Ty Segall

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White Fence: A Bay Area Outpost on the L.A. Garage Rock Scene

"I was raised to hate Los Angeles," confesses Tim Presley. Which only makes sense, since Presley -- who started the psych-rock band Darker My Love, and whose solo project, White Fence, is considered by some to be the best garage-rock band in L.A. -- grew up in the Bay Area. He was raised in San Mate ... More >>

The 10 Best Bay Area Music Videos of 2011

From Seventeen Evergreen's "Polarity Song" video.​ Ah, the music video: In three decades, these modest clips went from insider promo tool, to prime-time TV staple, to Internet meme-generator. And despite all the online noise and bustle of 2011, a good music video is still a fantastic way to gr ... More >>

Watch: Ty Segall's Video for "Where Your Head Goes" Will Make Your Head Explode

Where does your head go? Crazy.​ Warning: Pregnant mothers, heart patients, epileptics, and those looking to avoid another acid flashback should not watch the new video for Ty Segall's "Where Your Head Goes," one of many standout tracks from the S.F. rocker's latest album, Goodbye Bread. The v ... More >>

Ty Segall Explains Every Track on His New Album, Goodbye Bread

The Ty Segall band, with Segall at left.​With his latest album, Goodbye Bread, S.F. rocker Ty Segall departed a bit from the aggressive garage rock he was known for and shifted into more reflective territory, showing the influence of great songwriters like John Lennon and Neil Young. This was ... More >>

A Halloween Show We Can Get Behind: Nobunny, Ty Segall, Uzi Rash, and More to Play as Long-Gone Greats This Friday

Nobunny and Ty Segall play as garage greats this Friday.​On Friday, Brick and Mortar Music Hall will present a Halloween show that we're truly excited about. Naturally, it consists of some of our favorite local artists -- Nobunny and Ty Segall among them -- but given the time of the year, ther ... More >>

Music Links: Ty Segall (Literally) Kicks Ass, Budget Rock's Final Installment, and More

Ty Segall jumps off a Cleveland stage to kick the ass of some shit-starting bros. [Mission Mission] Some background on the mind-bending that will take place at Frisco Freakout. [SF Gate]

Ty Segall Unveils Party-Hearty NSFW Video for "Goodbye Bread"

And the latest artist to jump into the click-grabbing NSFW video club is S.F. rock prodigy Ty Segall, who released a fun little video for the title track off his latest album, Goodbye Bread. Playing entirely in slow-motion, the clip finds Segall at the very middle of one wild party. It's not quite a ... More >>

Mikal Cronin: 7 Reasons to Love This New S.F. Garage Rocker's Debut Album

Mikal Cronin's debut album is out today.​ Mikal Cronin isn't totally new -- he's been playing with Ty Segall and Moonhearts for years -- but he's new to living in San Francisco, and his debut album is very, very new: It's out today on Trouble in Mind. If you like garage-damaged guitar pop, we' ... More >>

Farewell, DAM Haus: Ty Segall and Ganglians Play Goodbye Party for a 22-Year-Old Davis Punk House

Michael SchultzTy Segall and his band among the throngs at DAM Haus​ DAM Haus, the Davis punk rock house rented and run by KDVS, UC Davis's college radio station for the past 22 years, is no more. The house, which hosted around six shows per year, was legendary in the Sacramento scene, to band ... More >>

Mikal Cronin: Show Preview

Michael SchultzTy Segall and his band among the throngs at DAM Haus​ DAM Haus, the Davis punk rock house rented and run by KDVS, UC Davis's college radio station for the past 22 years, is no more. The house, which hosted around six shows per year, was legendary in the Sacramento scene, to band ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Outside Lands Edition

Michael SchultzTy Segall and his band among the throngs at DAM Haus​ DAM Haus, the Davis punk rock house rented and run by KDVS, UC Davis's college radio station for the past 22 years, is no more. The house, which hosted around six shows per year, was legendary in the Sacramento scene, to band ... More >>

Hear "Apathy" By Mikal Cronin, Ty Segall Associate and Grit-Rock Extraordinaire

Cody EdisonMikal Cronin​ Mikal Cronin is a friend and musical associate of San Francisco garage-rock wunderkind Ty Segall -- and he might be the newest name local rock fans need to know (if they don't already). With a self-titled debut coming out Sept. 20 on Trouble in Mind, Cronin dropped a p ... More >>

Stream Ty Segall's New Album, Goodbye Bread. That's an Order.

