Jonathan Lethem - Talking Heads' Fear of Music (Book) Minnie Riperton and technically pleasing albums of

and technically pleasing albums of their bountiful relationship (not to mention his best-selling to date)

De La Soul & Gruff Rhys– Superfast Jellyfish Gorillaz & Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon)– Empire Ants Gorillaz & Mark E

engrossing rock songs that continue in the vein of arguably Built To Spill's best album

all of which were named as singles of the week by Rough Trade

Hans-Joachium Roedelius and Dieter Moebius

Jonathan Lethem - Talking Heads' Fear of Music (Book) Minnie Riperton and technically pleasing albums ofIt's the summer of 1979. A 15 year old boy listens to WNEW on the radio in his bedroom in Brooklyn. A monotone voice (it's the singer's) announces into dead air in between songs "Talking Heads have a new album, it's called Fear of Music" and everything spins outward from that one moment. Jonathan Lethem treats Fear of Music (the third album by Talking Heads) as a masterpiece edgy, paranoid, funky, addictive, rhythmic, repetitive, spooky and fun. He