Silent Radio interviews Mikal Cronin
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San Francisco-based garage prince Mikal Cronin took us on a dissonant narrative journey this May in his latest release MCII, an inventively poetic and piano driven…
San Francisco-based garage prince Mikal Cronin took us on a dissonant narrative journey this May in his latest release MCII, an inventively poetic and piano driven…
If critics were impressed by ‘Mikal Cronin’, they were almost universally blown away by the follow up ‘MCII’ is almost lightyears away from its predecessor in every way an album can be.
On this episode of World Cafe, Cronin sits down to chat with host David Dye and play a few songs with his band live in the studio.
Surf-punk singer/songwriter Mikal Cronin might be the ultimate festival act. Breezy enough to enjoy in a causal setting…
Pitchfork posts a video of Mikal Cronin performing “Change” at Pitchfork Festival
Below, check out footage of Lil B (performing “Like a Martian” and “I’m God”), Mikal Cronin (performing “See It My Way” and “Change”)…
Mikal Cronin performs “Situation” at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC for PopRally.
He returns this year with his second solo album, MCII, an excellent collection of power pop songs that is a major step up in song craft, instrumentation and pop hooks.
Pitchfork posts photos of Mikal Cronin’s performance at Pitchfork Festival
Cronin is buzzier and rawer live than his new album is. And as much as I’ve really grown to love that album, I’m also totally digging this sound.
Where Mikal Cronin was most successful in his Blue Stage set, his beach-y summery jams — like “Shout It Out” and “Weight” — shimmered.
I headed back to the Blue Stage to catch Mikal Cronin. Mikal’s excellent new LP, MCII, is the perfect summer album, and he drew a very large crowd for his set.
…Mikal Cronin served as musical guest on Conan. That means Cronin is now a big enough deal to command late-night airtime, which is good news for the Bay Area…
This week, it’s sun-drenched garage rocker Mikal Cronin, whose wistful strumming is perfect for their sculpture garden at dusk.
San Francisco’s budding garage-pop star Mikal Cronin, whose sophomore solo album MCII was released on Merge this year to rave reviews, couldn’t rescue…
Earlier this year Cronin returned with second album MCII, and what a beauty it is. It’s a brilliantly crafted and realised album, keeping the psych pop and garage…
Mikal Cronin, whose set at that point in the afternoon sounded the most contemporary, took stage with a additional guitarist, bassist, and drummer.
The frequent Ty Segall collaborator has a Kurt Cobain-like gift of taking pop melodies and imbuing them with the additional joy of making noise in the…
Last time Mikal was here, he opened for Ty Segall and Human Eye and now he’s managed to sell out Bowery Ballroom well in advance of the show.
Our ship had pulled back into shore by the time Mikal Cronin and band took the Bruise Cruise stage…but this is what most of the crowd had come aboard for.
Last night’s set was front-loaded with the breezy, jagged and fuzz-driven surf-pop of the aforementioned LP. l.
Mikal Cronin’s sophomore solo album, MCII (Merge), released last month, is simplicity worthy of exaltation.
Mikal Cronin performs “Change” for WNYC’s Soundcheck
…for someone with so many questions, Cronin has made a singular album brimming with shimmering guitars, excellent pop hooks and consistently full arrangements.
On his sophomore album MCII, Laguna Beach native Mikal Cronin focuses on aging and uncertainty.
…while the omnipresent Mikal Cronin on his third of four NXNE sets teased “Come Sail Away” as an intro to a blistering “Situation”…
…posted pictures of the Mikal Cronin/Shannon & the Clams show from day 3 (6/15) of Toronto festival NXNE, and that same day we also caught Mikal on the…
But the afternoon, and perhaps NXNE as a whole belonged to recent Merge Records signing Mikal Cronin.
Mikal Cronin and his band took the stage just as the boat returned to dock, so by this point even the most passive of passengers had ambled below deck.
“I can’t tell what he’s saying but it makes me so happy and it sounds good.” This seems like both the gift and the curse of Mikal Cronin. The 27-year old has really…