“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.
Drag City launches a new video series with Ty Segall’s “You Make the Sun Fry”
Pitchfork premieres a new Ty Segall song called, uh, “Swag”. It’s featured on the vinyl-only second installment of the San Francisco-focused In a Cloud compilation, which is out July 17 via Secret Seven.
From the upcoming album Slaughterhouse out 06/26/12 via In the Red
Of the handful of times I’ve seen Ty Segall live (admittedly only a fraction of his shows in the city), his set at Webster Hall was without a doubt the best. People often talk about performers feeding off the energy of the room–that interaction was palpable between Ty and crowd Wednesday night…
Ty Segall sells out Webster Hall. Pitchfork review and photographs from the epic night.
Ty Segall & White Fence’s collaborative album HAIR is reviewed on Pitchfork landing an 8.2 score.
Ty Segall & White Fence’s collaborative album HAIR is reviewed on Pitchfork landing an 8.2 score.
Ty Segall Band premieres new track “Wave Goodbye” on Pitchfork off their upcoming live album Slaughterhouse on In the Red.
Slaughterhouse out on In the Red June 26
Ty Segall & White Fence Perform “Scissor People” from the forthcoming album Hair on Drag City Records.
