Badgeholders and wristband-wearers, take note of this one. On Friday the 18th, VICE Magazine will celebrate the launch of their online music and video channel noisey.com, with an official showcase at the Kiss and Fly. The lineup will go some way toward making you feel better about dropping several hundred dollars on a badge or wristband. Rest assured - it's a bonanza of awesome. more ›

A funny thing happened to Ariel Pink this year. The man legally named Ariel Rosenberg went from an artist with a slightly small yet devoted following to being on the tip of every critic's tongue and in the hearts of indie kids everywhere. This could be due, in part, to the recent explosion of bedroom pop as the style de jour of the last few years. Pink was one of the early pioneers of the genre, releasing a constant stream of singles and albums that utilized the lo-fi, one person aesthetic. more ›

In a recent Los Angeles Times profile, Ariel Pink describes his music as "pure retro...I see it as preserving something that has died. Something's that going extinct. And just saying 'no!'" It's a quote that says as much about the 70s and 80s pastiche of Pink's sound as it does about his steadfast adherence to making exactly the kind of music he wants to make, popularity or timeliness be damned. The L.A.-based artist - who is either the godfather of modern lo-fi recording, a demented weirdo, or both, depending on who you ask - has been making music since 1996 under various guises, holed up in his bedroom recording and re-recording hundreds of songs to cassette tape and CD-R, playing all the instruments himself and producing drum beats with his mouth, beatbox style. more ›

Also out today are Ratatat's LP4 and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Before Today, both of which will be listened to at tonight's listening party, happening at Whetstone Audio. And oh crap, there's a new Teenage Fanclub record too! more ›

Big to-dos on the new release front! As you may already be anticipating, artists of rock and assorted other genres are jockeying to make their records your soundtrack for the summer of 2010. more ›

Oddball L.A. musician Ariel Pink is once again bringing along his Haunted Graffiti band for a night of warped pop tunes at The Mohawk. more ›

The emergence of Ariel Pink as a musical cult figure, mostly thanks to the release of The Doldrums on the Animal Collective’s record imprint, Paw Tracks, has fostered debate and curious wonder from fans and foes alike. His most severe detractors bemoan the inconsistency of his releases, and the very, very primitive recording ethos that informs them - but they’d be lying to deny the catchiness and strength behind some of Pink’s best tracks. more ›

Tony from LAist letting you know that you have a hell of a town here. Not only did we get to see Slash last night in an amazingly intimate setting, but we also ran into some Oxfam kids who were spreading the good news while everyone was getting plastered. Now that's sacrifice. Below are some LA bands that we think you might like if you wanna check out what the West Coast has to... more ›

FRIDAY [3] [music] Ariel Pink, Belong, Weird Weeds and Ralph White at Emo's (Inside) (link) [music] What Made Milwaukee Famous, Deathray Davis, AUX at Emo's (Outside) (link) [music] Slightly Stoopid, The Expendables and Bedouin Soundclash at Stubb's (link) [music] Bucketheard and Kid Beyond at La Zona Rosa (link) [music] Dirty Hearts at End of an Ear (Free, 6pm) (link) [DJ] Whee!Explode! By Learning Secrets and DJ Ian Orth at The Peacock (10pm-2am) (link) [fashion] ATX... more ›