Nov
1
2017
David Byrne Presents: One Year Later
By David Byrne
| Song | Artist | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Asido | Purity Ring | Amazon |
| Cold Little Heart | Michael Kiwanuka | Amazon |
| Desperately | Sam Dew | Amazon |
| Doma | Zola Jesus | Amazon |
| I Give You Power (feat. Mavis Staples) | Arcade Fire | Amazon |
| If You're Here | Cornelius | Amazon |
| New York [Explicit] | St. Vincent | Amazon |
| Only God Knows (feat. Leight Congregational Choir) | Young Fathers | Amazon |
| Piel | Arca | Amazon |
| Pleasure | Feist | Amazon |
| Provider | Frank Ocean | Amazon |
| Complicity | Arto Lindsay | Amazon |
| All This Time | Jonathan Coulton | Amazon |
| Anoche | Arca | Amazon |
| Bike Dream | Rostam | Amazon |
| Each To Each | Arto Lindsay | Amazon |
| Enigma | Jlin | Amazon |
| Everything Now | Arcade Fire | Amazon |
| Exhumed | Zola Jesus | Amazon |
| In Cold Blood [Explicit] | alt-J | Amazon |
| LOW | Young Fathers | Amazon |
| Slip Away | Perfume Genius | Amazon |
| Sober [Explicit] | Lorde | Amazon |
| I Promise | Radiohead | Amazon |
| Keep The devil Off | Big K.R.I.T. | Amazon |
| Die Young | Sylvan Esso | Amazon |
| Just Like Love | Perfume Genius | Amazon |
| Oatmeal | Sudan Archives | Amazon |
| Radio [Explicit] | Sylvan Esso | Amazon |
| GET UP | Young Fathers | Amazon |
| Kick Jump Twist | Sylvan Esso | Amazon |
| Liability | Lorde | Amazon |
| Los Ageless | St. Vincent | Amazon |
| Reincarnation | Sam Dew | Amazon |
| Just A Girl | MHYSA | Amazon |
| Last Year | alt-J | Amazon |
| Seu Pai | Arto Lindsay | Amazon |
| Coraje | Arca | Amazon |
| Nest | Young Fathers | Amazon |
| Pleader | alt-J | Amazon |
| Snoopies [Explicit] | De La Soul feat. David Byrne - and the Anonymous Nobody | Amazon |
| Up All Night | Beck | Amazon |
| Unpair | Arto Lindsay | Amazon |
| Dreams [Explicit] | Beck | Amazon |
| Drawn | De La Soul feat. Little Dragon - and the Anonymous Nobody | Amazon |
| Miel | Arca | Amazon |
| We Don't Deserve Love | Arcade Fire | Amazon |
| Sober II (Melodrama) | Lorde | Amazon |
| The Pure and the Damned (feat. Iggy Pop) | Oneohtrix Point Never | Amazon |
One Year Later
The presidential election in the U.S. was a year ago. These are some of the pop songs I’ve been listening to in recent months as this strange anniversary approaches. These are artists who for the most part are working in the world and format of contemporary popular music but are often pushing at the boundaries of what that means. Some of them are pushing quite hard, trying to rewrite the rules. Others more or less accept the rules and accept the challenge of working within those restrictions.
I listen to this music while I’m cooking, which I do occasionally—slicing and chopping goes well with music. I also listen when I’m commuting to work down the west side Hudson River Park on my bike (I’ve been working all October on a theater workshop on Governors Island—it might be a year or so before more news). There’s no traffic on the bike path, so I feel pretty safe listening and even singing along on the ride back uptown.
Back to the election—something tells me some of this music relates to how these artists are feeling in the world these days. The tone can be hopeful, yearning and is often a source of solace.
David Byrne NYC
Nov
1
2017
David Byrne Presents: One Year Later
By David Byrne
| Song | Artist | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Asido | Purity Ring | Amazon |
| Cold Little Heart | Michael Kiwanuka | Amazon |
| Desperately | Sam Dew | Amazon |
| Doma | Zola Jesus | Amazon |
| I Give You Power (feat. Mavis Staples) | Arcade Fire | Amazon |
| If You're Here | Cornelius | Amazon |
| New York [Explicit] | St. Vincent | Amazon |
| Only God Knows (feat. Leight Congregational Choir) | Young Fathers | Amazon |
| Piel | Arca | Amazon |
| Pleasure | Feist | Amazon |
| Provider | Frank Ocean | Amazon |
| Complicity | Arto Lindsay | Amazon |
| All This Time | Jonathan Coulton | Amazon |
| Anoche | Arca | Amazon |
| Bike Dream | Rostam | Amazon |
| Each To Each | Arto Lindsay | Amazon |
| Enigma | Jlin | Amazon |
| Everything Now | Arcade Fire | Amazon |
| Exhumed | Zola Jesus | Amazon |
| In Cold Blood [Explicit] | alt-J | Amazon |
| LOW | Young Fathers | Amazon |
| Slip Away | Perfume Genius | Amazon |
| Sober [Explicit] | Lorde | Amazon |
| I Promise | Radiohead | Amazon |
| Keep The devil Off | Big K.R.I.T. | Amazon |
| Die Young | Sylvan Esso | Amazon |
| Just Like Love | Perfume Genius | Amazon |
| Oatmeal | Sudan Archives | Amazon |
| Radio [Explicit] | Sylvan Esso | Amazon |
| GET UP | Young Fathers | Amazon |
| Kick Jump Twist | Sylvan Esso | Amazon |
| Liability | Lorde | Amazon |
| Los Ageless | St. Vincent | Amazon |
| Reincarnation | Sam Dew | Amazon |
| Just A Girl | MHYSA | Amazon |
| Last Year | alt-J | Amazon |
| Seu Pai | Arto Lindsay | Amazon |
| Coraje | Arca | Amazon |
| Nest | Young Fathers | Amazon |
| Pleader | alt-J | Amazon |
| Snoopies [Explicit] | De La Soul feat. David Byrne - and the Anonymous Nobody | Amazon |
| Up All Night | Beck | Amazon |
| Unpair | Arto Lindsay | Amazon |
| Dreams [Explicit] | Beck | Amazon |
| Drawn | De La Soul feat. Little Dragon - and the Anonymous Nobody | Amazon |
| Miel | Arca | Amazon |
| We Don't Deserve Love | Arcade Fire | Amazon |
| Sober II (Melodrama) | Lorde | Amazon |
| The Pure and the Damned (feat. Iggy Pop) | Oneohtrix Point Never | Amazon |