High Five Handshake
12. You Become
13. Joyride
14. Tomorrow
15. Wonderland
16. Life Back
17. Pothole

With “New Yesterday”, E-Talking delivers an adrenaline-fueled and hypnotic three-tracker on his very own label, Nummer Music as we continue to feel the increased tempos and influence of trance onto modern dancefloors.

These three progressive journeys seamlessly blend the echoes of the past with modern synthesis, a skillful homage to the progressive trance scene of the late ‘90s / early ‘00s and the perfect follow-up to his “Cosmic Egg” EP released on Love On The Rocks in 2023, further defining E-Talking’s multi-layered sound. Tasty one!

TRACK LISTING

A1. No Future
B1. In Retrograde
B2. Regressive Jazz

Team TD take a break from re-scoring Colin McCrae Rally to pay their own oddball homage to some of their DJ deities in the form of "Talking Drums Volume 8".
Keeping things diverse-yet-disco, this little mover grooves through Muzic Box pump, Lofty symphonics and a Ku-curveball with a smile on its face and a pep in its step.

The A-side erupts in a flash of sexy Euro-NRG, twisted and lifted to give any sweatbox a massive Hardy-on. Sequencers throb, swell and burst, horns wail and not one, but two, killer basslines blast the floor with erogenous urgency. Chuck in a coquettish vocal, delay madness and a fist pumping breakdown and you've got pure peak-time play folks.

The B1 belongs to the sumptuous strings, loose funk and live disco strut of "Too Hot". Low slung, low tempo but plenty punchy, this classy cut builds and builds through Merc-y repetition before blooming a fully fledged groover. Taut funk breaks sit beneath a floor-filling vocal and twinkling Rhodes, the wah guitar works overtime, and it all adds up to take the dance floor temperature sky high. Enjoy on a hi-fi sound system with plenty of spiked punch.

The curtain call comes via the alfresco flamenco-frenzy of Ronseal-approved "Maximum Balearic Dancer", which does exactly what it says on the tin. The TD troupe takes a tiny snippet of Swiss fusion and fleshes it out into the fully fledged floor-filler it always deserved to be. Blessed with a buoyant bassline and balmy mood, this beauty sways along through some weird but wonderful synth riffs, holding you close for that soul-soaring piano solo.
Sometimes you gotta wake up on a beach naked.

Limited Press - Numbered Insert - Drum Fun Guaranteed. .

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Those crate digging crazies are back doing what they do best - mining the sickest seams of oddball disco, new wave debonair and Balearic pomp. Volume 8 keeps the dream(ers) alive and shuffling.

TRACK LISTING

A. Fever Dreams
B1. Too Hot
B2. Maximum Balearic Dancer

Talking Heads first LP "77" introduced the New York band perfectly. A mish mash of art-punk-funk, with heavy doses of bubblegum and a splash of the Caribbean. 11 tracks which show off the bands varying influences, David Byrne's weird vocal delivery, and the constant tempo changes and twists in their style. You can hear hints of the moody side of their sound on tracks such as "New Feeling" and "Who Is It?", contrasting with the jolly funk of "Pulled Up" and "Uh Oh Love Has Come To Town" all of this is augmented by the albums standout "Psycho Killer", a brooding slice of paranoid punk that still sounds fresh today.

TRACK LISTING

LP1 - Original Album (AAA Cut From Master Tapes):
1. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
2. New Feeling
3. Tentative Decisions
4. Happy Day
5. Who Is It?
6. No Compassion
7. The Book I Read
8. Don’t Worry About The Government
9. First Week/Last Week… Carefree
10. Psycho Killer
11. Pulled Up

LP2 - Outtakes/Alternates/Rarities:
1. Sugar On My Tongue
2. I Want To Live
3. (Love Goes To) Building On Fire
4. I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That
5. Psycho Killer (Acoustic)
6. Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town (Alternate Pop Version)
7. New Feeling (Alternate Pop Version)
8. Pulled Up (Alternate Pop Version) [Previously Unreleased]
9. Stay Hungry (1977 Version)
10. First Week/Last Week… Carefree (Acoustic)
11. I Feel It In My Heart
12. Psycho Killer (Alternate Version) [Previously Unreleased]

CD1 - Original Album:
1. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
2. New Feeling
3. Tentative Decisions
4. Happy Day
5. Who Is It?
6. No Compassion
7. The Book I Read
8. Don’t Worry About The Government
9. First Week/Last Week… Carefree
10. Psycho Killer
11. Pulled Up

CD2 - Outtakes/Alternates/Rarities:
1. Sugar On My Tongue
2. I Want To Live
3. (Love Goes To) Building On Fire
4. I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That
5. Psycho Killer (Acoustic)
6. Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town (Alternate Pop Version)
7. New Feeling (Alternate Pop Version)
8. Pulled Up (Alternate Pop Version) [Previously Unreleased]
9. Stay Hungry (1977 Version)
10. First Week/Last Week… Carefree (Acoustic)
11. I Feel It In My Heart
12. Psycho Killer (Alternate Version) [Previously Unreleased]

