Regrets, we’ve had a few.  This week we’re experiencing a few more.  Because of a prior commitment we will be unable to attend the only North America concert by one of our faves, K’Naan, at the House of Blues in LA.  And just as painful, if not more so, is our inability to jet down to the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa on Saturday for Club Mercy’s hosting of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti and the last show of their tour.  Reminding us at times of the powerful and poignant Girls band and their nostalgic musical vantage, Ariel Pink mixes well the old and the new, and especially on their latest record, “Before Today,” which is receiving much-deserved universal praise.

In case you too can’t make their show this Saturday, check out their video of Bright Lit Blue Skies from “Before Today,” and then listen in to the complex and wondrous Envelopes Another Day from their 2004 record, “Doldrums.”

Highly recommended.

Ariel Pink’s Haunted House–Envelopes Another Day

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