U.K.-born, L.A.-based singer-songwriter Pop Levi returns with the new single “She Was a Girl,” a collaboration with Ariel Pink. It’s a libidinous ode to a night in the deserrt.
Mouse ears, a big guest list and assorted weirdness — there was all that and expansive music from Ariel Pink and DIIV on Thursday at the Wiltern.
Also on Thursday: Sparta, Sofi Tukker, the Marías, Horse Feathers, Counterfeit, Colin Caulfield, IAM, VHS Collection, No Small Children, Mike Love
Incoming: Pedro the Lion, U2, Franz Ferdinand, Swimsuit Issue, Henry Wolfe, Trouble, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Zoé, Ezra Furman, Sofi Tukker, NoMBe, MGMT, Ariel Pink, IAM, Preoccupations, Sparta, Taylor Swift, Larkin Poe, John Prine, Peter Hook & the Light, Emerson Star, Doheny Blues Festival, Suzanne Santo, the Dead Ships, Magic Wands
Also on Friday: The Rural Alberta Advantage, Phantoms. Fall Out Boy, the Underachievers, Jain, Michael McDonald, Spafford, Gryffin, Susanne Sundfor, Blues Traveler, the Coronas, Blank Banshee, QTY
Incoming: The Breeders, the Sounds, Matisyahu, Kool Keith, Liam Gallagher, the Clientele, Death From Above, Vintage Trouble, Gavin Turek, Tennis, Elbow, Gary Numan, Metronomy, Lo Moon, Imagine Dragons, LCD Soundsystem, Ariel Pink, Shout Out Louds, Fall Out Boy, Phantoms, Petula Clark, Waka Flocka Flame, Propagandhi, Baio and more
Ariel Pink warns that getting older will make you want to cry in the video accompanying the latest single from “Dedicated to Bobby Jameson.”
From the conversational charm of Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile to the unhinged magic of Ty Segall, Starcrawler and Ariel Pink, Day 1 of Desert Daze kicked up a lot of dust.
A love song from Ariel Pink’s forthcoming album, “Dedicated To Bobby Jameson,” out Sept. 15 via Mexican Summer.
Ariel Pink laments going over the edge on his latest single, his first solo release since 2014’s “Pom Pom.”
