Ty Segall - C or D?

he is about to release a new record with White Fence and i really like both of them.
http://pitchfork.com/news/45928-listen-ty-segallwhite-fence-i-am-not-a-game/

deserves his own thread.

i like him, but not sure i'd call him classic just yet

classic enough to have his name spelled right!
jk -- maybe a mod can fix?

oops..

classic enough to have his name spelled right!

lol. also a fan of his brother, jonathan livingston.

anyway, i like a lot of ty segall's singles and his early albums, seen him live several times, but have slept on his last two full-lengths. the reverse shark attack LP he did with mikal cronin is worth seeking out.

Even though he's young he's release a ton of material and the hit rate is quite impressively high. Maybe not 100% Classic yet, but on his way.

"have slept on his last two full-lengths"

how can anyone sleep during this awesome track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcde6jA2DDs

i've only heard goodbye bread, but like it a lot. seems like a young man full of potential!

singles comp on Goner that came out a few months back is pretty solid

Good timing for this thread cause I dug Lemons out the other day and remember it ruled and was wondering why I only had one record by the guy.

I like his music a lot, but I want to say neither. I've heard one or two Sic Alps records, and as Ty Segall, 'Melted', 'Goodbye Bread', and an EP of T. Rex covers. They all seemed like pure 60s garage psych formalism. And unlike others mining simliar territory--like Jay Reatard or someone--there's not a really strong identity to any of it, or like, emotion, or anything like, *oh my god what is this*. It's more 'what Moby Grape thing or whatever is he riffing on here?' What I get most is, this guy has great taste in rock, he's dedicated enough to recreate what he likes, but he's artistically stalled out, or something.

I like his music, I *really* like his music, but it's classicist, not Classic. Which is probably a totally unfair assessment and I'd love to be proven wrong.

^ there is something there that rings true for me, though i do like ty and his music. i certainly don't buy "classic" vs. "classicist" as an exclusive dichotomy in all cases (i mean, i am a 21st century "garage rock" fan, after all), but i'm nonetheless reminded of the lazy cowgirls' scathing diss of bands who have a record collection more than an identity of their own: "you've got no sound, just a dialect". i think that, at his best, ty's strong enough as a songwriter and as a kick-ass rock 'n roll presence to transcend the shoebox limits of pure psych formalism. but i'm not sure...

it's interesting to listen to "where your mind goes", the tube nostormo just posted, w this debate in mind. i'd say that the verses are formalist and nothing more, but that the chorus melody is "ty's song", the distinctive, personal sound that unifies his best tunes. it's got as much in common w nirvana as it does any psych/garage predecessor. if nothing else, this thread's convinced me that i've gotta spend some time with his last couple LPs.

His sound isn׳t too original but his songwriting is better than most of the other garage
acts around.I guess the universal appeal of it plus the fact he plays
all instruments by himself makes him the ״king״ of the scene by fans.
And he is getting better with each record.

Ty still hasn't topped the first Epsilons record, in my estimation. His fuzztone chords buzztone voice were a great conduit for that band's horror-punk show. His solo records don't seem to have as much to say, like he's shying away from the strictly juvenile horndog howls of "Pantyhose" and "Fever to Kill".

Sorta NFSW:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fhxg7SIrao

also: Korg!

yeah, that stuff is great (plus ground zero for segal, mooseheart & kronin), but i don't know that it's really any better than ty solo. sort of a reatards vs jay thing, where the former is way more high energy, but the latter is appealing in other ways. like "the drag" doesn't really kick ass, but it's still a great song. plus the traditional fools:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFPOLkDhOEM&feature=relmfu

^ Totally otm. I'd say I wasn't trying to imply 'classic' and 'classicist' as exclusive categories or a dichotomy or anything, but--and just my own stupid, until now unconsidered bias--I think of classicism/formalism as a kind of artistically weak strategy and therefore it's difficult to consider classicist work 'classic', which I define as 'something great, timeless'. But there's no really good reason to think that, it was just some bias I never really thought about, and also, classicism in rock music is probably makes a lot of sense at this particular moment in time.

You're 100% right about the 90s/Nirvana + psych/garage synthesis, it's hard not to hear it now. There are some 60/70s by way of 90s ideas at work in a lot of his music, esp. on 'Melted'. It's a revival of a revival.

