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
COLDPLAY
Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
MAYER HAWTHORNE
A Strange Arrangement
THE BROKEN WEST
Now or Heaven
Carrie Rodriguez
Seven Angles On A Bicycle
Virginia Coalition
Home This Year
The Black Crowes
Warpaint
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