As noted when covering Ariel Pink live @ Irving Plaza this past summer, Californians Piper and Skylar Kaplan, aka Pearl Harbor, changed their name to Puro Instinct. Under the new moniker, the sisters…   Read Story »

Wayne Coyne used his iPhone to shoot this performance video for Ariel Pink's Before Today staple "Round And Round." It has less nudity than your standard Coyne's coyne production, but Flaming Lips…   Read Story »

This past weekend L.A. hosted the heavily (and according to various reports, perhaps overly) attended Fuck Yeah Festival. Great lineup, though apparently not the most easily navigated festival…   Read Story »

Killer glam at Irving Saturday night: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (with R. Stevie Moore cameo), the new Mexican Summer signees Puro Instinct (FKA Pearl Harbor), and Magic Kids, who'll be playing on…   Read Story »

This Nicolas Amato-directed clip for the psych pop collagist's "Round And Round" b-side appeared online briefly last month only to be yanked before we could post it. Part traditional Jewish wedding,…   Read Story »

Dallas mutant jazz crew Added Pizzazz did the honors on Before Today's sax-y "Hot Body Rub." As we mentioned when posting "In The Heat Of The Night," they teamed with Ariel Pink for the five-song…   Read Story »

Ariel Pink is backed by his new band, Added Pizzazz for this new EP. Lead track "In The Heat Of The Night" is another unexpected twist to Pink's sound. Here his band's backing saxophone and trumpet,…   Read Story »

Ariel Pink's Before Today is an enjoyable collage of vintage pop psychedelia best enjoyed with all its stitches in place. If you haven't listened from start to stop, you might've at least caught lead…   Read Story »

Ariel Pink brought the slithering, uncomfortable "Menopause Man" to a Guardian UK live session. It's a different vibe from first Before Today single "Round and Round": "Rape me / castrate me / make…   Read Story »

Before Ariel Rosenberg (decidedly Pink in these photos by Ryan Muir) and his Haunted Graffiti took Mercury Lounge's sweltering stage last night, an AP vet set expectations for a newcomer lured to the…   Read Story »