CD3 - Live At CBGB's New York 10/10/77:
1. (Love Goes To) Building On Fire (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
2. Don’t Worry About The Government (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
3. Take Me To The River (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
4. The Book I Read (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
5. New Feeling (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
6. A Clean Break (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
7. No Compassion (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
8. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
9. Who Is It? (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
10. Pulled Up (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
11. Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
12. Psycho Killer (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]
13. Stay Hungry (Live At CBGB’s, New York, New York, 10/10/77) [Previously Unreleased]

Blu-Ray:
Atmos Mix Of Talking Heads: 77
5.1 Mix Of Talking Heads: 77
Hi-Resolution Stereo Of Talking Heads: 77

Fear of Music, the third album by Talking Heads, was recorded and released in 1979. It is, like each of their first four albums, a masterpiece. Edgy, paranoid, funky, addictive, rhythmic, repetitive, spooky, and fun - with Brian Eno's production, it's a record that bursts out of the downtown scene that birthed the band, and hints at the directions (positive and negative) they'd take in the near future.

Here, Jonathan Lethem takes us back to the late 1970s in New York City and situates Talking Heads as one of the most remarkable and enigmatic American bands. Incorporating theory, fiction, and memoir, and placing Fear of Music alongside Fritz Lang, Edgar Allen Poe, Patti Smith, and David Foster Wallace. Lethem's book is a virtuoso performance by a writer at the peak of his powers, tackling one of his great obsessions.

One year after the release of their studio album ‘Pink Color Surgery’, The Psychotic Monks return to us more assertive than ever with ‘Talking Through Repetition’. Renowned for their fiery, experimental and emotionally charged live performances, The Psychotic Monks decided to share the vital essence of their music to a wider audience by recording their current live set.

Recorded between shows in Dijon and Dunkerque during the bands 2023 tour, the live set (of track taken from ‘Pink Colour Surgery’) was recorded in one take at the legendary La Frette studios (Nick Cave, Arctic Monkeys), and once again stylishly produced by accomplice Daniel Fox (Gilla Band, Lambrini Girls, Sprints) and mastered by Jamie Hyland (CASKRÉ).

TRACK LISTING

01. All That Fall

02. Crash

03. Décors
04. Location.memory
05. Post-Post-
06. Smile, Imagerie

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the celebrated Talking Heads and Jonathan Demme’s concert film Stop Making Sense, the set will be re-released as a 2LP and 2CD/Blu-ray set this summer.

When it arrived in September 1984, Stop Making Sense was an artistic and commercial triumph. The film had people dancing in theatre aisles, and the soundtrack sold over two million copies. Just last year, the Library of Congress added Stop Making Sense to the National Film Registry in recognition of its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance. The inspiration for Stop Making Sense came when director Jonathan Demme saw Talking Heads perform during the band’s 1983 tour for Speaking in Tongues. Afterward, he approached them with the idea of making the show into a concert film. They agreed and worked together over the next few months to finalize the details. Ultimately, Demme filmed three shows at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983 to create Stop Making Sense.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Tracklisting:
A1 Psycho Killer
A2 Heaven
A3 Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
A4 Found A Job
A5 Slippery People
A6 Cities
B1 Burning Down The House
B2 Life During Wartime
B3 Making Flippy Floppy
B4 Swamp
C1 What A Day That Was
C2 This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
C3 Once In A Lifetime
C4 Big Business / I Zimbra
D1 Genius Of Love
D2 Girlfriend Is Better
D3 Take Me To The River
D4 Crosseyed And Painless

CD Tracklisting:
CD1
1 Psycho Killer
2 Heaven
3 Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
4 Found A Job
5 Slippery People
6 Cities
7 Burning Down The House
8 Life During Wartime
9 Making Flippy Floppy
10 Swamp
CD2
1 What A Day That Was
2 This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)
3 Once In A Lifetime
4 Big Business / I Zimbra
5 Genius Of Love
6 Girlfriend Is Better
7 Take Me To The River
8 Crosseyed And Painless

Blu-Ray - As Above

Naked is the eighth studio album by Talking Heads and was originally released in 1988. The album peaked at number three in the UK Albums Char and includes the singles “(Nothing But) Flowers” and “Blind”. Reissued for the first time since the original release.

Little Creatures is the sixth studio album by Talking Heads and was originally released in 1985. The album examines themes of Americana and incorporates elements of country music, with many songs featuring steel guitar. Little Creatures the classics “And She Was” and “Road To Nowhere”.

Talking Therapy Ensemble is the latest project from composer, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Emma-Jean Thackray, following 2021’s acclaimed debut album Yellow. Talking Therapy Ensemble are something between free-jazz madness and groove, somehow between composition and improvisation, and exist somewhere between the public and the private. Through the cathartic process of improvisation they find a release of stress and suffering - their talking therapy - inspired by the blues, crusty punk, the confessional poets of the 50s and 60s, and artists such as Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra Arkestra, Albert Ayler, and Irreversible Entanglements.

