Concert Review: Destroyer and Andre Ethier at the Record Bar, 5/2/08

Destroyer, with Andre Ethier

Better Than: Hawaiian Punch spiked with the adrenal gland secretions of a gypsy dwarf.

By JASON HARPER

If you could Google Andre Ethier‘s voice, the results might include a bee-bearded man, a river otter, a dire wolf, a monte cristo sandwich , an antique samovar, and a field guide to surviving winter in the boreal forest. If that’s too impressionistic for you, well, think Bob Dylan’s delivery with Van Morrison’s force with Joe Cocker’s spaniel. OK, clearly I’m a bit hungover. But the dude’s got an amazing, soulful, rich voice, and trying to describe it in words is an injustice. Fuck the human eye — Andre Ethier’s singing voice is evidence of intelligent design.