Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)

I didn't realize Bejar stans were so territorial.

"I suspect it’s the best and most recommendable thing Bejar’s done."

Get a clue, Nitsuh. It's a great record but just because you're jumping on the bandwagon 10 years too late doesn't mean you can proclaim the above bullsh*t.
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BY SALEEN on 01/24/2011 at 10:23 pm

― an0n (diamonddave85), Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:58 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

Hey, I've been listening to Bejar for a decade, and I also wrote in my review that it's arguably his best album too. Give him benefit of the doubt here.

in his review he talks abt how this is the first bejar album hes listened to

He did say he "suspected" so I don't see what the problem is.

in his review he talks abt how this is the first bejar album hes listened to

― just sayin, Thursday, February 17, 2011 2:13 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

Ok never mind. Haven't read the article since he first published it.

the other night in my dream, they rereleased this album, but with William Shatner doing all the vocals

wld probably still be listenable

in his review he talks abt how this is the first bejar album hes listened to

no no, it isn't! and i didn't review it without going back and listening to the others again, either. i'm just getting worse and worse at communicating clearly. i'd heard bejar plenty, just never really delved into the stuff until last year or so.

get a clue nitsuh

woops! i read that review when it was first published, and shld have re-read it before writing my comment. you communicated fine! it was just my memory

I've finally gotten around to hearing this, & think it's really great---a creative & worthwhile post, I know, but I doubt I'd have checked this out without ILM, since Rubies never sunk in for me & I'd ignored him since, & so I figured I'd chime in positively on this thread before it goes kaputt again.

Bejar is making his tv debut on Jimmy Fallon on the 22nd. should be interesting!

Thanks for those who mentioned Blue Nile _Hats_. I'm definitely going to check that out now.

good performance. for some reason i had imagined the musicians he worked with to be older, like old studio hacks. went skiing yesterday & slept 15 hours last night & the song (downtown) hit me a lot harder than it ever has before

kinda disappointed he didn't piggyback ride fallon

http://stereogum.com/645022/watch-destroyers-tv-debut-on-fallon/video/

a friend of mine once suggested that if you used certain parts of the Internet to gauge what was deplorable to humanity, you would come up with a list that ran (1) genocide, (2) rape, (3) liking things other people can guess that you like, and (4) murder. This person also guessed that I would like the band Destroyer.

is this an ilxor?

here's a vid of the fallon performance http://blip.tv/file/4802315/ !!!

is it different than the one I just posted?

um no actually. was too excited to read the thread back.

these are exciting times

indeed they are!

I like how Bejar seems sorta nervous at first but then gets into it as he goes
and the way it basically turns into smooth-jazz freakout at the end

yeah really looking forward to the show in dc w/ the war on drugs opening.

Hm
Saying that it's his "Best Album", when it is such a remarkable stylistic shift
May make the faithful claim that such a statement would negate the other gems in the crown
But that's not really the case, is it?

i really don't think this album is *that* radical a shift for bejar. i think he's ultimately like leonard cohen, where his own persona dominates, no matter what musical setting you put him in.

xp nope, it was like opening pandora's box for me. pretty good marketing innit

Two bass players in that performance! One on either side of the drums.

i didn't really like the tv performance.

it sucks--he's not good live, i fear (saw them live once)

the music on this album should exist only on this album and never be reproduced ever

yer nuts, horn shit was awesome imo

bejar painfully shy afterwards, was kind of endearing

i saw dan b when frog eyes backed him on the your blues tour. great show. he bowed after every song . . . rarely seen someone so appreciative of his audience

I like how Bejar seems sorta nervous at first

he is crazy uncomfortable onstage and often gets drunk to fight it. when he plays w/ New Pornographers usually comes out to sing carrying a pint.

i didn't really like the tv performance.

I'm the total opposite, wasn't really thinking of going to Webster Hall in April but now I'm gonna see if there's still tickets. My wife can heckle (still hates this record).

Haha, yeah last time I saw the New Pornos and Dan was there he was absolutely tanked. I couldn't believe that they played, and he made it through, "A Testament To Youth In Verse" and "Chump Change."

ecch I really dislike 'rubies', not sure about 'your blues'. What are the good new pornos songs w/ bejar?

all of them, but particularly "ballad of a comeback kid," "myriad harbor," "broken beads," both "jackies," yeah, all of them

wasn't really thinking of going to Webster Hall in April but now I'm gonna see if there's still tickets. My wife can heckle (still hates this record).

I saw him on the rubies tour and didn't really think I'd ever need to see him again... but I'm reconsidering now. my wife makes sardonic pet shop boys comparisons whenever I put on kaputt.

That's funny, I can't listen to it without thinking of Neil Tennant.

ime he is charming & extremely likeable not partic uncomfortable live and i saw him doing a solo acoustic show?

Laziest River is amazing! I've never liked destroyer but this record is something else. definitely not just a bonus song.

everyone seems to think he's totally tanked during NPs shows, but I think this is just sort of an act? at least to some extent. maybe i'm wrong.

Ken Jennings is a fan:

Favorite record: man that is tough. I'm listening to the new Destroyer record as I type this. When the laws are changed I want to marry Dan Bejar.

!!!!

I don't know why this makes me so happy

haha

but what about Watson

more of a Kraftwerk fan maybe

that's so awesome

Think Watson's jam is "Popcorn."

When KJ was in the midst of his run, I couldn't stand him. Now, I kinda love him.

Oy. Sold out for March 31 in Toronto. I don’t think he sold out even on the night of last time through (in the same venue).

about the googleganger

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2011/03/21/110321ta_talk_sanneh