!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwyAGJDRgpI

That was awesome! classic

http://pitchfork.com/news/46193-ty-segall-band-announces-new-album/

the new one is amazing but i still get annoyed paying fifteen bucks for thirty minutes of music

Is his music a pastiche? Yeah! Is it any good? Yeahh! I really cant wait for Slaughterhouse. For me I just like what I like and have little care for critical analysis. Thats why I am such a shit contributor !

so good live

also they're selling every album spread across 5 tapes for 20 bucks at shows, worthwhile investment imo

Even though he's young he's release a ton of material and the hit rate is quite impressively high.

this.

so good live
― flopson, Monday, May 14

just saw him saturday!

Is there a thread about that Ty Segall & White Fence album? It's great!

also they're selling every album spread across 5 tapes for 20 bucks at shows, worthwhile investment imo

Argh! I just looked this up and they were selling the bundle of tapes from Burger Records, but they're all gone.

If I was blown away on first listen by the record w/ White Fence, what Segall should I check out next?

Melted and Lemons are my personal favs.

yeah, melted's p rad.

Melted was indeed rad. Cheers!

If you liked "Hair," you should also get the S/T LP by Mikal Cronin, who is in Ty Segall's band - that album rules.

Yep that Cronin lp from last year is superb. Anybody heard Slaughterhouse yet? I think it comes out next month.

hair is awesome, they started the set with WF dudes & played a few songs off of it (the first two iirc) so 70's though after they got off stage & ty segall band was on it a noticeable blast step back to the 60's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-jSoURjKlM

seeing Ty Segall/White Fence and The Men tonight at Webster Hall, I'm psyched

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the men live show i saw was pretty boring tho

I've never seen em. They are on first so I'm not sure if I'll get there in time anyway.

hoping they have the Hair LP on sale at the show, I'll probably buy it

Really enjoying "Hair" despite not being keen on Ty Segall's previous work. This LP is nothing new but it works really well. Not sure where to start with White Fence but I should check some of his stuff out

Shit, I thought the Men were FANTASTIC when I saw them a couple of months ago! They had a great female bassist with them then who I don't think is in the band anymore. But they were totally ferocious; the drummer's a monster.

bassist when i saw them was just some douchey looking guy with a haircut

best show I have seen in aaaaaaages

missed the Men. Strange Boys were boring. White Fence was good. Ty Segall fucking RIPPED. seriously awesome.

he came out with White Fence to do Long Black Curtain but I think that was the only song they did off "Hair." other than that they each had separate sets.

one of Ty Segall's encores was a cover of Gimme Some Money by the Thamesmen, from Spinal Tap. lolol.

all the stuff from Melted sounded incredible. Girlfriend and Finger were probably my favorites of the set.

:-D

Ty Segall was great. Missed everything else due to a transport fail but this felt like a christening. Crowd going nuts. Big, crowded NY room. He's on his waaaaay!

also lol @ this upthread:

guy with a haircut

^everyone has a haircut^

-_- u know what i mean

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FI6arVcAD0k/S4JTwA3EHNI/AAAAAAAAAW8/4ftS1Tuvolw/hair.jpg

this guy doesn't have a haircut

so we can eliminate him as the bassist.

mm yeah no, that wasn't him

"imaginary person" is a really really great song

yes.

currently loving his cover of "don't talk to me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LPR5Mi6O-o

Ty Segall was great. Missed everything else due to a transport fail but this felt like a christening. Crowd going nuts. Big, crowded NY room. He's on his waaaaay!

yep. people I was with (people who see way too many shows) were like, "this show felt 'important' in a way most shows don't."

from the stage he said it was the best show they ever played

it's crazy how much better his live show has gotten since just last summer

he came out with White Fence to do Long Black Curtain but I think that was the only song they did off "Hair."

uh that's Long White Curtain and it's on White Fence Family Perfume. department of self corrections.

I know they did some of the joint tracks but I don't have that record yet. so I dunno.

it's crazy how much better his live show has gotten since just last summer

i guess i need to see him sometime soon then, cuz he was putting on great shows a couple years back, but i haven't seen him in a while

I'm starting to think the Ty Segall Band's "Slaughterhouse" is Segall's best album yet.

Agree? Disagree?

Unsure? Then hear it (thanks Whiney): http://www.spin.com/articles/hear-ty-segall-bands-gnarly-full-slaughterhouse

Shit shit shi; I really want to stream this, but every time I click on the link (or any link to Spin's website), I get redirected to the Spin homepage. Does anybody know how to work around this?

