2006-02-07
A collection of shrewd pop music. Equal parts cynicism, disdain, hope and humor; self referential, self-mocking, sagacious and coy.Bejar’s Dylanesque flare for biting and sardonic wit and his nods to the glam and bombastic folk approaches of early Tyrannosaurus Rex and Bowie recordings have clearly distanced “Destroyer” from the more straightforward pop of his “other” band, “The New Pornographers.” -P
NO PLAY 1,3,5,6,7
David Ford
Songs For The Road
Nick Lowe
Jesus of Cool (reissue)
MATT TEN CLAY & THE HOWLERS
Very Much Alive
LENIN/MCCARTHY
Art
Citizen Cope
The Clarence Greenwood Recordings
CLUTCHY HOPKINS
The Storyteller
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