Features
Thursday, February 3 2011
"The Hopelessness of the Future of Music": An Interview with Destroyer's Dan Bejar
"I don't need to create more distance between myself and the current musical climate -- I feel that distance pulsing in every creaking bone of my body, which makes the idea of Kaputt tapping into some sort of current zeitgeist absurd and touching."
Friday, December 18 2009
The Best Singles of 2009
PopMatters kicks off our annual two-week-long best music of the year feature with the 50 best singles of 2009, highlighted by a trio of American indie rock headliners.
Saturday, December 23 2006
Best Albums of 2006
At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 60 records of 2006.
Reviews
Tuesday, January 25 2011
Destroyer: Kaputt
Though Kaputt once again proves Bejar an adroit musical chameleon, there's a glass ceiling to this soft-rock sound.
Tuesday, December 7 2010
Destroyer: Archer on the Beach
Destroyer briefly resurfaces with a two-song EP that features ambient background music and some very meta lyrics. It may be the weirdest thing Dan Bejar has done so far.
Friday, June 6 2008
Destroyer
A Destroyer song can take off in any direction at any given time, often leaving its audience too bewildered to understand exactly what Bejar is getting at. This device, however, seems to work in his favor.
Wednesday, March 26 2008
Destroyer: Trouble in Dreams
Fans of majestic melodies and abstract lyrical narratives, rejoice! Destroyer’s Dan Bejar continues to tread the thin line between the nonsensical and profound.
Tuesday, March 15 2005
Destroyer: Notorious Lightning & Other Works EP
Dan Bejar teams with Frog Eyes to bring some rock to the synth-based songs from last year's Your Blues.
