Showing posts with label Ty Segall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ty Segall. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 8
Ty Segall [Spiders, Drag City]
Wednesday, June 29
Record Review: Ty Segall [Goodbye Bread, Drag City]
By Jennifer Graciano
We know very well that Ty Segall is able to turn out a perfectly commercial scuzzy pop track thanks to the San Francisco psych rocker’s Melted. What we didn’t know was that he can also make some impassioned tunes without recording tricks that skew vocals and distort licks into unrecognizable sounds, and make them enjoyable all the same. Segall tries his hand at fresh sounding cuts and gradual tempos that give him a calmer feel than what we've heard from him in the past. At this point in his career, Ty Segall has settled into the singer-songwriter title comfortably without letting go of the psych garage rock his longtime fans expect.
The title track may give you whiplash as you check to see if this is really Segall’s doing: clear vocals and unhurried sounds. This is the standard throughout Goodbye Bread; for once, Ty Segall delivers crystal clear jams. “California Commercial” is almost half-hazard in its composition, as if it were improvised at first until speedy guitar lines tie it all together for an end for a short burst at just over a minute long. “Comfortable Home..” is similar in its setup, sounding more like a jam session than a structured song keeps Segall’s garage rock roots alive and well. Goodbye Bread as a whole plays a lot with tempos as they go up, down and all around, in a short span of time.
Tuesday, April 12
Ty Segall [Fist Heart Might Dawn Dart, Goner Records]
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Wednesday, February 23
Wednesday, December 29
Ty Segall [Daytrotter Session]
Listen to a few tracks from Ty Segall's recent Daytrotter Session below and then head to the site to download the rest of this set.
Don't Talk To Me
Who Are You
Ty Segall [Live in Aisle Five, Southpaw Records]
With so much to look forward to in the New Year, this release wet my appetite that much more. Ty Segall elevated his garage rock sound with the sublime Melted as well as his live show. This new record will feature 13 live cuts recorded by Eric Bauer during the Southpaw One Year Anniversary show in the summer of 2010 in San Francisco. The album is expected to ship from the ever impressive Southpaw Records January 31st; limited to 1000 copies, 200 of which will be on colored vinyl. Pick it up here
Skin
California Commercial
Monday, April 5
Ty Segall [Caesar]
Ty unleashed the new single to his upcoming album titled "Caesar" last week and it is the perfect mash up of lo-fi garage pop and a good indication of how the new record Melted is going to be.
Thursday, March 25
Ty Segall [Melted]
Ty Segall will be having a new album drop on May 25th called Melted. During his show at the El Rio (see below post) on March 10th he previewed many new songs that could be off the new album and they sounded awesome. The single, Caesar, will be released March 10th on 7'' so go pick that up here for a preview of what Ty will have in store on the new LP. And no, this is not what Ty looks like
Melted can be pre-ordered here
Thursday, March 11
Thee Oh Sees / The Fresh & Onlys / Ty Segall / Baths [El Rio, San Francisco 03.10.2010]
With SXSW right around the corner and not being able to go, the Wednesday show at the El Rio was the perfect substitute. The Bay Bridged is presenting the Bay Area Invasion over in Austin so this show was a little taste of what to expect. Thee Oh Sees, The Fresh & Onlys and Ty Segall all in the same venue was a treat and an added bonus another chance to see up and comers Baths.
The show started around 9 PM and packed around a small stage Baths took the stage and played a performance that seemed to me to lack the energy they had last week at Bender's bar. The vocals were a bit inaudible and not much guitar creativity except for the last song. Prepping for their tour with Oh Sees, they played a number of songs I didn't recognize from the free show so it seems they have a decent amount of songs ready to go; hopefully an EP or full LP is in the works because this band has potential.
Ty Segall soon followed and having loved his self titled release and his new album with Mikal Cronin I was very excited to see him perform. A little delay at first due to some mic connection problems and some tempers flaring but the wait was worth it. Ty started off slow with gentle guitar strummings, then within seconds the pace shot up by 100%. He debuted a lot of news songs, half his set was new material, and the crowd was into it. His energy was great and the music sounded great live. He may have the look of a surfer but he is a beast on a microphone.
The Fresh & Onlys seem to release so much music it is hard to keep up; two full albums, a new EP and countless 7''s and splits. Tim Cohen leads this group and they instantly present themselves as polished musicians. The music is more arranged and conducted and their set up was much complex, they used a full drum kit and guitar pedals which were not seen in the first two acts. The set was perfect and full of 60's-70's pop/psychedelica. Their girl back up singer was a notable absent so an easy fix to that was to bring a friend from the crowd. A great performance from a great band, they will be touring with King Kahn and The Shrines this Spring.
Lastly the band everyone was here to see. Arguably the best band coming out of San Francisco but for sure the most exciting. As soon as the first notes of "Enemy Destruct" were played all hell broke loose. The bar erupted into a violent mosh as the drunk and high patrons lost their minds. John Dwyer was on form and his guitar playing and shredding was unrelentless. The energy level was through the roof and the songs were blazing by at an incredible pace. After a few stilettos to the foot and hits to the back and ribs, I slowly migrated to middle where it was a bit calmer to take in what was Thee Oh Sees. A band you HAVE to see now before they blow up because this is one of the better bands of the garage-punk scenes. A little tweet from the Bay Bridged the next morning pretty much summed up the hour plus set: @thebaybridged: A guy humping the air along to Thee Oh Sees, you know it's THAT good.
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