This weekend The New York Times published a fascinating article on David Byrne formerly of the Talking Heads and how he has, among other things, influenced a generation of Indie artists. The article is titled "Indie Rock’s Patron Saint Inspires a New Flock" and can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/arts/music/14herm.html?em&ex=1169010000&en=2ea1a2891757b3c0&ei=5087%0A  "P... [+]

This weekend The New York Times published a fascinating article on David Byrne formerly of the Talking Heads and how he has, among other things, influenced a generation of Indie artists. The article is titled "Indie Rock’s Patron Saint Inspires a New Flock" and can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/arts/music/14herm.html?em&ex=1169010000&en=2ea1a2891757b3c0&ei=5087%0A

"Perhaps more surprising is that while Mr. Byrne has been busy being a curator, sculpturing, drawing, mounting theatrical pieces about deposed foreign leaders and buying shoes, he has also become, without fanfare or Talking Heads reunion tours, perhaps the single greatest influence on the current generation of indie rockers. Four of the most hotly anticipated CDs of 2007 — by the Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, !!! and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah — are coming from bands that, each in its individual way, show a clear stylistic debt to Mr. Byrne and his old group."

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