Dirty Beaches

Taiwanese-born Dirty Beaches has become the latest rockabilly pin-up boy for kittens everywhere:



Real name Alex Zhang Hungtai, he was the star sensation at the recent SXSW music festival in Austin.

"Are you guys in the mood for a fast one or a slow one?" he asked, drawing the audience into developing his show on their terms.

After knocking the audience dead with a chain of rapid-fire minimalist rockabilly like a young Elvis on amphetamines, he then made the audience stand and stare with his final piece - 'Lord Knows Best,' a Lynchian version of the Righteous Brothers' 'Unchained Melody.'