Ty Segall changes his M.O. every time he releases a new album, going from acoustic rock to noisy garage sounds, and from wildly heavy psychedelia to a more glam-inspired sound. His new record seems to find him going back to a reliably loud and hard-rocking sound, so prepare to get wild.
The Smell turned 18 and had two extraordinary parties! The second night had someone who usually plays with every good musician in town. But on this particular evening, Ty Segall was a one man band.
With everyone always so distracted by the prolificness of Ty Segall, it seems that sometimes he doesn’t get enough credit for the sheer quality of his work.
Indie rock goof-ass Mac DeMarco will support Tame Impala at their inaugural Red Rocks headliner. (The band opened alongside Janelle Monae for MGMT at the venue in 2010.)
Off the back of a raucous Sydney show this week that we named perhaps the best show of 2016, Canadian Mac Demarco and a bunch of his ragtag mates have planned a mammoth Perth show in lieu of the cancelled Southbound Festival, due to WA’s raging bushfires.
Ezra Furman is a transformative performer. The last time I saw him wield a guitar was in February 2013 at a San Francisco acoustic Sofar Session. He was reticent, solo, and jarringly genuine. He was also dressed as a man in corduroy slacks. This was when he was on the verge of giving up as a touring musician, as he recently admitted in an interview with The Bay Bridged.
Secret shows” are not a rare thing in LA. Ty Segall seems to have one every few months. Previously, Segall had been booking the secret, Monday shows at the Griffin with Jason Finazzo of The Birth Defects. Last night I had the pleasure of attending a secret show with Ty Segall and his new band, The Muggers.
When Ty Segall takes the stage at the Fillmore for his upcoming two-night stint, there’s little doubt he’ll be feeling pretty proud about headlining a venue where any number of early 1970s rock ’n’ rollers performed.
New album from the Laguna Beach, Calif., psych-garage rocker was announced with a VHS tape he sent to Pitchfork. He has also set up a hotline at 1-800-281-2968 with a brief, weird personal messag
Welcome once again to the Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases, our seasonal guide to new music. Four times a year, we round up a list of albums, singles, EPs, reissues, and more arriving over the coming months. This installment covers winter 2016.
Okay, I know this is a little bit of a cop out because everybody loves Mac so much it’s almost disgusting. But, Another One is truly so good.