After a few spins I think it is equal to his best albums which is high praise. Although Tell Me What's Inside Your Heart and Wave Goodbye sound like two of his best ever songs. I will probably have changed my mind by next week and consider it his best album!

same thing happens to me but if you are using firefox apparently it works better on different browsers, also if you follow links within spin website rather than going straight fom external link you won't get constantly redirected i think

damn, slaughterhouse rocks! this dude is going to be huge, isn't he?

I don't think dudes get to be huge anymore.

my waistline begs to differ. slaughterhouse is amazing though.

what i mean is: this dude is totally going to be selling out 300-seat venues soon, isn't he?!

somewhere between de stijl and white blood cells huge

he's def not going to have to do his one man band shit anymore

think this dude could def be huge

he's going to save rock n roll

plus he cute

really excited to hear the new one, "hair" was super dope

I'm starting to think the Ty Segall Band's "Slaughterhouse" is Segall's best album yet.

still think "Melted" is the best but that was pretty awesome (just listened to the Spin stream)

I wanted to buy "Hair" yesterday but Other Music didn't have it

I'd love to see this dude blow up, I think he should at least be able to get to Jay Reatard levels. Which isn't huge huge, but not too shabby for a garage rock dude.

kind of surprised he isn't there yet, tbh

jay reatard levels?

I would say he is currently at least as big as, or about to be. I don't remember Jay Reatard packing Webster Hall

let's hope he won't get huge, cause it will probably make his music worse as it almost always does.
plus, the "one man band" thing is one of the major reasons his records are good.
in short, things should stay as they are imo.

ty segall is bigger than jay reatard ever was when he was alive

and better

rly? last couple times i saw jay, the audience was huge and super dedicated, including pretty broad cross-section of scenes and peoples. have only seen ty play smaller joints to a more homogenous group of hipster indie-punk types.

that would be a hard poll

re: popularity like stuff isn't challenging at all & his greatest pop moments are pretty easy to imagine being enjoyed by anyone who likes pop rock

some narcissism of small difference in my last post, cuz the "pretty broad cross section" i'm talking about just means different stripes of punks and rockers

yeah obviously this anecdotal sample is not perfectly representative & are really dependent on time & locale. you said you haven't seen him in a while, he really blew up in the past year, the show here was at a modest sized-venue but it sold out and huge crowds were denied, played huge show in nyc, pitchfork best new music, etc

yeah, i haven't seen ty recently, and his profile's obviously risen since i last did

facebook tells me ty segall is three times as famous as jay reatard

this is comfortably not his best record, but it's still really good

ok sorry this is insanely good

drag city sent out a release today about his OTHER record "Twins" that's coming out. that is a lotta material.

really psyched for his tour with the Oh Sees in the fall. playing in September in NYC at the new Bushwick venue that my friend is working on (The Well).

That does sound like fun. Probably can't count on a Mid-MO show.

yeah doesn't look like it. nowhere close really.

Tue. Sep. 11 - Las Vegas, NV @ Neon Reverb Festival w/ Thee Oh Sees
Thu. Sep. 13 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater w/ Thee Oh Sees
Fri. Sep. 14 - Oklahoma City, OK @ ACM at UCO w/ Thee Oh Sees
Sat. Sep. 15 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa w/ Thee Oh Sees
Tue. Sep. 18 - Atlanta, GA @ Goat Farm w/ Thee Oh Sees
Wed. Sep. 19 - Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree Café w/ Thee Oh Sees
Thu. Sep. 20 - Nashville, TN @ Zombie Shop w/ Thee Oh Sees
Fri. Sep. 21 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter w/ Thee Oh Sees
Sat. Sep. 22 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Well w/ Thee Oh Sees
Sun. Sep. 23 - Asbury Park, NJ @ ATP Festival
Tue. Sep. 25 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom w/ Thee Oh Sees
Wed. Sep. 26 - Toronto, ON @ The Hoxton w/ Thee Oh Sees
Sat. Sep. 29 - Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon w/ Thee Oh Sees
Sun. Sep. 30 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club w/ Thee Oh Sees

Maybe I will plan a rendezvous with my long-distance lover in OKC for that Sept 14th show?

Slaughterhouse f'n rules

Wave Goodbye is killin me rt now

ok now my favorite is The Tongue

p much everything this dude does f'n rules

yup.

