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Dispatches From the Nomad Musician Alex Zhang Hungtai

2628 days ago
New York TimesYou may know him as Dirty Beaches. Or Last Lizard. Or the guy from “Twin Peaks.” more info

Trouble – “Snake Eyes”

2727 days ago
StereogumTrouble is a trio made up of Dirty Beaches' Alex Zhang Hungtai, David Lynch's son Riley Lynch, and Lynch music supervisor Dean Hurley. They appeared on last night's episode of Twin Peaks performing in the show's Roadhouse, and they recorded the track... more info

'Genderless provocateur' Bernardino Femminielli touring w/ Silver Apples, playing M For Montreal (listen)

2942 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan"Bernardinio Femminielli is an artist. He works in media including music, performance, poetry and film under the guise of a hyper-sexual, genderless provocateur. His work and character are a synthesis of mysticism, danger and pleasure; a detached cro... more info

Stream Alex Zhang Hungtai Knave Of Hearts

3006 days ago
StereogumThough it was sad to see Dirty Beaches dissolve a couple years back, Alex Zhang Hungtai continued to make beautiful music under his government name and the moniker Last Lizard. Today he shares an intimate collection entitled Knave Of Hearts, which co... more info

No Joy – “Moon In My Mouth”

3503 days ago
StereogumMontreal shoegazers No Joy have fleshed out quite a bit as a band since Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd founded the doom-dreamy duo. On their third full-length More Faithful, they’re joined by drummer Garland Hastings and bassist Michael Farsky... more info

Dity Beaches – “Time Washes Everything Away” Video

3637 days ago
StereogumThe Montreal-based musician Alex Zhang Hungtai has stopped releasing music under his Dirty Beaches moniker; he’s moved on to calling himself Last Lizard. But before he retired the Dirty Beaches name, he used it for one final record, an instrumental... more info

Last Lizard (Dirty Beaches’ Alex Zhang Hungtai) – “Dickie’s Theme” & “Detroit (Excerpt)”

3658 days ago
StereogumThe Taiwan-born, Montreal-based musician Alex Zhang Hungtai spent years releasing murky, enigmatic, retro-leaning music under his Dirty Beaches alias, but he announced last month that he was done making music under that name. He also promised “NEW ... more info

This Week's Interesting Music Releases - November 11, 2014

3664 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyCult of Youth's Final Days is one of my favorite albums of the year. Antony and the Johnsons' live album Turning and Dirty Beaches' Stateless are also highly recommended. Pink Floyd released their final studio album, The Endless River.... more info

WWTB, Nov. 4th: Dirty Beaches - Stateless (Amazon/iTunes) Run...

3670 days ago
Tuneage WWTB, Nov. 4th: Dirty Beaches - Stateless (Amazon/iTunes) Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (Amazon/iTunes) Ryan Hemsworth - Alone for the First Time (Amazon/iTunes) Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita (Amazon/iTunes) Les Sins - Michael (Amazon/iTunes) W... more info

Dirty Beaches Break Up

3678 days ago
StereogumWhen a band is really just one guy, it doesn’t make much sense to say that the band is breaking up. But Dirty Beaches are no more. Alex Zhang Hungtai, from Montreal, has been making murky, sinister music under that name since about 2005, though he ... more info

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