Ty Segall - C or D?

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.