I picked up "Slaughterhouse" and "Hair" (the one w/ White Fence) on the same day but haven't gotten around to "Hair" yet. So I've still got that to look forward to.

dig slaughterhouse, but there isn't much to it, imo. it's a 30 minute mini-album consisting of five real top-shelf keepers that run just over 16 minutes: "death", "bought my eyes", "the tongue", "inside your heart" and "oh mary". those are padded out with three serviceable but hardly memorable garage stompers and a couple of truly crappy covers, all of which take up another 13 minutes or so.

oh yeah, and a lifeless noise dirge that adds nothing but running time and gives the dirtbombs' "race to the bottom" a run for it's no money.

not to say that it's a bad record, just that it feels a little slight

is Wave Goodbye a cover? that's one of the best tracks on the album.

Diddy Wah Diddy and Fuzz War are the only weak spots imo.

no, wave goodbye is an original. the other cover is "the bag i'm in".

But "Wave Goodbye" is such a good tune!

yeah it's great. that's what confused me, lumping that one in as "serviceable but hardly memorable"

i guess i just mean that it doesn't floor me. not at all bad, but a bit generic in relation to the five i mentioned earlier.

and maybe i'm alone in being a bit indifferent to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNOEReMb6qc

the band practice scene kills me everytime

http://soundcloud.com/drag-city/ty-segall-the-hill

WOW!! great song

^^^

doesn't sound like him and a good , bombastic departure.

i think it's becoming more clear that this guy is scary good.

how old is he again?

23, 24, something like that?

oop, 26 according to the guardian

interesting song not don't think it's much of a departure from like "i bought my eyes" tho, & the whole last album harmonies were laid on p thick

http://pitchfork.com/news/48065-watch-chicago-morning-news-show-anchors-go-nuts-while-ty-segall-plays/

lmao how was he booked onto the WGN morning news show

funny clip

Of course he would fuck around

i saw him play last week - his set ended abruptly after a shoving match broke out between him and a security guy after Ty tried shoving him into the mosh pit. it was pretty great.

this album gonna ROCK:

http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ty-segall-teases-twins-with-yet-another-bizarre-vi/69783/

I still receive digital promos of things from a few PR folks and I weed through them as I can (I will be better about it from now on). While weeding lately I checked out Slaugherhouse and man, was I impressed! I know this guy is prolific and has a ton of projects he lends his sweaty guitar to, and I don't know how deep I will get into his cannon, but this album is so great: fuzz turned all the way up to skronk (sometimes), psych rock done by guys who like metal playing in a garage with egg cartons splattered on the walls and every Pixies record in their album collection.

Found this live clip of my favorite cut from the disc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx6alYZZGa0

My favorite Sonic Youth moments are "Daydream Nation" and "Goo," when they approximate being an actual pop band. This album fits into that same wheelhouse for me.

I finally got TWINS. It's dope. Slaughterhouse is maybe a little bit better but they're close. Twins is probably catchier and Slaughterhouse rocks harder.

Overall MELTED is still consistently my favorite, I'm trying not to turn into a Ty Segall completist since he has so much shit out but I think I need to go back and get that one on vinyl.

It's the only one I own.

Melted is the only one I still don't have, need to track that down.

dmr otm! Twins is probably the best thing he's done since Melted.

so expensive though! Drag City's prices are kind of outrageous nowadays. and no download code. is "Drag City Green Label" supposed to be some premium-quality pressing or something?

(DC not having anything on Spotify does make me buy more of their records overall, I will admit.)

best thing he did is srill the collabration with White Fence (hair) imo

also, sadly, at this point i don't think he got something new to offer.
maybe it's because of the over excessive releases lately

disagree ... it's a lot of records but all three of his 2012 releases hit the spot for me (and all were pretty different from each other)

sort of different. all quality tho.

How's the singles collection?

the singles collection is great, but if you've only heard stuff from Goodbye Bread on, be prepared for a significantly lower-fi experience. i think you could construct a fantastic 45-minute record our of his three major 2012 releases and it would be an all-time classic.

i wouldn't go as far as "all time classic", but it will be great.

i could kill you if you weren't ready for it!

ah?

lol sorry, "all time classic" as far as Ty's catalog goes.

maybe it's because of the over excessive releases lately

― nostormo, Monday, March 18, 2013 4:20 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"lately"

i think you could construct a fantastic 45-minute record our of his three major 2012 releases and it would be an all-time classic.

which tracks would you pick? I like him in theory but can never make it very far through one of his records. Finger is the only song of his that ever really stuck in my head. I think White Fence, Oh Sees, Fresh & Onlys are all a lot better but maybe I just haven't found a way into his catalog.

just off the top of my head:

from slaughterhouse - the tongue, wave goodbye, tell me what's inside your heart
from hair - i am not a game, time, easy ryder
from twins - would you be my love, thank god for the sinners, love fuzz, you're the doctor

the more I think about it Twins is probably the best front to back out of these. it's easier to pick the winners and losers off Slaughterhouse.

and ... i just saw a new one in the store?!