TRACK LISTING

A1 I Didn't Want To Wake Up Today
B1 Too Much / Too Little
B2 Panic
B3 Shh

The Goon Sax are James Harrison, Louis Forster and Riley Jones from Brisbane, Australia. Still in high school when they made their first album Up To Anything in 2016, their brand of awkwardly transcendent teenage guitar pop took earned them wide-spread critical acclaim.

For album number two, they flew to Melbourne to record with James Cecil and Cameron Bird, respectively former/current members of Architecture In Helsinki, and 'We're Not Talking' shows how much can change between the ages of 17 and 19. It's a record that takes the enthusiasms of youth and twists them into darker, more sophisticated shapes. Relationships are now laced with hesitation, remorse, misunderstanding and ultimately compassion.

Drummer Riley Jones really comes to the fore here, joining Louis and James in singing lead and writing songs for the first time, making the band the musical equivalent of an equilateral triangle (the strongest shape in physics).

Delivering brilliantly human and brutally honest vignettes of adolescent angst, The Goon Sax brim with personality, charm and heart-wrenching honesty. 'We’re Not Talking' is a record made by restless artists, defying expectations as if hardly noticing, and its complexity makes 'We're Not Talking' even more of a marvel.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: 'Up To Anything' was a revelation when it came in, brilliantly clever and melodic, but gritty and poetic at the same time. 'Were Not Talking' continues that legacy but with a bit more of a world-wise tilt, swapping out some of the major key melodies and psychedelic progressions for more solemn interludes, focused more on the nuances of songmanship than the youthful power of the debut. A brilliant progression from this Australian trio, and yet another reason why we'll continue to love The Goon Sax.

TRACK LISTING

1. Make Time 4 Love
2. Love Lost
3. She Knows
4. Losing Myself
5. Somewhere In Between
6. Strange Light
7. Sleep EZ
8. We Can't Win
9. A Few Times Too Many
10. Now You Pretend
11. Get Out
12. Til The End

Originating in New York City, Talking Heads drew inspiration from funk, rock, classical minimalism, and African rock to create one of the most individual and stimulating bands to emerge from New Wave. Lead by Byrne’s whimsical, esoteric lyrics and the bands intricately layered polyrhythmic textures, Talking Heads found international fame and went on to become ranked in Rolling Stone’s ‘100 Greatest Artists of All Time’ (2011).

Originally released in 1982, the double live LP ‘The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads’ features the original quartet in recordings from 1977 and 1979, with the second album consisting of their expanded 10 piece line up that toured with the band throughout 1980-81. The release includes the cult hits ‘Psycho Killer’, ‘Life During Wartime’ and ‘Take Me To The River’.

Formed in 1975, Talking Heads created some of the most adventurous, original, and danceable music to emerge from New Wave. Combining elements of punk rock, pop, funk, art rock, avant-garde and world music ensured the band created an individual signature sound allowing them to become one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s.

Released in 1978 ‘More Songs About Buildings and Food’ was Talking Heads’ second studio album and the first of three consecutive albums to be co-produced by Brian Eno. In 2003 it was ranked in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of greatest albums of all time. The photomosaic front cover of the album comprises of 529 close-up Polaroid photographs of the band created by artist Jimmy De Sana.

The innovative New Wave band Talking Heads formed in 1975 comprised of David Byrne (lead vocals and guitar), Chris Frantz (drums and backing vocals), Tina Weymouth (bass and backing vocals) and Jerry Harrison (keyboards, guitar, and backing vocals). Between their first album in 1977 and their last in 1988, Talking Heads became one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s, while managing to earn several pop hits.

Released in 1979 ‘Fear Of Music’ is the band’s third album. Produced by the quartet and Brian Eno it includes singles ‘Life During Wartime’, ‘I Zimbra’ and ‘Cities’.

180GM LP. Cut From Analogue Masters. Original Artwork. Embossed sleeve.

TRACK LISTING

I Zimbra 3:06
Mind 4:12
Paper 2:36
Cities 4:05
Life During Wartime 3:41
Memories Can't Wait 3:30
Air 3:33
Heaven 4:01
Animals 3:29
Electric Guitar 2:59
Drugs 5:13

Talking Heads first LP "77" introduced the New York band perfectly. A mish mash of art-punk-funk, with heavy doses of bubblegum and a splash of the Caribbean. 11 tracks which show off the bands varying influences, David Byrne's weird vocal delivery, and the constant tempo changes and twists in their style. You can hear hints of the moody side of their sound on tracks such as "New Feeling" and "Who Is It?", contrasting with the jolly funk of "Pulled Up" and "Uh Oh Love Has Come To Town" all of this is augmented by the albums standout "Psycho Killer", a brooding slice of paranoid punk that still sounds fresh today.

TRACK LISTING

Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town 2:48
New Feeling 3:09
Tentative Decisions 3:04
Happy Day 3:55
Who Is It ? 1:41
No Compassion 4:47
The Book I Read 4:06
Don't Worry About The Government 3:00
First Week / Last Week...Carefree 3:19
Psycho Killer 4:19
Pulled Up 4:29