Alex Zhang Hungtai, a Taiwanese-born Canadian lo-fi musician based in Lisbon,Portugal created the project Dirty Beaches in 2005.
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David Peter Simon
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Jul 2, 2013
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Alex Zhang Hungtai, more widely known as Dirty Beaches, can't be pinned down. Literally and musically. The roving bandit -- now in Berlin -- makes music that sways somewhere between ambient and rockabilly depending on how he's feeling. Good thing he ...
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Devin Duckworth
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Jan 16, 2012
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Released on the album Badlands about a year ago, this hopelessly romantic track is fully equipped with lonesome, soulful croons and a David Lynch demeanor. "Lord Knows Best" meanders somewhere between sweet-toothed 60"²s doo-wop, experimental drone/...
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Hannah Levy
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Jan 8, 2011
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If you think something's wrong with your speakers, you are mistaken. No, you can't turn up the bass. You're just listening to the raw, stripped down wail of Alex Zhang Hungtai, better known as Dirty Beaches. His MySpace describes the music as "minima...
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