Ariel Pink

"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).

that is one of his most perfect compositions, maybe even my favorite. it also sounds like a duet...I hear two voices.

http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/600/73.jpg

holy shit

he looks like ben foster

wait, why are you posting him on the ariel pink thread?

sooo is the live show good? thinking about seeing him when he plays with os mutantes next month.

live show is hit or miss due to tantrums but he was great when I saw him this time around

cool -- reunited os mutantes are supposed to be pretty solid live too, right?

lol. ha. http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/altreport/2010/10/ariel-pink-crushes-it-acl.html

it's the guy from Girls.

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.

both bands were great in Atlanta on Tuesday (Os Mutantes played a dope version of "Georgia On My Mind")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeGLqYIrvVQ&feature=player_embedded

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-lOm3iLLkU

the boy Pink's done it again. wonderfully bonkers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZdLTVT12k

i'm not sure about it tbh, listening to imitations of proggish wank isn't my idea of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS7eIs-J3tY
i saved 2 disk and must have watched that vdo a dozen times.