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Here at Duck and Cover we love love love Destroyer and Dan Bejar, and all those crazy Canadian bands and side projects. Goodness, to tell the truth, sometimes we have serious trouble keeping track of who is in Wolf Parade, or Frog Eyes, or the Handsome Furs, or who's shooting a Porno, or Hustling, or Broken down or whatever.

We just know that we love them.

We especially love Dan Bejar and his tres brilliant solo work as Destroyer. I, for the longest time, have told Jamie (nay, beaten Jamie over the head) that 2006's Destroyer's Rubies is one of the hands down best records ever (UPDATE: Jamie says, "It's true. I hated Destroyer first time around, but have grown to like the band, although I hesitate to use the word 'love'"). That's right. Ever. The lush instrumentation and sixities pop sounds always made me think that this is what it would have sounded like if Globe of Frogs era Robyn Hitchcock had written a rock opera with the Beatles. How would such a thing sound, you ask? Fucking brilliant, that's how. And it does. And it is.

Anyway, Danny Boy is releasing a new record (Trouble in Dreams March 18, via Merge), soon (but not soon enough) and he is hitting the road for said record in May.

The dates, via Pitchfork, are as follows:

03-14 Austin, TX - The Parish (SXSW)
04-16 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
04-17 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
04-18 Detroit, MI - Pike Room
04-19 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
04-20 Montreal, Quebec - Club Lambi
04-22 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
04-23 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-24 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar
04-25 Washington, DC - The Black Cat
04-26 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
04-27 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
04-28 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
04-29 Nashville, TN - The Mercy Lounge
04-30 St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill Duck Room
05-01 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
05-02 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
05-03 Denver, CO - The Walnut Room
05-13 Edmonton, Alberta - Starlight
05-14 Calgary, Alberta - #1 Royal Canadian Legion Hall
05-16 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
05-18 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room
05-19 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
05-20 San Diego, CA - Casbah
05-21 San Francisco, CA - Independent
Perhaps here there may be a Seattle date? Please? We. Love. You?
05-23 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
05-31 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Commodore

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