Yep, this is the cover art.​ We all know Ty Segall can blast out some of the best face-melters of anyone in San Francisco the world right now. But guess what? Dude can write some pretty sweet songs, too. With melodies and stuff. That's the takeaway from Goodbye Bread, the new album from this ... More >>

Garage Rock, Baby

Yep, this is the cover art.​ We all know Ty Segall can blast out some of the best face-melters of anyone in San Francisco the world right now. But guess what? Dude can write some pretty sweet songs, too. With melodies and stuff. That's the takeaway from Goodbye Bread, the new album from this ... More >>

Ty Segall Announces Adorable New Album Artwork

​ Sure, why not a wrinkly puppydog? That's the art (and all the art!) for the upcoming album from S.F. garage-rocker Ty Segall, Goodbye Bread. And it's soooo cuuuuute. Goodbye Bread is out June 21 on Drag City. An early press release calls it a "comedown record" -- but the first single, "You ... More >>

Wooden Shjips Sign to Thrill Jockey for "West," Continue Trend of S.F. Bands on Chicago Labels

​ Having already carried out a vital inquiry into whether we San Franciscans are too obsessed with our brilliant little garage/psych/vintage rock scene (answer: yes, but deservedly so) let us now ponder this: What's with all the S.F. bands on Chicago labels?We ask specifically because of today's n ... More >>

Music Links: Kurt Vile in the Bedroom, 13-Year-Old's Benefit Show, More

Before his sold-out show tonight, Kurt Vile played in Yours Truly's bedroom. It was rad. Watch the video. [Yours Truly]Local eighth-grader organizes a Great American Music Hall show called "It Gets Indie" on Monday for a good cause. [The Bay Bridged]

Reminder: Crazy Punks OFF! Rouse the Eagle Tavern Tonight

This -- but in a leather bar.​In under two years, OFF! -- the cantankerous L.A. punk group that features members of the Circle Jerks, Black Flag, and Rocket From the Crypt -- has gone from newbie status to national phenomenon, reminding a generation of happy-go-lucky sellouts what punk ideals real ... More >>

Links: The Backstory on Britney in S.F., New Video of Sonny & the Sunsets, and Downer Party Release Show Tonight

Sonny & The Sunsets from Scott McDowell on Vimeo.How S.F. Supervisor Bevan Dufty brought Britney Spears to the city for Good Morning America. [SF Gate]Sonny & the Sunsets do a set for video project Chasing the Moon in advance of their new album. [The Bay Bridged]

Thee Oh Sees, Sic Alps, Ty Segall, and the Sandwitches Give a Primer on S.F. Rock

Sic Alps at Great American Music Hall last night.​Thee Oh SeesSic AlpsTy SegallThe SandwitchesFebruary 9, 2011@ Great American Music HallBetter than: Train.If you're looking for a primer on the state of independent rock in San Francisco in 2011, you could hardly do better than last night's lineup ... More >>

Friday Night: Monotonix Dumps Trash on People, and a Guy in a Wheelchair Goes Crowdsurfing at Rickshaw

Joseph SchellMonotonix frontman Ami Shalev at Rickshaw on Friday.​Monotonix Ty Segall, NODZZZ January 28, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: The rinse cycle. There was hardly a place in the Rickshaw Stop that the mic didn't travel during Friday's Monotonix show. It went everywhere. Literally. Incl ... More >>

Watch Sic Alps Grainy, Disorienting New Video for 'Do You Want to Give $$?'

He wanted to give.​Now here's a video that fits well with the accompanying song -- we can't get a clear grip on either. Sic Alps new album Napa Asylum (out tomorrow) is a bewildering, dirty, vaguely depressing slog, and we mean that in a good way! So the video for its first single, "Do You Wa ... More >>

Ty Segall Is Releasing a Live Album, In Case You Want to Remember How You Went Deaf Forever

So this local rock 'n' roller named Ty Segall, whom we're kind of into, is putting out a live album. Recorded last July during a sold-out show at Amnesia -- the one-year anniversary party for Southpaw records, in fact -- Live In Aisle Five captures Segall at his most frantic, playing 13 songs, inclu ... More >>

My Top 10 Tracks of 2010, Apparently a Good Year in S.F. Rock

All hail the Fresh & Onlys, local proprietors of one of my favorite songs of 2010.​No, this isn't some not-so-sly effort at hometown boosterism. Three of my favorite songs from this year just happen to come from artists who nominally call S.F. home. Seriously. Anyway, some of the others on her ... More >>

Get a Close-Up of Ty Segall's Frayed, Spare New Songs on Daytrotter

Daytrotter/www.daytrotter.comDaytrotter's Ty Segall portrait.​Having already sung the praises of local grit maven Ty Segall twice this week -- on the lists of both our favorite albums and tracks of 2010 -- I'll spare you any further salivating over his stripped-down rock schtick. But if you l ... More >>