Yeah, I like the Presley songs on Hair. I'll check out those others, thanks.

and ... i just saw a new one in the store?!

Pretty sure that's a re-issue of his collab album with Mikal Cronin (which is pre the three everyone's talking about)

AMAAAAAAZING pink floyd cover on that record

galt you are correct

and predictably it rules

New album out August 20th. This guy is super productive.
http://pitchfork.com/news/50747-ty-segall-announces-new-album-sleeper/

chea

So Segall did an all-folk-minimalist-record.

oh well, i'll wait for the Fuzz project.

I'm really digging the album. I hear a lot of Neil Young in this, which is obviously always a good thing imo.

ha yeah, "all-folk-minimalist-record" sounds like a good move to me.

it's ok, but not really challenging i think.

maybe it deserves more spinning to decide though

yeah, it was pretty nice but gave me a bit of a "I've listened to barrett/bolan and you sir are no barrett/bolan" feeling

The best Segall records are his collaborations. (White Fence, Cronin, Epsilons..)

He should stick to that formula imo

Pretty stoked on this Fuzz stuff. Really dig all the singles - none of which are on the LP!

And the King Crimson cover is a lot of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEhuN9JKNIA

I saw FUZZ live on Friday night at the Tufnell Park Dome. They totally killed it. Segall is an animal of a drummer and the riffs are just so huge... I love the singles, but live, stripped of the slightly distant reverb, the tunes are just monstrous. I kind of think they could be huge.

gah, want the fancy-ass version of the FUZZ lp so dang bad. somebody please send one to me for no reason at all.

also hope to make one of the mass shows in a couple weeks.

Fuz is his best effort
Along with the Fence collaboration imo.

i'm not feeling the fuzz so much, miss his squally guitars, but its a good record

Just now getting to the Fuzz album and it's so good. Some sick guitar on there.

so the new one is pretty straightforward psychedlic garage. and it's good.

arrangements are much better than usual.
he/they learned how to play the instruments.

need to go find this...

it's great. buy it. (when its out).

liking a lot of this but the guitar solo passages sort of distract me from everything else. bet it will rip live though!

its his longest album yet, isn't it?

yeah, it's 17 songs, and some push four minutes. it's good but i can't decide if it's too long. i think it might be.

production is awesome.
the problem is the songwriting. it's kinda generic Ty style.

this album james hard

jams

i love it. its harder to digest in one go than, say, melted. but its excellent.

yeah i'm holding judgment until i get to listen all the way through a few more times. i have faith in him! so excited to see him soon. bummed i missed the Fuzz tour:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NiCjusQfd8

It sounds really retro. Like way more retro than his other stuff. I prefer the rocked-out version of "Feel" from Conan to the album version.

yes, more straightforwardly classic rockin to these ears ... still fresh tho

i still think Hair and Fuzz are the best things he done.

Manipulator is his third best i guess imo.

hair is really great

new album is really holding up great for me

who's the drummer on this? so good, and those nice, flat 70s drum sounds too

rhythm section makes this album

good hooks on every song as well, haven't heard a retro rock record this good for a long time

guessing it's him?

I liked one song I heard- I'll check out the rest. Thanks!

there are a few different drummers i believe, the lady who toured with him on a few, him on some, and i think chris wodehouse who is from that whole san fran psych/garage thing.

still think the album is a little too long and some of the guitar solos are sort of distracting/crappy but overall i really dug it

their touring drummer is Emily Epstein -- she's been playing drums for Ty for a few years -- she moved down to LA last year

Ty Segall is a very good drummer though

totes

Super solid fun record! Drags a bit in spots maybe - but good dirty sound, really hooky tunes - almost verging on a scrappy sprightly version of Deep Purple or Sabbath riffage. I haven't heard everything, but Manipulator seems like a breakthrough of sorts.

Seems like everyone very keen to tag this as ' break through' when it actually appears to be struggling for any more traction than previous records. Everyone seems to get that he is a solid songwriter but he does not seem to have found X FaCtor song. Not that I think that is necessarily some kind of noble goal to crave or is necessary but it is curious to me how much of the narrative around this record is about taking things to the ' next level'

It does seem like a bit more thought out and cohesive and tuneful record than others to me - and maybe a bit more conventional. I don't think anyone really expects a huge hit record out of the guy.

