I don’t have the patience or time to regulate overused cliches explaining why this is my favorite album of the moment. Words don’t fairly express the sentiment revealed to me via Destroyer’s masterwork of musical sensuality, Kaputt.

WHY I CARE: When I listen to this album, it makes me feel l like I’m walking through the East Village on a cool spring night in 1982, cigarette in hand on my way home from the club. The album’s love affair with minimalist latent disco and the early 80′s has given it a permanent place on my listening agenda. Hopefully this note and the accompanying songs will encourage you to invite Dan Bejar (who is also a member of The New Pornographers) and his songs a place to hang in your own galaxy.

FOR THE RECORD: There is unlikely to be a better lyric penned this year than “Wasting your days chasing some girls alright, chasing cocaine through the backrooms of the world all night.”

In particular, I love this video for the title track –

Destroyer – Kaputt
Destroyer – Chinatown

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DESTROYER, THE WAR ON DRUGS – 2011 TOUR DATES
Mar 17 Vancouver BC – The Commodore Ballroom
Mar 18 Seattle WA – The Crocodile
Mar 19 Portland OR – Doug Fir Lounge
Mar 21 San Francisco CA – Great American Music Hall
Mar 22 Los Angeles CA – Troubadour
Mar 23 Tucson AZ – Club Congress
Mar 25 Austin TX – The Mohawk
Mar 26 Dallas TX – The Loft
Mar 27 Little Rock AR – Sticky Fingers Chicken Shack
Mar 28 St Louis MO – The Luminary Center for the Arts
Mar 29 Chicago IL – Lincoln Hall
Mar 30 Pontiac MI – The Pike Room at the Crofoot
Mar 31 Toronto ON – Lee’s Palace
Apr 01 Montreal QC – La Cabaret du Mile End
Apr 02 Cambridge MA – Middle East Downstairs
Apr 03 New York NY – Webster Hall
Apr 04 Philadelphia PA – First Unitarian Church
Apr 05 Washington DC – Black Cat
Apr 06 Asheville NC – Grey Eagle
Apr 07 Carrboro NC – Cat’s Cradle
Apr 08 Atlanta GA – The Earl
Apr 09 Nashville TN – Mercy Lounge
Apr 11 Madison WI – High Noon Saloon
Apr 12 Minneapolis MN – Cedar Cultural Centre
Apr 13 Winnipeg MB – West End Cultural Center
Apr 15 Edmonton AB – Starlite Room
Apr 16 Calgary AB – #1 Royal Canadian Legion

I’m not going to lie to anyone: this update is being written by someone who has always felt Sade could do no wrong. Being a fan of Sade’s sultry voice and soul-searching music for many, many years, I’ve listened to this single, “Solider of Love” from her forthcoming album of the same title and… I’m not really ready to make comment on this one just yet. It’s definitely a Sade track. That’s the most I can say myself right now. What do you think of it?

For three years now, we’ve watched as Beach House has gone from humble, subtly hypnotic Baltimore slack-key-core twosome to a fully realized and accomplished recording act. With the forthcoming release of Teen Dream on their new home label of Sub Pop, the team of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally will have completed a transformation that has allowed them to take on a new sense of direction in the music and in their lives.

Check out this track, “Norway”, from the forthcoming album & head over to Sub Pop for further details on the band and their new record.

Beach House – Norway

[Beach House at Sub Pop]