Destroyer superfan Tom and Destroyer neophyte Riley undergo an exhaustive chronological review of the discography of Destroyer, a criminally underrated band that has had many distinct sounds, none of which are even close to what is suggested by their name. Join us as we go album-by-album and hopefully I can convert some of you freaks into fans of this ridiculous band
Did Dat Dude Describe Destroyer? - Streethawk: A Seduction (feat. Branson Reese)
Branson Reese of Swan Boy and Rude Tales of Magic joins the Destroyer Describers for another insanely long piece of grade-A podcasting. We have made it to Streethawk: A Seduction, Destroyer's fourth album and the one that brought them into the indie rock mainstream. Spoilers but I think this one is an undeniable slam-dunk banger. The episode is great too!
Read Swan Boy at swanboy.com (https://swanboy.com)
Listen to Rude Tales of Magic at https://www.rudetalesofmagic.com/ (https://www.rudetalesofmagic.com/)
See Jez's graphic design visualization of Destroyer's Rubies here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7fvsl0jynjs097m9t10bk/destroyers-rubies.pdf?rlkey=hbho1wdoals8isrmeqbo4qh3n&e=1&dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7fvsl0jynjs097m9t10bk/destroyers-rubies.pdf?rlkey=hbho1wdoals8isrmeqbo4qh3n&e=1&dl=0)
JOHN COLLINS' DESTROYER RARITIES:
Superconductor - Hit Songs for Girls https://youtu.be/6fw-5iKIWKI (https://youtu.be/6fw-5iKIWKI)
Cover of Canned Hamm's "Karaoke Lady" by Destroyer https://youtu.be/cdUwwo9HpVw (https://youtu.be/cdUwwo9HpVw)
Cover of New Order's "Leave Me Alone" by Destroyer https://youtu.be/eR85bAxCX6M (https://youtu.be/eR85bAxCX6M)
WORKS CITED:
https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/5822-destroyer/ (https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/5822-destroyer/)
https://nowtoronto.com/music/discs-destroyer/ (https://nowtoronto.com/music/discs-destroyer/)
https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2010/09/16/dan-bejar-of-destroyer/ (https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2010/09/16/dan-bejar-of-destroyer/)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140330104813/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/destroyer/streethawk-a-seduction.htm (https://web.archive.org/web/20140330104813/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/destroyer/streethawk-a-seduction.htm)
https://cokemachineglow.com/records/destroyer-streethawk-2001/ (https://cokemachineglow.com/records/destroyer-streethawk-2001/)
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14141-city-of-daughters-thief-streethawk-a-seduction/ (https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14141-city-of-daughters-thief-streethawk-a-seduction/)
OTHER MUSIC CLIPPED:
Blue Monday by New Order
Disorder by Joy Division
Email us your questions at destroyerpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:destroyerpodcast@gmail.com)!
12 Oct 2026
Is Dat Destroyer Dude Dan Now Performing in New Pornographers? - Mass Romantic (feat. John Collins from Destroyer and the New Pornographers)
It's a momentous series of firsts: our first episode covering a non-Destroyer Dan Bejar project. Our first episode featuring a guest. Our first episode with a member of Destroyer. Wait, what--did I just say that our FIRST GUEST is a member of Destroyer?
Yes, somehow we got John Collins, bassist/producer of Destroyer and The New Pornographers to come on this show and discuss The NP's debut record Mass Romantic, a stunning and delightful album that rightfully caught fire across the continent and brought the Vancouver scene worldwide attention. This shit whips so hard and it was an unbelievable honor to hear John talk about it!! This episode is unreal, it is so good!!!
WORKS CITED:
https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/5818-the-new-pornographers/ (https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/5818-the-new-pornographers/)
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/new_pornographers-mass_hypnosis (https://exclaim.ca/music/article/new_pornographers-mass_hypnosis)
https://magnetmagazine.com/2017/03/22/magnet-classics-the-new-pornographers-mass-romantic/ (https://magnetmagazine.com/2017/03/22/magnet-classics-the-new-pornographers-mass-romantic/)
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/new_pornographers-mutual_appreciation_pop (https://exclaim.ca/music/article/new_pornographers-mutual_appreciation_pop)
21 Sept 2026
Did Dat Dude Describe Destroyer? - Thief
Destroyer's streak of exponential improvement album-by-album continues with their third record Thief, an album hailed as a masterpiece by such luminaries as Pitchfork, The New York Times, and Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle. Will da Destroyer describers agree? Or will they say it's dogshit? Or perhaps a more nuanced third option? Tune in to find out. Plus: a bunch more 3D printing talk, the final word re: is Mario a superhero, a discussion re: whether Dan Bejar knows how to fight, and the debut of the classic segment "Destroyer News."
Music clipped in this episode:
"I Wanna Destroy You" by The Soft Boys
"Twin Size Mattress" by The Front Bottoms
"Echo Power" by Points Gray
"All The Right Moves" and "A Room of One's Own" by Vancouver Nights
"Destroyer's the Temple" and "Loves of a Gnostic (Bandmix)" off Destroyer's 7" single "The Temple"
"Destroyer's the Temple" solo version by Destroyer from Blaine Thurier's film "Low Self Esteem Girl"
"Arrhythmia" by Loscil
"Behind the Beehive" by Zumpano
"Lausanne Part IIB" by Keith Jarrett
...and of course, all songs on Destroyer's Thief
31 Aug 2026
Did Dat Dude Describe Destroyer? - City of Daughters
We turn our eyes to City of Daughters, Destroyer's second album, and their first album to have real music on it and not funny prank music. It would really have been cool and smart of Dan to have had this be his debut. But we cannot change the past. Plus, we discuss Alternating Currents (a sick ass music festival in the Quad Cities), buying swords, getting into 3D printing, and answer your irrelevant questions!
You can send your own non-music-related questions to destroyerpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:destroyerpodcast@gmail.com) and we will answer them in a future episode!
14 Aug 2026
Did Dat Dude Describe Destroyer? - We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge
It's here: the first episode of Tom Harrison and Riley Hopkins' new podcast, DID DAT DUDE DESCRIBE DESTROYER?
On DDDDD, we exhaustively cover all 15 Destroyer LPs in chronological order! Destroyer is a rich and unique band with countless classic songs that has never gotten the love it deserves. This podcast will be a light in the dark, showing the world the greatness that is Destroyer and converting all of you to superfans. How fitting, then, that we start this podcast with their debut record, We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge, a collection of incompetent home demos that fucking suck ass. We all have to start somewhere folks.
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