Cloudspeakers

Dan Bejar has dabbled in electronics before. Your Blues, from 2004, was strewn with MIDI experiments, stripped-down arrangements harshly interrupted by canned strings, and horns straight out of an ... Read more

De rolverdeling binnen de geniale indieband New Pornographers is wel duidelijk. Carl Newman verzorgt die heerlijke melodielijnen, de slimme koortjes en knappe bruggetjes. Dat hij daarbij het popgeh... Read more

Dan Behar’s is a frail and small voice lacking in classical strength, but powerful enough given its singular passion and vision - like Luke Haines, but without the checked aggression. Employing spa... Read more

Je kent het ongetwijfeld: de groeiplaat. De eerste keer dat je ze oplegt, klinkt ze als vluchtige eenheidsworst, haastig in elkaar gedraaide smeerspeculaas of -- erger nog, want pijnlijk voor de or... Read more

Like Neko Case, his bandmate in the New Pornographers, Destroyer's Dan Bejar has a solo career that's gone from sideshow to headliner. His latest seals the deal. Bejar's affection for early-Seventi... Read more

The Destroyer record Trouble In Dreams is kind of weird. Admittedly, I listened to this album hopped up on cold and allergy medicine, so my perception of Daniel Bejar's perplexing lyrics was comple... Read more

Best lullig: heb je al acht verdienstelijke albums uitgebracht, gaat een recensent je negende album toch vooral met dat van Bowie aan het begin van de zeventiger jaren vergelijken. Dat was althans ... Read more

With every album he has made in his long and successful career, Dan Bejar has such a distinctive sound to call his own. Whether it’s his unique voice, his loosely-constructed songs, his diverse use... Read more

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Trouble in Dreams is a rad party to which actual people aren't invited, because its point is to lure muses (at least seven are named) out of Dan Bejar's imagination and into his bedroom: "A chorus ... Read more