Obscure Sound — California-based artist Ace Landauer describes new single “Deathwise” as “a song about finding reasons to feel down.” Reflecting on people whose tendency toward melancholy proves self-destructive, and the quest to move away from these tendenc... more info

Obscure Sound — The new track from Ultra Contra, “Walk The Terminal” captivates in its lush yet emotional soundscape, meshing dream-pop and shoegaze. The Pacific Northwest-based artist reveals a heady sound, swelling from dreamy introspection to elements of guit... more info

Stereogum — This week we ran our 2010s In Review features, and thank god that's over! We put a ton of work into it, only narrowly avoiding a mutiny. It's been fun reading your lists in the comments -- will have to check out this Kaputt guy. Anyway, while our lis... more info

Stereogum — Four years after the great album Kaputt, Dan Bejar is back with another album of mysterious, eloquent music that doesn’t seem to belong to any genre ever invented by man or rock critic. Musically, the new Poison Season splits the difference between... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Destroyer's new album, Poison Season, will be out August 28 via Merge. Where 2012's Kaputt was a unified front, sonically -- all neon-lit, rain-soaked streets, new romantic vibes and fire escape sax -- this one has many... more info

Stereogum — It’s gotta be tough to follow up a straight-up masterpiece like Destroyer’s 2011’s album Kaputt, but with the badass Springsteen-esque rocker “Dream Lover,” Dan Bejar made a strong case that he’s up to the challenge. Now he’s further ce... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Fabiola Carranza Destroyer hasn't released a full length since 2011's excellent Kaputt, but he's finally ready to do that this year. He'll release Poison Season, a double album, on August 28 via Merge in the... more info

Stereogum — It’s been four years since the release of Destroyer’s magnificent Kaputt, which is quite possibly the best album of his long career. Since the release of 2013’s Five Spanish Songs cover EP, Dan Bejar has kept relatively quiet, but he’s back t... more info

kata rokkar... — So as probably very few of you know, Destroyer created not only my favorite album of 2011 but one of my most obsessed about records of all time. There's something simplistic and meaningful about Kaputt that drew me in like no other album I've listene... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Destroyer at Webster Hall in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Destroyer did a fair amount of touring last year in support of Kaputt, which was one of our favorite albums of the year. After playing Coachella this April, he'll kick... more info