Because this is the sort of thing we do, Matt Lemay and I have decided to rank our top 10 Destroyer songs. Without commentary, because we’ve been there before. Below are my picks. Here is where you can find Matt’s.
The Bad Arts (Streethawk: A Seduction, 2001)
Bay of Pigs (Bay of Pigs, 2009)
Beggars Might Ride (Streethawk: A Seduction, 2001)
Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Sea of Tears) (Streethawk: A Seduction, 2001)
Hey, Snow White (This Night, 2002)
Looters’ Follies (Destroyer’s Rubies, 2006)
New Ways of Living (Your Blues, 2004)
The State (Trouble in Dreams, 2008)
Suicide Demo For Kara Walker (Kaputt, 2011)
Your Blood (Destroyer’s Rubies, 2006)
(Photo by Josh Sisk)
“…it looks like I have a contender for new favorite band in the DMV.”
(Is it cool or lame that I know the image in the bottom right is Beck on the cover of Rolling Stone from 1997?)
This will be a good one. I can give an enthusiastic co-sign to Last Year’s Men, who released an excellent debut LP on Churchkey Records.
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See the buzz band of tomorrow, tomorrow.
Beers. Pizza. Rock-and-roll.
Heads up on a show The Cheniers will be playing in a few weeks. I think it’s a benefit to buy discmen for underprivileged children, or something. Not too clear. Should be fun!