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
Los Lobos
The Ride
Ultraviolet Hippopatomus
Songs For The Reaper
NEW YORK DOLLS
DANCING BACKWARD IN HIGH HEELS
CLEAN AS DIRT
They Will Remember Me
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
Sound of Silver
LYDIA LOVELESS
Indestructible Machine
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