Dennis Gonzalez Finally Gets His Due – Page 1 – Music – Dallas – Dallas Observer: “The world is just now getting to know Ariel Pink. The totally out-there Los Angeles freak-folker has been stuck in the underground, making some of the world’s weirdest music for over a decade. But since his critically acclaimed indie-pop album, Before Today, earned its release back in April, people have started paying more attention to his unusual pop sensibilities.
HAL SAMPLES Meet Dennis and Aaron Gonzalez, two of the driving forces behind Ariel Pink’s latest blog hit. Related Content Good Friday: True Widow Album Release, Descender, Destroyer, DEVO, Arlo Guthrie, Salt-N-Pepa, Murs, Nervebreakers, REO Speedwagon, Dashboard Confessional & More! March 25, 2011 This Week In Dallas Music History: The Vas Deferens Organization is Not For Everyone December 27, 2010 Happy Days Are Near Again For DFW Market? So Insists National Retail Real-Estate Report. February 15, 2011 Truck Thefts from Texas Soda Distributors Make Dallas a Hub for Hot Dr Pepper April 6, 2011 35 Conferette Adds A Whopping 135 More Bands To Bill, Including A Whole Slew of Locals January 21, 2011 More About Ariel PinkDennis GonzalezDallas (Texas)Eric LumbleauArts, Entertainment, and Media And, now, they’re paying attention to this fun fact: In February, earlier this year, Ariel Pink was right here in the metroplex—Mesquite to be exact—working on his next record, Ariel Pink with Added Pizzazz.
Because of a mutual friendship that had grown after several years of trading music on an underground share-blog called Mutant Sounds, Ariel Pink enlisted Matt Castille and Eric Lumbleau of the former Dallas psych-rock outfit Vas Deferens Organization to handle the record’s production. Ariel Pink and Vas Deferens Organization had been discussing the idea of making a pop record with a basis in jazz-rock for some time. But, to do so, Pink’s backing band, Haunted Graffiti, would need to be upgraded to a group of musicians fluent in both rock and free jazz.”