Overview
Remember cassette tapes? Well Ariel Pink does, because since he began writing music at age ten he’s recorded over 500 songs on hundreds of them. They featured drum sounds created with his mouth and armpits, and a few of them were sold at Aron’s Records before Melrose Avenue went all hip, and in his spare time Pink focused on his semi-abstract grotesque surrealist drawings.
That was before Pink was "discovered" by Animal Collective and got majorly famous, but even his first studio album sounds like it was discovered on Venice Beach inside an abandoned tape player jammed up with bits of sand. Gritty, ghostly and nostalgic, Before Today just has the added bonus of bizarre instrumentals thanks to the rest of the guys who form Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti.
On Friday they’ll be joined by fellow Los Angeles bedroom producer Geneva Jacuzzi, known for her crazy performances and lyrics about things like blood being thrown on to fire. If you thought witnessing an armpit drum would be rather impressive, this is one live show you won’t want to miss.
Information
When
Fri, Mar 2, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
8:00pm
Where
Oxford Art Factory38-46 Oxford Street
Darlinghurst