Dirty Beaches

Alex Zhang Hungtai's Dirty Beaches project has a new instrumental album on the horizon.  "Stateless" continues the artist's direction into barren and devastating soundscapes and will be out sometime next month on Zoo Music.  Sadly, it is to be the last Dirty Beaches album, as Hungtai has announced the project's end...and that's a real bummer.  I saw Dirty Beaches a couple of times in 2011, and for a one-man-band, he was mesmerizing.  Listen to "Displaced" below and be sure to pick up the album.

Haunted Hearts

Haunted Hearts is the side project of Dee Dee from the Dum Dum Girls and husband Brandon Welchez from The Crocodiles.  If you're familiar with either band, the duo's debut "Initiation" sounds exactly like it's supposed to, a head-nodding, foot-tapping, spaced and trippy take on Jesus and Mary Chain surf rock.  Get the album tomorrow on Zoo Music and watch the video for "Up Is Up (But so Is Down)" below.

New Dirty Beaches

Dirty Beaches (Alex Zhang Hungtai) has been one of our favorite artists to emerge over the last couple of years.  His stark take on rockabilly and forays into almost spooky instrumental territory paint a rich tapestry that would be perfect as a score to a David Lynch movie.  A double album, "Drifters/Love Is The Devil" is due in May from Zoo Music, but listen to the instrumental dirge that is the title track below.