The band, whose roots trace back to 1973 at the Rhode Island School of Design, fused the spirit of punk with intellectual rigor, creating an auditory experience unlike any other. What emerged from the founding trio—David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth, later joined by Jerry Harrison—was a layered, genre-bending sound that captivated and challenged audiences
Remi Wolf is the kind of artist you hear once and then go looking for. The Palo Alto singer-songwriter, who also plays drums, sat down with host Raina Douris at WXPN in Philadelphia on September 28, 2026, for a World Cafe session, alternating interview segments with live versions of “Bottle,” “Champagne,” “I Won’t Cry,” and “Twiggy.”
Their debut album Reading, Writing, Arithmetic (1990) remains a near-perfect encapsulation of that moment. The album arrived without bombast but instantly charmed critics and listeners alike with its poetic melancholy, pristine guitar work, and Wheeler’s spellbinding vocals
