Albums of 2010, No 09: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Before Today

Ariel Pink's first album on a big label was no sell out – it was a fractured, frazzled oddity that confirmed his position as the godfather of lo-fiOne observation you could make about music in 2010 was that rock stars – you know, those charismatic people who say ludicrous things and hold guitars in sexy ways – were pretty thin on the ground. Where Gaga, Kanye and Nicki Minaj provided retina-scorching entertainment, the indie scene threw up awkward teenagers making music on laptops and hidi...

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