Video: Ariel Pink Brings Stoner Glam to 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'

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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti made their television debut last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Though the group's lo-fi approximation of classic AM pop isn't exactly the most mainstream sound, it's sort of surprising that it took this long to get them on TV given that they are so fascinating to behold in their shabby, shiny, colorful attire. Band leader Ariel Pink is especially transfixing, looking more or less exactly like Kurt Cobain if the grunge icon had lived long enough to go through a thrift store glam phase. His voice is a bit wobbly in this rendition of their single "Round and Round," but it's nevertheless a very memorable performance.

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Round and Round” 1/19 Fallon [The Audio Perv]

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“Jimbrowski”

Jungle Brothers | 1988

Jungle Brothers sampled, among other things, jazz, James Brown and house music. The New York crew's lyrics were equally diverse but never short on clever wordplay or a playful sense of humor, as exemplified by this song from 1988's Straight Out the Jungle. "The idea for that came at the end of a studio session, with Mike, me, Red Alert and a woman Red was dating at the time," says the group’s Afrika Baby Bam. "Red was flirting with her and kept saying 'Jimbrowski' the whole night. Mike and I wrote the rhymes on the way back from the subway."

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