Dirty Beaches

'A' Is a Harrowing, Beautiful Fever Dream of Loneliness

Directed by Mitchell Stafiej

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2020

For a while after watching A, I was in a funk. It left me reeling as if from a fever dream and feeling on the brink of migraine for a few d...

Watch Alex Zhang Hungtai Go on a Seven-Day Bender in the Feature Film 'A'

PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2020

Way back in 2016, director Mitchell Stafiej shared the teaser for his feature film A with us. Starring Alex Zhang Hungtai (Last Lizard, Dir...

​Canadians Who Score: Artists Who Successfully Made the Leap to Composing for Movies

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2020

Alexander Sowinsky and Leland Whitty of BADBADNOTGOOD recently shared their bleak, beautiful music for Disappearance at Clifton Hill, putti...

Alex Zhang Hungtai Announces New Album 'Divine Weight'

PUBLISHED May 17, 2018

Former Dirty Beaches mastermind Alex Zhang Hungtai continues to deliver new works at a remarkable pace. This year, he's set to return with...

Dirty Beaches' Alex Zhang Hungtai Returns with Love Theme Project

PUBLISHED May 12, 2017

Alex Zhang Hungtai retired his Dirty Beaches moniker back in 2014, though he has continued making music under a variety of different aliase...

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"Time Washes Everything Away" (short film)

PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2014

Alex Zhang Hungtai recently dropped Stateless, his last release under the name Dirty Beaches. Rather than move on from the album altogether...

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Stateless

PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2014

Alex Zhang Hungtai's nomadic lifestyle has long been at the heart of his work as Dirty Beaches. After spending time living in numerous citi...

Alex Zhang Hungtai Ends Dirty Beaches

PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2014

Next week, Alex Zhang Hungtai will bring back his beloved Dirty Beaches project to release a new instrumental LP called Stateless. As it tu...