“Mac and his band have toured most of 2012 and all that playing has done wonders for them — they are tight but lythe around the groove. Songs off the new album (“Viceroy,” “Cooking Up Someting Good”) sound great and ones off his first album have a life to them that you don’t hear on […]
Noisey showcases Mac DeMarco’s “Ode To Viceroy,” “Freaking Out the Neighborhood,” and “Baby’s Wearing Blue Jeans” in the first entry of their new bi-weekly video series in conjunction with Newtown Radio aptly titled, The Newtown Sessions.
Next year’s South by Southwest will be held from March 8-17, and the music portion will take place from March 12-17.
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.’”
“When’s the last time you were serenaded on a row boat in the middle of Central Park?”
“Lo-Fi, sardonic, and hep, Captured Track’s new self-proclaimed “puss” from Montreal gives us his smokey take on what he endearingly calls jizz-jazz fit with a tribute to his favorite floor-tobacco brand, Viceroy.”
Pitchfork gives Mac Demarco’s second album on Captured Tracks “2” Best New Music.
“Ode To Viceroy”, off Mac DeMarco’s aptly named second album 2, has been included in NPR’s Best of CMJ 2012 episode of All Songs Considered.
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 […]
“Lyrically witty, full of neat turns of phrase, his songs recall the quirks and kinks of Jonathan Richman, the tale-telling and wit of Alex Turner (specifically the Arctics man’s gentle, romantic work on the Submarine soundtrack), and the playful verbosity of Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus…”
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:
“‘Ode to Viceroy’, a starry-eyed love song to Mac’s favorite smokes, is one example of his understated sensibility.”
The arch Montreal singer-songwriter on being teased by D’Angelo’s “Untitled” video, Shuggie Otis, getting hooked on video gambling, and snot rockets.
“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 […]
“This is all dreamy vocals and surfy, tin-toned guitars… Listening to sweet singing is great when you can be pretty sure that the person singing it was thinking about something disgusting at the time.”
Vice Magazine lists Ty Segall’s third LP release of 2012, Twins, among it’s best records of October.
Pitchfork premieres “Ode To Viceroy”, the third track off Mac DeMarco’s upcoming sophomore album, appropriately titled 2.
Check out Mac DeMarco’s “reverby, meandering new slow jam”, “Ode to Viceroy”, on Stereogum.
Watch the Mac DeMarco interview for Noisevox on Blip TV.
Watch Ty Segall perform LIVE on WGN Morning News while anchors Larry, Robin & Paul rock-out hard!
“Known as much for their prolific musical output and incessant work ethic as they are for their kinetic live shows, the band treated fans to a set that drew sizably from the band’s latest offering, Putrifiers II, as well as the band’s boatload of other releases, many of which were fleshed out for the stage.”
“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.”
“When it comes to seeing bands like Thee Oh Sees, I’d rather see them tear shit up in a tiny D.I.Y. space… Unlike The Well, there’s no V.I.P. area with six dollar beers. Just three dollar PBRs and the bruises on my legs from being pushed into the thigh-high stage by the non-stop mosh pit.”
“The latest installment in Famous Class’ Less Artists More Condos 7″ series is out tomorrow, September 25, and it features this new song by prolific punks Thee Oh Sees, who just released their latest LP, Putrifiers II… The digital proceeds of these singles go towards benefiting the Ariel Panero Memorial Fund at VH1’s Save the […]
“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.”
