Pages tagged “destroyer”

9 Reasons Why This Is The Year Of The Saxophone

9 Reasons Why This Is The Year Of The Saxophone

Some key events and figures have set up 2011 to be the year of the return of the saxophone and here are 9 of them.  read more

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15 Animated GIFs Taken at Pitchfork Music Festival

15 Animated GIFs Taken at Pitchfork Music Festival

See 15 moments in motion from last week's Pitchfork Music Festival.  read more

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Pitchfork Music Festival Day Two Recap

Pitchfork Music Festival Day Two Recap

Check out our coverage from day two at Pitchfork Music Festival, where Fleet Foxes, DJ Shadow, Twin Shadow and others performed in Chicago's Union Park.  read more

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Destroyer: Kaputt

Destroyer: <i>Kaputt</i>

Always a cagey artist, Dan Bejar sheds his skin seemingly with every song. He’s a chameleon who changes color to suit a background that only he sees, which means his latest, Kaputt, is a typical Destroyer album only in that it sounds so little like previous Destroyer albums.  read more

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Misra Records Relaunches, Releases 15 Free Tracks

Misra Records Relaunches, Releases 15 Free Tracks

Venerable indie-rock imprint Misra Records has announced that it is now under the management of Misra partner and Southeast Engine drummer Leo DeLuca. In honor of the relaunch, Misra is offering its Misra Legacy Compilation Volume I, featuring songs hand-picked by members of Deer Tick, Drive By Truckers, Deerhoof and more....  read more

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Destroyer Releases Tour Dates, Video

Destroyer Releases Tour Dates, Video

About a month ago, Paste caught up with Destroyer frontman Dan Bejar about his upcoming album Kaputt. As the record approaches its Jan. 25 release date via Merge Records, Destroyer has divulged some tour dates with The War on Drugs and a video for the album’s title track. Check out both below....  read more

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Tease the Devil: The 10 Most Metal Band Names For Non-Metal Bands

Tease the Devil: The 10 Most Metal Band Names For Non-Metal Bands

Scavenging our cultural tundra for ripping new metal bands to sink your fangs into, sometimes you bite into an overly tuneful, utterly unmoshable red herring.  read more

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Catching Up With... Destroyer

Catching Up With... Destroyer

Dan Bejar's a bit of a mystery...  read more

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Download Destroyer's "Chinatown"

Download Destroyer's "Chinatown"

Destroyer released its ninth full-length Kaputt on Merge Records today, Nov. 23. Here’s the full-tracklisting: 1. Chinatown 2. Blue Eyes 3. Savage Night at the Opera 4. Suicide Demo for Kara Walker 5. Poor in Love 6. Kaputt 7. Downtown 8. Song for America 9. Bay of Pigs (detail) 10. The Laziest River (20 minute bonus track – Vinyl only) Download the single “Chinatown” from the new effort here....  read more

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Heartland 2010 Photos Ft. Broken Social Scene, Destroyer, The Hidden Cameras

Heartland 2010 Photos Ft. Broken Social Scene, Destroyer, The Hidden Cameras

Photos by Charlotte Zoller  read more

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