{"id":15945,"date":"2018-05-14T09:47:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T16:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15945"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:47:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:47:33","slug":"new-music-revue-david-byrne-shows-his-genius-once-again-on-american-utopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2018\/05\/14\/new-music-revue-david-byrne-shows-his-genius-once-again-on-american-utopia\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>New Music Revue<\/em>: David Byrne shows his genius once again on <em>American Utopia<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/American-Utopia-David-Byrne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15947 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/American-Utopia-David-Byrne-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/American-Utopia-David-Byrne-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/American-Utopia-David-Byrne-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/American-Utopia-David-Byrne-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/American-Utopia-David-Byrne-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/American-Utopia-David-Byrne-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/American-Utopia-David-Byrne-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/American-Utopia-David-Byrne.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">David Byrne<br \/>\n<\/span><i><span lang=\"EN\">American Utopia<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN\">(Warner Music Canada)<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">4.5\/5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">There is no point in using comparative words\u2014David Byrne is in a class of his own. His latest release, <i>American Utopia<\/i>,\u00a0<i><\/i>showcases everything that has made Byrne a lasting success. Whether it was as frontman with the Talking Heads, working solo, or in collaboration with artists like Brian Eno or St. Vincent, Byrne has always found a way to remain relevant. Defying time and genre, the 66-year-old covers all emotions in his music, and it\u2019s always expertly articulated, both musically and poetically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><i><span lang=\"EN\">American Utopia\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN\">has moments of nostalgia, with an \u201980s feel, but, as always, Byrne brings new sounds, which are shocking for the first spin. An odd choice for lead track, \u201cI Dance Like This,\u201d is mildly off-putting as it pairs melodic piano and wonderfully crooned storytelling with dirty electronic hell. Then \u201cGasoline and Dirty Sheets\u201d brings a taste of the past, and it\u2019s impossible not to dance as Byrne reminds us of just how good the Talking Heads really were.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span lang=\"EN\">Is it better to burn out or fade away? If you ask David Byrne, he would probably say \u201cneither.\u201d At 65, his voice remains impeccable, his sound is still fresh, and <i>American Utopia<\/i>\u2014his 11th solo album\u2014is a work of art that moves the feet of four generations. The man is a genius.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Byrne American Utopia (Warner Music Canada) 4.5\/5 There is no point in using comparative words\u2014David Byrne is in a class of his own. His latest release, American Utopia,\u00a0showcases everything that has made Byrne a lasting success. Whether it was as frontman with the Talking Heads, working solo, or in collaboration with artists like Brian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15945"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15951,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15945\/revisions\/15951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}