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
LOW
Drums and Guns
BEN HARPER AND THE RELENTLESS SEVEN
Live From the Montreal International Jazz Festival
THE REAL LAZY GENIUS
Dreamy
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
The Age of the Understatement
GLASSER
Interiors
MARK DEPREE
Like a River
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