Seems like everyone very keen to tag this as ' break through' when it actually appears to be struggling for any more traction than previous records. Everyone seems to get that he is a solid songwriter but he does not seem to have found X FaCtor song. Not that I think that is necessarily some kind of noble goal to crave or is necessary but it is curious to me how much of the narrative around this record is about taking things to the ' next level'

― Hinklepicker, Friday, October 24, 2014 4:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fwiw,I wanted to go see hij
m recently and he instantly sold out a club he'd played before to solid but far from sold out crowd, also have a couple of friends who are into more commercial band like black keys, qotsa, etc get into him now

Oh well sounds like he is doing better with thiS than I thought then. Good for him.

it might be more momentum than the last album specifically, but i'm hearing a lot more friends/coworkers talking about the guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou-72_Ya5Ec

fuzz II is pretty dope

still waiting for my copy from in the red.

It's streaming on the NPR website (for a couple more days until the official release):

http://www.npr.org/2015/10/14/444448267/first-listen-fuzz-ii

loving the fuzz II

I like Mikal Cronin's last two records a lot more than any of this stuff

Hmm... I tried one Mikal Cronin song on Youtube. It was OK I guess, but it didn't sound anything like Fuzz. I was a bit skeptical if I needed a double-album's worth of more Fuzz but I ended up listening all the way through to the NPR stream.

Cronin's debut is excellent, heavy Segall-strafed power-pop. His second was pleasant, but I found the third dull, though I didn't listen to it enough to be fair. He's no Ty.

http://emotionalmugger.com

Oh mama..

killer cover of the equals' diversion on the new album

streaming via npr

sounds great.

Interesting production. Kinda new wave Devo doing garage. Melodies might be the downside.we shall see..

Not really feeling this and I'm a pretty big fan.

melodies problem confirmed.

got a new band lineup, recorded with steve albini apparently

never really listened to him before tonight, i got the death by audio 3xLP and it came with a 12" of his first show in new york in 2008. it's rad- i love the context and the vibe- not many people there, crowd chatting a bit, segall says he's psyched to be in new york. dude has a massive discography, what's a good place to start?

imo can't go wrong with anything from 2009 to 2014

reverse shark attack, melted, goodbye bread, twins, hair, slaughterhouse, manipulator are all great

Melted's a great starting place, also the Singles comp on Goner, or the live at Aisle 5 LP.

Melted is what got me hooked.

^^^

https://tysegall.bandcamp.com/track/the-main-pretender

Great new song. Back to Glam Rock!

Works for me.

Stream thy last stream:

https://www.npr.org/2018/01/18/578405537/first-listen-ty-segall-freedom-s-goblin

i'm liking this.

Awesome new song,60's psych/The Who style jam:

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/ty-segall-white-fence-good-boy/

the album is v a quick one/sell out

like, almost ridiculously so

how is it a sell out

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/The_who_sell_out_album_front.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/A_quick_one.jpg

Sell Out indeed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fS2q1mhmFk

love it

"freedom's goblin" is a terrific album. i wouldn't have even bothered checking it out but a co-worker put it on and now i can't stop listening. it goes so many different and wonderful places! and the songwriting is really stellar. leagues beyond the yelps and hackneyed "psych" tropes i've come to expect from him, john dwyer et al.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRar5omqQpI

His covers album is really good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts1RfaK_FXg

I thought the covers album was really boring, like a high school covers band. Ty at his best is brilliant - Freedom's Goblin often is. But Fudge Sandwich felt like a certain period of Robert Pollard stuff, where he's more into making "product" than actual good records (tho the Lennon cover was strong).

https://ew.com/music/2019/07/31/ty-segall-guitar-first-taste-interview/

New album is devoid of guitars

If I hadn't read about the lack of guitars beforehand, I'm not sure I would have guessed from listening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Ek1alZh8Y&feature=emb_title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Ek1alZh8Y

Harmonizer is pretty good, I like the glossy glam vibe.

This guy has kind of fallen off the ilx radar a little it seems, new one ("Hello, Hi") is another really good one. Mostly acoustic, pretty chill, but still filled with gems.

tiny desk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZzJwMXMvwE

first thoughts were 1) is that emmett kelly? 2) wait, i went to high school with the guy on keyboards