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  Ariel Pink's 'Polygamist Fantasy': Behind His 'Only In My Dreams' Video

  August 24, 2012 – In our new in-depth profile of Ariel Pink, the much-mythologized singer-songwriter spoke candidly of his eight-year relationship with fellow L.A. musician Geneva Jacuzzi and the difficult months following its end. …
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  Ariel Pink: In Praise of Guilty Genius

  August 21, 2012 – At the foot of the ladder to his attic, Ariel Pink is finally still. Someone has entered his Los Angeles apartment unannounced, a slammed door sending shivers through the cabinets in the hallway where we're standing. "Who could that be?" he says softly, his face illuminated only by the loose, half-lit ceiling lamp jangling above us. In shuffles Emily, a friend in need of help. We exhale. …
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  Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, 'Mature Themes' (4AD)

  August 20, 2012 – Pop's wiggliest freaks are always its hungriest. Brian Wilson implored you to eat all your vegetables; Paul McCartney whipped up a confection called a Monkberry Moon Delight; Ween wanted a pork roll egg and cheese; Frank Zappa burned weenie sandwiches, made lumpy gravy, sang about jelly roll gum drops, and warned you about eating the yellow snow. …
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  Lindstrom Gets Remixed by Ariel Pink, Oneohtrix Point Never

  August 10, 2012 – Next week, Smalltown Supersound unleashes the second single off Lindstrøm's third LP, Six Cups of Rebel, released back in February. The Norwegian producer has tossed out some curveballs before — this year, he and Prins Thomas reworked Roxy Music's "Avalon," and he gave Todd Rundgren free reign to poke and prog his own "Quiet Place to Live" — but the new EP is wild even by Lindstrøm's elliptical standards. …
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  Get Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti's Eerily Poppy 'Only In My Dreams'

  July 9, 2012 – "Only In My Dreams" from the forthcoming Mature Themes by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti is a frothy confection of ringing guitar, lush background harmonies, and sugary, sock-hop melody. But beguiling as it is, lyrics like, "Dream a little dream about a girl so real / When she don't call no more / Don't give up" carve a sinister edge into all the gooey major-key chime and coo. …
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  Ariel Pink Announce 'Mature Themes' LP With Mysterious Cover Song

  June 7, 2012 – Chances are the average music fan hasn't heard of Donnie and Joe Emerson. Here's what we know about them: In 1979, two brothers put out a record called Give Me the Chance with this hilariously '70s cover art. …
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  Ariel Pink's 'Retro-Licious' LP: Inside Haunted Graffiti's Sessions

  May 10, 2012 –  …
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  Watch Ariel Pink Rock 'Late Night' in Drag

  January 20, 2011 – For more than a decade, Ariel Pink has been making awesome, lo-fi outsider music, including deranged pop with his band Haunted Graffiti on albums like last year's breakthrough Before Today and 2006's overlooked House Arrest. …
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• Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, 'Before Today' (4AD)

  June 8, 2010 – With a label upgrade and real studio time, one might expect the fragrant four-track smog to lift from the sound of Los Angeleno Ariel Pink. But Before Today still sounds like it was dubbed to cassette and left on the dash of a 1983 Datsun for an entire summer. …
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