Dirty Beaches’ latest album Badlands has kept it’s ground as a steady resident of my iPod since it released back in February. Not an easy task! Dirty Beaches is the brainchild of Vancouver’s Alex Zhang Hungtai, whenever I try to push the album on friends I always describe it as “Creepabilly.” Rough and spooky chunks of 50′s garage goodness.

“Lone Runner” isn’t actually on Badlands but is a brand new 7-inch single and video from Dirty Beaches that just further cements him to me as one of 2011′s best artists. The 7-inch is available now via Suicide Squeeze.

- My Pal the Crook