Guardian Music — Rescuing qualities such as 'good playing' from critical hell, Dan Bejar's band serve up a feast of unironic 80s fetishismHometown: Vancouver.The lineup: Dan Bejar (vocals, instruments).The background: We got ticked off the other week when we trailed ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian profiles singer-songwriter Bill Callahan. At Time, Lev Grossman reviews David Foster Wallace's posthumous novel, The Pale King. On sale for $2.99 at Amazon MP3: Destroyer's Kaputt album. At the Daily Beast, author Junot Diaz shares his l... more info

Chicago Tribune — Don't try to figure out Dan Bejar's next move. That's part of the continuing appeal of Bejar's band, Destroyer, which has put out nine studio albums since the mid-'90s, each with its own character and sound. more info

KEXP Seattle — It was a packed house on Friday at The Crocodile as Destroyer, also known as Dan Bejar of the New Pornographers and his 8-piece orchestra, were in town, fresh off the release of their ninth studio album, Kaputt. Though Bejar is who put the SOLD OUT s... more info

Stereogum — Destroyer performed a mellow five-song set of old and new songs for Seattle radio station KEXP FM’s Audioasis: The Your Blues track “Certain Things You Ought To Know” gets the Kaputt soft-rock/jazz treatment (in retrospect, its easily reimagine... more info

Guardian Music — This Canadian artist's outer-limits pop is ethereal and electronic but always accessible – even at its most atonalHometown: Montreal.The lineup: Claire Boucher (vocals, music).The background: We were going to write about someone called Destroyer to... more info

Stereogum — Last night Dan Bejar & Co. did “Downtown” from Destroyer’s excellently deadpan ninth album Kaputt. It was Bejar’s network television debut and he wore leather. Cue the horns, etc. (Via The Audio Perv) Kaputt is out via Merge. more info

VH1 Blog — Hanson - Vh1.com Video It’s been almost fourteen years since “MMMBop” exploded into our national consciousness, an event that turned the three brothers who make up Hanson into teen idols overnight. Unlike so many other artists who experienced w... more info

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Bradley's Almanac — A little late, yes, but better than not at all - my annual list of scheduled (and rumored) 2011 albums and such that I'm looking forward to - or, in the case of the just-ended January, albums I'm possibly already enjoying. I've included official pro... more info