Ariel Pink

Last Night: Gang Gang Dance and Ariel Pink at the Independent

FolkYeah brings fall fun to Big Sur

(((folkYEAH!))) brings Cluster up the coast

New Girls Video

Last Night: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti at Bottom of the Hill

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Cryptacize, The Passionistas March 17, 2009Bottom of the HillReview By Nicholas GitomerBetter than: Getting pinched for not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day. When it comes to Ariel Pink, or more properly, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, it seems some people hate his ... More >>

Ariel Pink craves a label to call home

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Cryptacize, The Passionistas March 17, 2009Bottom of the HillReview By Nicholas GitomerBetter than: Getting pinched for not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day. When it comes to Ariel Pink, or more properly, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, it seems some people hate his ... More >>

2008 Music Awards Nominees

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Cryptacize, The Passionistas March 17, 2009Bottom of the HillReview By Nicholas GitomerBetter than: Getting pinched for not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day. When it comes to Ariel Pink, or more properly, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, it seems some people hate his ... More >>

Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival shrinks but may still deliver

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Cryptacize, The Passionistas March 17, 2009Bottom of the HillReview By Nicholas GitomerBetter than: Getting pinched for not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day. When it comes to Ariel Pink, or more properly, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, it seems some people hate his ... More >>

Underground Conspiracies

Mission Creek Music Festival is a must-hear

French Kicks

Ed Banger keeps Paris churning

Erratic behavior makes the heart grow fonder

Ed Banger keeps Paris churning

Bang your head on the Mall

Ed Banger keeps Paris churning

BeatBox

Greg Davis and Signer bring tweaked beats to the Hemlock; All-star DJs show up for "Get Selected!," an SF DJ competition

Summer's Best Lineup in Big Sur: Woods, Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink, More

Josh WildmanGang Gang Dance likes treesI've been to lots of great (((folkYEAH!))) events over the years, but this one--just announced--for Saturday, August 29 is pretty much the sweetest lineup they've had yet. For one night the indie promoter is teaming with Kemado Records to host "In the Pines," f ... More >>

The Outside Lands alternative: In the Pines

Josh WildmanGang Gang Dance likes treesI've been to lots of great (((folkYEAH!))) events over the years, but this one--just announced--for Saturday, August 29 is pretty much the sweetest lineup they've had yet. For one night the indie promoter is teaming with Kemado Records to host "In the Pines," f ... More >>

Girls hook fans with addictive debut of hazy hits

Josh WildmanGang Gang Dance likes treesI've been to lots of great (((folkYEAH!))) events over the years, but this one--just announced--for Saturday, August 29 is pretty much the sweetest lineup they've had yet. For one night the indie promoter is teaming with Kemado Records to host "In the Pines," f ... More >>

Tim Cohen's possessed psych

Josh WildmanGang Gang Dance likes treesI've been to lots of great (((folkYEAH!))) events over the years, but this one--just announced--for Saturday, August 29 is pretty much the sweetest lineup they've had yet. For one night the indie promoter is teaming with Kemado Records to host "In the Pines," f ... More >>

Neon Indian’s warm, retro glow

Josh WildmanGang Gang Dance likes treesI've been to lots of great (((folkYEAH!))) events over the years, but this one--just announced--for Saturday, August 29 is pretty much the sweetest lineup they've had yet. For one night the indie promoter is teaming with Kemado Records to host "In the Pines," f ... More >>

What To Do? Thursday's Pick: Neon Indian

​Neon Indian @ Rickshaw Stop Mapping out a universe of spongy synth leads and canned beats, Texas tinkerer Alan Palomo has managed an offbeat triumph in Psychic Chasms, the debut of Neon Indian, his one-man project. The album, which features such casually sung gems as "Terminally Chill" and "Ephem ... More >>

Track of the Day: New Ariel Pink in the Round

​Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti returns with another 5-songs-within-one new single. The tune, "Round and Round" could be titled for the vocal harmonies the Graffiti crew brings, their voices lifted in rounds on airy synth melodies. This is vintage Ariel Pink, with an AM radio pop softness undercut ... More >>

Sugar & Gold Talk Favorite Music, Touring Horrors, and Their Trippy 'Salty Seraphim' Video

​ Since before 2007, Sugar & Gold has remained one of my all-time favorite bands in San Francisco. Not only does the funky quintet know how to write and perform amazing dance grooves and unforgettable pop hooks, but within everything they do lies an inherent sense of fun and devil-may-care att ... More >>

Pink Inside

Ariel Pink isn't afraid to share the details.

This Week: Ariel Pink's Rent Bill, Paul McCartney's Guitar Player, and Mob Figaz' Spiritual Side

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti​In the print section this week, Dan Weiss finds out why Ariel Pink is happy to discuss his personal finances but not his personal life, and discovers the dude has a penchant for saying too much. Meanwhile, David MacFadden-Elliott talks to longtime Paul McCartney Band ... More >>

Dominant Legs: Show Preview

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti​In the print section this week, Dan Weiss finds out why Ariel Pink is happy to discuss his personal finances but not his personal life, and discovers the dude has a penchant for saying too much. Meanwhile, David MacFadden-Elliott talks to longtime Paul McCartney Band ... More >>

Hear This While High: 'Hollow Futures,' By Gary War

StrainReview.comLike a little Super Silver Haze with your Gary War?​Listen to this while high: "Hollow Futures" by Gary War, off 14tracks.com's Sacred Bones imprint. Behind the buzz: New Yorker Gary War is a sometime Ariel Pink collaborator whose new LP bears the self-explanatory title Reality P ... More >>

Pitchfork's Best Albums List: What It Got Right and What It Got Wrong in 10 Sentences, Pt. II

​Yesterday, we offered our own take on Pitchfork's list of the best albums of 2010 -- or at least the parts of it that had been revealed so far. Today, with the web site's top 20 albums made public, we offer 10 more sentences of agreement, disagreement, and generally glib mischief. Our own list of ... More >>

Saturday at Noise Pop: How To Dress Well Depresses a Cafe Du Nord Crowd in the Best of Ways

How to Dress Well at Cafe Du Nord Saturday night.​How To Dress Well Dominant Legs Shlohmo Chelsea Wolfe February 26, 2011 @ Cafe Du Nord Better than: That super-emo playlist you made after a bad break-up. Unlike many of the other acts at this year's Noise Pop festival, How To Dress Well, a.k.a. ... More >>

The Recording Academy Vows To Change the Grammys' Boring Ways

The Recording Academy​Remember when Steve Stoute took out that full-page ad in the New York Times after the Grammys a couple of weeks ago? Well the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences was listening, as it's issued a public statement, co-signed by Stoute, promising to change its bo ... More >>

Meet R. Stevie Moore, the Original Bedroom-Pop Savant

The Recording Academy​Remember when Steve Stoute took out that full-page ad in the New York Times after the Grammys a couple of weeks ago? Well the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences was listening, as it's issued a public statement, co-signed by Stoute, promising to change its bo ... More >>