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Blame it on Samberg!<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve made a pledge for 2011 to listen to and comment on more NEW MUSIC. It’s important to listen to NEW MUSIC and see if any of it’s good, if any of it makes me want to continue to seek out more NEW MUSIC. Right? Without further ado, here are some very quick hits, to see if I can’t kickstart a year of NEW MUSIC reviews!<\/p>\n

Destroyer, “Kaputt”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Destroyer, the band led by New Pornographer Dan Bejar<\/strong>, has a new album out called Kaputt<\/em>. It’s getting a lot of feature reviews, all of which focus on synths, sax, and\u2014one potential saving grace\u2014late-period Roxy Music<\/strong>. I like Roxy Music enough to have dug their later period almost as much as their middle period (but not half as much as their first 3 albums). I associate Bejar’s typical sound as being “Bowie-esque,” so that should be close enough to make a venture into late-period Roxy Music gelatinous funk-lite worth checking out. Let’s see… Here’s the title track from Destroyer’s latest.<\/p>