Talking Heads: Next Steps

Talking Heads: Next Steps

New York's brainy art rockers ran the musical gamut, from punk simplicity to African polyrhythms, and they were often untouchable in their profundity and grace. Yet many of their songs fell through the cracks as they went from the avant-garde to the Top 40. This playlist fills the gaps between the hits and traces the group's rise from disruptive New Wavers to dancefloor modernists.

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