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Among the brilliant first four Talking Heads albums, More Songs About Buildings and Food has always been a dark horse candidate for the all-around greatest. Released 47 years ago this month, it sounds more electable now than ever. With its lean muscularity, panic-attack propulsion, weird ambiance, highwire anxiety, paranoid prescience …

Massive Attack have announced an alliance for musicians who are facing “intimidations from within” the music industry over their support of Palestine and Gaza. The band shared a statement on Instagram saying they hope help protect other artists from the “organized censorship” many have experienced after speaking out. “The scenes …

Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black, Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and the Hamilton original cast album were among the 25 sound recordings that were entered into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry on Wednesday. Tracy Chapman’s 1988 self-titled LP, Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, Mary J. Blige’s My Life, …

Brian Eno released his surprise new album, Aurum, Thursday exclusively on Apple Music, with the LP making use of the service’s spatial-audio technology. To coincide with Aurum’s arrival, the ambient-music pioneer also sat down with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe for an expansive video interview to discuss the 80-minute album, his …

The acclaimed and innovative documentary about the incomparable Brian Eno — a theatrical experience where no two screenings were the same — is finally coming to home audiences with a similarly one-of-a-kind twist: A 24-hour livestreaming event. Dubbed 24 Hours of Eno and presented by Film First and director Gary …

On Nov. 18 and 19, the heads of state of the Group of 20 nations will convene in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for their 19th annual summit. Issues on the agenda for the international leaders include climate change, social inclusion, and government reform. In this exclusive op-ed, Brian Eno — …

Robyn Hitchcock, the prolific British singer-songwriter and frontman of the Soft Boys, is releasing a new memoir that focuses on an instrumental year in his life, 1967. 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left, out Friday via Akashic Books, finds Hitchcock reminiscing about the Summer of Love-defining …

There were red flowerpot hats on each of the seats. The “Energy Domes,” as they used to call them, were Devo‘s headgear of choice during the early 1980s, back when the band went from extremely bizarre, unclassifiable group to extremely bizarre, slightly more classifiable (postpunk, New Wave, geek rock) group …

You can never step in the same river twice. And, unless you are blessed with an infinite amount of patience, time, and mortality, you can never see the same version of the Sundance documentary Eno twice. This is by design. Brian Eno — former Roxy Music member, legendary recording producer, …