Guardian Music — Fans of Ariel Pink will love this hypnagogic hipster's murky blend of garage rock, synth-pop, shoegaze and psychedeliaHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Gary War (vocals, synths).The background: We know this is starting with the pay-off, but if you like ... more info

Guardian Music — Man of mystery Kindness is back with another piece of dislocated discoA few weeks ago a select number of journalists (30, to be precise) received a 12in vinyl record, the cover of which depicted an androgynous-looking person sporting a denim jacket a... more info

Impose Magazine — Last we heard from Lushlife was the Cassette City tape in '09. He was playing rap classics on acoustic guitar and sampling Ariel Pink. Das Racist was earning critical kudos for a song that profoundly criticized American consumerism, while no one ... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Florence + The Machine - 'Shake It Out' Florence’s thought police are allowing us to call ‘Shake It Out’ a single. We had to call the first single from ‘Ceremonials’, the lugubrious ‘What The Water Gave Me’, a ‘teaser’ track, despit... more info

Stereogum — A decade ago, as the saga of September 11 was unfolding, Ariel Pink got to work on a gigantic multi-part lo-fi trash-pop song called “Witchhunt Suite For WWIII.” He first included it on the tour-only Yas Dudette CD-R in 2007. And yesterday, Pink ... more info

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Stereogum — Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti have lately been playing some West Coast shows with New Jersey lo-fi O.G. R. Stevie Moore, and now Pink and Moore have joined forces to record a slice of warped, queasy pop called “Dutch Me.” Listen below. (via Ter... more info

Guardian Music — This former art history student specialises in murky disco full of reverb, delay and enigmatically ethereal vocalsHometown: Tallinn, Estonia.The lineup: Maria Juur (vocals, music).The background: Maria Juur, alias Maria Minerva, is a post-Pink record... more info

Impose Magazine — Here's the two quintessential bedroom pop aristocrats of their respective generations goof-balling some soap operatic call and response over a gasping casio beat that plods through some pretty indulgent territory. With these two in the same room,... more info

Impose Magazine — We're sad to say that Silk Flowers is no longer an active band, and that their last show passed earlier in the summer opening for Ariel Pink. The trio, who made woozy synth ballads fueled by samples and beats and noise abstractions, were a good y... more info