yeah i mean unhinged compared to 2 years ago when he had a slightly different lineup. certainly less so than his one man shows, of course!
― hobbes, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
by "unhinged" i guess i just mean more aggressive/dangerous sounding.
― hobbes, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
This was my first time seeing him so I have nothing to compare it with, but everyone I was with thought it was a fiasco, and they'll all fans.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Monday, 12 July 2010 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
they're, rather
http://www.lifelounge.com/music/video/ariel-pink%27s-haunted-graffiti-%27bright-lit-blue-skies%27.aspx
This was linked to on my Twitter feed. You have to love these "scene" writers that automatically assume an album by someone they've never heard before must be the debut.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 12 July 2010 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought the band was good but was not into ariel's theatrics at all. his vocals frankly sucked. i would never see him again.
― oscar, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah me neither. love the albums but as a performer, hes a bit frustrating. even with a good band, i dont think he really puts them to great use cos hes the one leading them, and he just likes to fuck around!
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 11:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Some would considering this latest album his 'debut' because it is pretty much his first official proper studio album on a big label.
Some would considering you should be set on fire
― Psychic... Octopus... Another Mertesac (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 12:25 (thirteen years ago) link
he said in an interview that people wants him to perform and thats why he does it, and he likes recording much better.wasnt the exact words but that was the main idea.
― Zeno, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 13:22 (thirteen years ago) link
My buddy plays in his band.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
My buddy once touched Neve Campbell.
― gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
saw 'em last night, good show
one of the openers, puro instinct, was pretty great: http://vimeo.com/12987214 the recorded stuff doesn't do justice to their live sound
― OK (LOLK), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I was there last night too. Pretty entertaining. He knew to save the best for last with "For Kate I Wait."
― stingy, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought his live show this tour was great
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DolFdXt2_z4
― billstevejim, Thursday, 22 July 2010 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm stoked that Haunted Graffiti will be in my town this fall, chagrined I'll have to buy a ticket for the Flaming Lips to see them, though.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 22 July 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Why aren't there more videos like "Mistaken Wedding?"
― billstevejim, Friday, 23 July 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
From the "FF" album there's a song called "One More Time" sung by what sounds like 12-year-old Ariel Pink.. This is def my new favorite of his.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
totally i love that song! is that some random 12 year old singing or is it him or what? in either case it sure sounds like it was written by a 12 year old. if it's really something he made when he was a kid, it's funny to think how his recording techniques basically haven't changed at all (up til the new one at least).
― dynamicinterface, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 04:01 (thirteen years ago) link
that is one of his most perfect compositions, maybe even my favorite. it also sounds like a duet...I hear two voices.
― 2+2 is 4 (Spinspin Sugah), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/600/73.jpg
holy shit
― jaxon, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
he looks like ben foster
― jaxon, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
wait, why are you posting him on the ariel pink thread?
― mizzell, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
sooo is the live show good? thinking about seeing him when he plays with os mutantes next month.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
live show is hit or miss due to tantrums but he was great when I saw him this time around
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
cool -- reunited os mutantes are supposed to be pretty solid live too, right?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
lol. ha. http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/altreport/2010/10/ariel-pink-crushes-it-acl.html
it's the guy from Girls.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
all white people look alike to me
Ariel Pink killed it tonight in NYC; he smartly stuck with songs that translated well live (no Grey Sunset or uber snythy stuff). Os Mutantes were amazing.
― Spectrum, Sunday, 14 November 2010 05:41 (thirteen years ago) link
both bands were great in Atlanta on Tuesday (Os Mutantes played a dope version of "Georgia On My Mind")
― (ಠ▃ಠ)o ((cloud)) (crüt), Sunday, 14 November 2010 05:42 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeGLqYIrvVQ&feature=player_embedded
― prior, Saturday, 29 January 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
That is my favorite one! I have tears! He's absolutely right, that IS a hard song to pull off and they did it flawlessly. I kept waiting for a mistake or something awkward, but no.
― Call on me (Spinspin Sugah), Saturday, 19 March 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-lOm3iLLkU
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 06:00 (twelve years ago) link
the boy Pink's done it again. wonderfully bonkers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZdLTVT12k
― Michael B, Friday, 30 September 2011 09:56 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not sure about it tbh, listening to imitations of proggish wank isn't my idea of fun.
― historyyy (prettylikealaindelon), Friday, 30 September 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS7eIs-J3tYi saved 2 disk and must have watched that vdo a dozen times.
― Sébastien, Monday, 10 October 2011 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WpnMVwng0ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cdt3taIaZE&feature=related
Syd Barrett?
― nostormo, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
lol doesn't he melt down at like every show whatev
― river, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
The "Round and Round" video I made and posted in this thread has 135k views now, jeez.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
i think blue oyster cult invented ariel pink with this song, particularly the chorus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTNqyJXTako
― Mississippi Butt Hurt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 20 April 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
lovely tune
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Friday, 20 April 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
So I saw him for the first time last night opening for Pulp and that was...bemusing. I mean, I totally get what he's doing but that was definitely not his crowd (and he knew it, which is what made the canned applause that they played after every song more hilarious, especially when they started fucking around with reverb).
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Friends at the SF Pulp show really loathed Ariel. He was a hit with the Flaming Lips crowd.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
what about a new album?(i mean a proper album, not the esoteric shit he made with Stevie Moore)
― nostormo, Friday, 20 April 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Listening to it now. It's not bad, but it's too hi-fi so he neems too naked on the record. Maybe we could get our hands on some demo versions of these new albums.
― 3×5, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
The last two comments back-to-back are pretty funny.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
This new stuff is great. I love his backup band on these studio records!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 10 August 2012 01:19 (eleven years ago) link
It's very stripped down arrangements and effects. It's alot more subtle than the older ones. It's not really as fun as the old ones, but they are cool songs.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 10 August 2012 01:31 (eleven years ago) link
I think the new album is musically pretty weak. With the last album, he compensated for the lack of lo-fi gauziness by writing good songs and having a punchy band, but this is a slick and lifeless studio record with half-arsed songs.The main problem though is the awful lyrics. All that moronic creepy bullshit he came out with in the Wire interview about beta male revenge runs through the album and the results are not pleasant. He seems to think he's being transgressive, engaging in acts of genderfucking, but he's just sleazy and wrongheaded. Transphobic lines about 'shemales' hardly help either.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Friday, 10 August 2012 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah....i may have to listen to it again later. I kind of phased out after song 3 or 4 and got distracted w something else. On first listen definitely not as cool as "Before Today".
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 10 August 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link