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
Oren LaVie
The Opposite Side of the Sea
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band
Take Me to the Land of Hell
Rustic Overtones
Light at the End
Assembly of Dust
The Honest Hour
The Black Crowes
Warpaint
DUM DUM GIRLS
End of Daze
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