Ariel Pink

Butthouse Blondies and Little Wig finally made an impression. They work well together as one big epic imo.

ARIEL PINK WITH ADDED PIZZAZZ (mp3 of first song on there)
http://www.freedopeandfuckinginthestreets.com/add.html

As predicted, MGMT's oddball album isn't exactly tearing up the charts-- it currently sits at number 166 on Billboard's Top 200, three spots behind Ariel Pink's Before Today. Weird times.

Yeah, but it was released two months ago. It debuted at #2.

'fright night' is my fave so far

are his old albums getting reissued on vinyl by paw tracks? anyone know?

listened to the new one driving around today. its fucking tremendous.

this

also, why arent his albums available on cassette? i think that would be perfect.

I was in the process of taking music off my hard-drive today because I'm formatting it and I just discovered Ariel Pink with 'Worn Copy'. I like what I hear so far

I think this is one of his weakest albums and it will undoubtedly be the one for which he's most renowned.

Round and round sounds like it was probably awesome when he made it on his tape deck. Then he went in the studio and had to really deliberately do all the non-sequiteur production as though it was spontaneous.

I admired Ariel Pink precisely because he DIDN'T re-record his ideas. I hope the rest of the originals make their way onto subsequent cdrs l. Compare the old 'beverly kills' to this one and you'll hear why.

I think I'm inclined to agree with Public Radio. I think a lot of the appeal behind Ariel was his highly idiosyncratic spontenaity (jesus how do I spell that again?), which you really can't quite replicate in a studio with a full band. Still, it's a nice collection of songs and I'm glad people like it.

I definitely agree with PublicRadio. "Worn Copy" is way much better, funny and exciting.

ive only heard 'the doldrums' before and despite the odd gem ('strange fires'), i found the constant murkiness a bit trying. i enjoy this one a lot more tbh.

i dig what he was trying to do on that record but found myself trying to like it more than i actually did.

yeah, i'm with michael b. i dig the worn (but perversely spontaneous) quality of the older recordings, but I LOVE finally hearing the songs set free of those constraints. cuz they're really, really good songs, and they reward the care & attention.

totally agree w/that-- i love 'the doldrums' and don't mind its murky sonics and appreciate the tossed-off accidental magic of much of it, but he's too talented of a songwriter to have all of his musical ideas forever submerged in the lofi. he's got so many songs such "as every night i die at miyagis" or "alisa" that are just pure pop brilliance (the genuine article; i'm not just idly spitting cliche here) such that they deserve to see the light of day with fuller production, arrangements, etc.

i think Worn Copy - probably his best record - could be even better with a hi-fi production like Before Today.

The pre 'Before Today' stuff works much better in a iPod shuffle situation I.e the odd track every now and then that makes you go WTF rather than listening to the whole album which begins to grate sonically after awhile...new album gets better with each listen though...

"I think this is one of his weakest albums and it will undoubtedly be the one for which he's most renowned.

Round and round sounds like it was probably awesome when he made it on his tape deck. Then he went in the studio and had to really deliberately do all the non-sequiteur production as though it was spontaneous."

this is the kneejerk reaction id expect to have. but the album is too good (and still retains all his ariel-isms, and reveals a load more) to really qualify for that kind of criticism. hearing him without all the murk and muck just makes you realise that theres plenty there to still retain the more mysterious qualities of his old material without shrouding it in tons of hiss.

hes kinda rare in that he translates perfectly to both lo fi and hi fi. and if you dont like the latter, luckily theres a ton of songs in the old style to listen to.

this mix he did is pretty great. a bunch of outsider pop that sounds like what he's doing. lots of worldy stuff.
http://www.factmag.com/2010/05/24/fact-mix-152-ariel-pinks-haunted-graffiti/

that ariel mix is rad. here's another one he did that is just as good. so many gems i havent heard before.
http://www.thetripwire.com/listen/2010/05/17/hear-ariel-pink-on-viva-radio/

any reports on his live show ?

found this live session in HIGH QUALITY sound and its great. if they sound half as good tonight, ill be happy.

http://www.4ad.com/sessions/

i'm seein' him tonight too :D
last time i saw him w/live band it was A+
live "in studio" thing that was on pitchfork was also A+

nuts! didn't realize he was playing tonight. i'm gonna be djing in berkeley :(

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any reports on his live show ?

― oscar, Saturday, July 10, 2010 5:24 AM (15 hours ago) Bookmark

I saw Haunted Graffiti last night at the Echoplex. I've seen Ariel play a few times, including one famous one at Tonic a half dozen years ago where he melted down completely with equipment problems and even R. Stevie Moore's presence wasn't enough to save the night. Now it's completely controlled, his band is made up of one dude from that Beachwood Sparks/Farmer Dave/Further crew and one dude from White Magic, and they play through the mumbles and hiccups and Ariel doesn't play guitar live anymore.

It was sold out, which is crazy for such a huge place as the Echoplex, and most of the people it seems had just discovered Pink. It was a very young crowd, which doesn't surprise me a lot, because he has a very young person sound (lo-fi), but weird nonetheless when you've been following a guy's career for 10 years.

People were leaving in droves tonight.

^yeah WEIRD crowd vibe. loved "hardcore pops are fun". show was way unhinged. he was acting so fucked before/during the first song, i was half predicting a meltdown of some kind.

unhinged comparably to other ariel pink shows? or unhinged comparably to, say, a national show. because honestly, it's wayyyyyyy less unhinged now. i'd say it's downright hinged.

enjoyed him at atp last year - i think this was in the first wave of playing tightened up with a band and so on - kind of wish i'd had some idea what he was like before that, for comparison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMxSYzEuws

for instance

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!

by "unhinged" i guess i just mean more aggressive/dangerous sounding.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

My buddy plays in his band.

My buddy once touched Neve Campbell.

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

Yeah I was there last night too. Pretty entertaining. He knew to save the best for last with "For Kate I Wait."

I thought his live show this tour was great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DolFdXt2_z4

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.

Why aren't there more videos like "Mistaken Wedding?"

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.

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).