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 self-conscious
"outsider" pop postures. But he also has his adherents. Personally, I used to think
he was awful--but then the hooks to his perfect pop tune "Helen"
latched on to me.
Going into this sh
The Fiery Furnaces, Cryptacize, Dent May
Slim's
Nov 21, 2009
Better Than: The dance party in your living room.
Perhaps it was the youth factor of an all-ages show, but I can't think of the last time I've seen so many genuinely happy people all in one place, and actually dancing no less, than at Friday's Fiery Furnaces show. At the tail end of the US tour for last summer's release The End Is Near, the band -brother and sister team Eleanor and Matt Friedburger, joined by tour drummer Bob D'A