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Mac DeMarco’s Salad Days chosen as one of American Songwriter’s best records of 2014

This Polaris Prize-nominated record largely continues the breezy and easy vibe of 2012’s 2, but with a touch more sophistication and nuance, yielding some of his best songs yet, including the gorgeously grooving “Brother.” DeMarco shows off an impressive evolution here, but without shedding any of his previous releases’ scruffy charm. Salad Days goes down […]

SoundBlab announces Ty Segall’s $ingle$ 2

Here is a collection dating from 2011-2013 of asides from behind the scenes dating from 2011-2013, Goodbye Bread – Twins – Sleeper era, with some b-sides from singles ‘I Can’t Feel It’, ‘The Hill’ and ‘Would You Be My Love’, and some covers, including the Velvets’ ‘Femme Fatale’.

Exclaim reviews Ty Segall’s $ingle$ 2

$INGLE$ 2 feels, if anything, like a companion to 2011’s Goodbye Bread: fuzzy, sometimes grimy and with riffs that chug along at the perfect speed to be chilled but not lulling. It’s a sweet spot that Segall has hit so well that it makes even a collection of B-sides a decent album.

Pitchfork announces Ty Segall’s Live in San Francisco

Ty Segall’s most recent output has been released under his standalone moniker— Manipulator and $ingle$ 2 are solo affairs. Soon, however, he’ll release another record from the wrecking crew responsible for Slaughterhouse: the Ty Segall Band (the team of Segall, Mikal Cronin, Emily Rose Epstein, and Charles Moothart). Their Live in San Francisco LP is […]

Hero Magazine interviews Ezra Furman

Ezra Furman possesses an increasingly rare quality that eludes most musicians: the ability to exploit a multi-faceted persona, reinventing and adapting from one record to the next. Day of the Dog was released late last year to rave reviews.

Reverb reviews Thee Oh Sees at the Gothic Theater

Now working as a power trio, Dwyer along with bassist Timothy Hellman and drummer Nick Murray stopped at the Gothic Theatre on the second date of their fall tour to serve up a quick, high energy set of jagged yet groovy garage rock.

MXDWN announces Ty Segall’s new compilation

Ty Segall will release his new compilation called $ingle$ 2 on November 18 via Drag City. It is the sequel to the 2010 cassette release and is full of the loose tracks he recorded between the years 2011 and 2013—the Goodbye Bread, Twins, and Sleeper years. In the compilation, he also covers the Velvets, GG […]

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