Ty Segall and band featured on Aquarium Drunkard’s Year in Review
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“Obviously, we love this guy…”
“Obviously, we love this guy…”
“…Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin spend the first 40 seconds of “I Bought My Eyes” harmonizing ethereally, singing what sounds like a traditional folk song over guitar tones that seem ready to give out any second…”
“Throughout the show, the crowd thoroughly enjoyed themselves—perching on top of benches, dancing on the narrow side shelving, indie moshing (not as fierce as a punk or metal pit), spraying drinks and stage diving/crowd surfing…”
Ty Segall’s prolific streak continues on January 22, this time with two reissues via In the Red. The first is the only LP by Segall’s surf band the Traditional Fools, which was originally released in 2008. The other is Reverse Shark Attack, his 2009 collaborative LP with his longtime collaborator (and fellow Ty Segall Band member) Mikal Cronin.
“[In 2013] I’m going to like, get my head wrapped around the next thing and take some time… I just want to focus on one thing and make it as best as I can. I’ve never really focused on just one thing for a year straight, so I’d like to do that.”
“It’s a monster album, with explosive guitars, thrashing beats and shredded blasts of insanely catchy hooks and turns. A lot of musicians would consider Twins the peak of their career. In the case of Ty Segall, it’s thrilling to know he’s just getting started.”
“The hooks are viral to the point of contagious, whether Segall is jingle-jangling through acoustic ballads or squalling along at interplanetary speed.”
“Rock’n’roll doesn’t tell you what to think and do, it makes you feel a certain way, so you do those things on your own,” says Segall.”
Ty Segall performs “You’re The Doctor” in his second-ever late-night appearance. “The performance included some serious headbanging, and Segall pressing his guitar against his amplifier for a little extra feedback. Letterman seemed amused by the display, saying afterward, ‘Remember kids, don’t neglect your studies.'”
Watch Ty Segall’s performance on The Conan Show last night, as well as hear the cover of Velvet Underground & Nico’s “Femme Fatale”, to be released in limited quantity on Castle Face Records on October 30th.
Watch Ty Segall perform “Thank God for the Sinners” on CONAN on Paste Magazine.
“When I was a kid, records were my religion, the glue that brought together like-minded people, people who feel that connection with something. To me, that is God. That is all religions, that is everything. Ozzy Osbourne is Jesus. Arthur Lee is the Divine Spirit. That’s the point: keep it alive, spread it around. I want to make records you don’t have to think about.”
Emily Rose Epstein is back from the road and in typical rock-slave fashion, she’s sandwiched some stage time at home for Treasure Island Music Festival this weekend in between European tours. Here’s what she had to say:
“Twins doesn’t stick to the middle or even pick a lane. It swerves, visiting territory well-tread with a perspective that feels new, and knowing Segall, he probably won’t make another album that sounds like it any time soon.”
“Ultimately, the appeal of Twins – and Segall – rests not so much on the individual tunes, tuneful as they may be. You put one of these sneery, sweet, hyperactive, electric records on as a force field to ward off the dead, grey creep of the everyday, to remind you what a good time sounds like.”
Vice Magazine lists Ty Segall’s third LP release of 2012, Twins, among it’s best records of October.
Watch Ty Segall perform LIVE on WGN Morning News while anchors Larry, Robin & Paul rock-out hard!
“He [Segall] and his band screamed, slashed, and played within an inch of their lives, and audience members were more than happy to follow him to the edge, heaving seemingly everything they could get their hands on onstage from beer to shirts and hats…”
“The title of Twins is a reference to Segall’s zodiac sign, Gemini, and is an oblique allusion to the album’s general theme of mental disturbance. Segall plays nearly every instrument on the record, and in doing so, churns out the kind of rock-’n’-roll that is undoubtedly meant to be listened to on a turntable…”
“Ty took the stage first by opening…and closing…with “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath. Dude knows how to have a good time.”
“Loosely, his music falls under the umbrella of “Neo-Garage Rock,” but he does so with the tenacity of a meth addict, less performing his material as much as he attacks it.”
“Along with the album’s 458th reissue, Universal Music and Castle Face Records are commemorating the 45th anniversary of The Velvet Underground & Nico with a covers album featuring a bunch of Bay Area psych rockers.” Included is a rendition of “Femme Fatale” by Ty Segall.
Check out the new video for “The Hill”, the first track off upcoming solo album Twins, out October 9 via Drag City. “Directed by Segall himself alongside Peter Grimm, it’s a VHS-looking adventure featuring masks and a giant stuffed bear.”
Pitchfork shares the tracklist and album art for Twins, Ty Segall’s new solo album, scheduled for release October 9 on Drag City.
Hear “The Hill” from Ty Segall’s upcoming album, Twins, due out October 9 via Drag City.
“For a few hours in the afternoon (mostly) young and (mostly) off-kilter garage and punk bands, including Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees, took the wheel,” states Jon Caramanica of the New York Times. “Just prior, on a smaller stage, Milk Music played impressive, slightly sludgy punk that felt insular, a rarity.”
Time Out Chicago review Ty Segall’s performance at Pitchfork Music Festival
Pitchfork Festival recap includes Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, The Men, and Milk Music, all of whom played on Sunday (July 15). Check it out!
Ty Segall announces his third album of 2012, Twins. The solo follow up to Goodbye Bred comes out October 9 via Drag City.
Ty Segall Band’s album Slaughterhouse on In the Red named Best New Music on Pitchfork.