Consequence of Sound — A tale of the ex-Talking Head's transformation from jittery loner to modern spiritual guide. more info

Consequence of Sound — Pearl Jam, Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, Gorillaz, Nine Inch Nails, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Queens of the Stone Age, The Killers, David Byrne, and Noel Gallagher are just some of the names playing the Belgium festival this summer. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Grizzly Bear / Spoon, Nick Cave, Eric B & Rakim, Robert Plant/Sherlyn Crow, Nick Cave, Lily Allen, Ted Leo, Tricky, Deerhunter, Hot Snakes, YOB/Bell Witch, and more. Continue reading… more info

JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlights new albums by David Byrne, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Roosevelt Collier, Of Montreal, Paige Clem and Jimi Hendrix. more info

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)The would-be Roland Barthes of the five boroughs continues his puckish, lifelong interrogation of contemporary culture. As ever, his focus is the banal stuff of everyday yuppiedom – money, cars, tourism, shopping – and there i... more info

USA Today Music — The former Talking Heads frontman's new album American Utopia comes out Friday and features all male collaborators.             more info

New York Times — His new album, “American Utopia,” portrays “the state of the country: who we are, who we hope to be, all this kind of thing.” more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Band of Horses, Childish Gambino, Jessie Ware, Prophets of Rage, HALFNOISE, Twin Shadow, Craig Wedren, The Men, Richard Lloyd, Kimya Dawson and more NYC-area shows on sale. Continue reading… more info

New York Post — On Monday, David Byrne apologized for not working with any women on his new album “American Utopia.” When promoting his new album on Thursday, the former Talking Heads frontman thanked his collaborators — all of whom were male on Instagram, acc... more info

Stereogum — One Tuesday morning, just a little under 10 years ago, my wife and I learned that she was pregnant. I didn't know what the fuck to do with this information. I couldn't process it. It didn't seem real. For a longer-than-probably-appropriate time, I co... more info