Sound and Vision: Take the Bruise Cruise

Daytrotter/www.daytrotter.comDaytrotter's Ty Segall portrait.​Having already sung the praises of local grit maven Ty Segall twice this week -- on the lists of both our favorite albums and tracks of 2010 -- I'll spare you any further salivating over his stripped-down rock schtick. But if you l ... More >>

All Shook Down: A cross-section of the festival schedule

Daytrotter/www.daytrotter.comDaytrotter's Ty Segall portrait.​Having already sung the praises of local grit maven Ty Segall twice this week -- on the lists of both our favorite albums and tracks of 2010 -- I'll spare you any further salivating over his stripped-down rock schtick. But if you l ... More >>

Ty Segall Reprises His One-Man-Band Show Tonight: A Reminder

Claire Vogel/ www.flickr.com/people/oclaire/Ty Segall​Armed with a meaty backing band, San Francisco garage-psych wunderkind Ty Segall is now on the rise nationally. But Segall got his start playing as a one-man-band around town, wowing audiences with a demonstration of just how much noise one dud ... More >>

10 Things: Good Bands, Gay Pride, Free Market and The Life and Death of an Italian Cat

Portland's The Caps, performing at Summer Solstice Spectacle on Saturday​On this fine Pride weekend, let's step back and take a moment to appreciate all the superb events our foggy town has to offer without high costs or shitty attitudes. Where else in the world can you find citywide Michael Jacks ... More >>

Girls Gone Dialed

Portland's The Caps, performing at Summer Solstice Spectacle on Saturday​On this fine Pride weekend, let's step back and take a moment to appreciate all the superb events our foggy town has to offer without high costs or shitty attitudes. Where else in the world can you find citywide Michael Jacks ... More >>

Wines That Go Well With Bay Area Bands

​You can go to a restaurant and ask the server to offer wine pairings to accompany your fancy-pants menu choice. But imagine you're home and have just reached for the latest album from that hip new San Francisco band. You're all ready to crank up those sweet tunes, but what to drink to compliment ... More >>

Michael Jackson's Dance Moves, Pandora's iPad Ads, Blog Love for Ty Segall and Safe

Safe's Christopher F. Edley III​Michael Jackson's dance moves make for new video game. [Daily Swarm]Pandora's iPad app pairs music and videos with ads from Starbucks, Lexus and Budweiser. [Digital Music News]Pitchfork gives Ty Segall's Melted a 7.5, says "it seems in some ways like his first prop ... More >>

CD Review: Ty Segall's "Melted"

​Last year, Ty Segall had his name on at least seven releases--on nearly the same number of record labels. And that's not counting his side-projects. He's prolific, due in part to the fact that he has a relatively simple, tried, and true method to his music. His latest album, Melted, doesn't stray ... More >>

Short and Sweet: Brilliant Colors' New Single "Never Mine"

​"Never Mine," the jangly new single from female S.F. garage-pop trio Brilliant Colors, is just the kind of track we need on a Monday. It's short -- only 1:49! -- but crisp, catchy and a little ragged around the edges. Singer-guitarist Jess Scott has a hurried howl that kicks off right away. Her b ... More >>

Bay Area Music Links: Hipster Hate and Buffy Love

​Emily Jane White and many others will play a tribute to social-minded, Native American singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie this Sunday. [The Bay Bridged]  How to succeed as a street musician in SF. [The Bold Italic]  Garage fav Ty Segall has a new album, Melted, out on Goner records ... More >>

One Band's SXSW: Ty Segall's Drummer Gives Us the Lowdown

Ty Segall's first of ten SXSW shows ​Editor's note: Emily Rose Epstein is a great music writer who also happens to be a great musician. She plays drums in Ty Segall's band--an act that had 10 officially-scheduled shows in Austin during SXSW last week. There's been a barrage of reports from critics ... More >>

'In a Cloud' Captures SF's Best Folk Pop Freaks. We Q&A its Mastermind.

​Man, San Francisco is so strong on the indie music front these days. And that's not just empty cheerleading. Our pop bands (Girls, The Dodos) are getting prime festival slots and lots of press love, while experimental psych-garage act Sic Alps has been asked by industry heavies (Sonic Youth and Y ... More >>

Video of the Day: Ty Segall Mikal Cronin = Badasses in Black

Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin "I Wear Black" from Claire Marie Films on Vimeo.In  person, Ty Segall comes off like a sweet guy. At last weekend's sardine-packed ruckus at the Elbo Room, the garage rocker beamed out at a sea of happy punks and seemed genuinely giddy as a little kid when he said, ... More >>

Last Night: Thee Oh Sees, Mayyors, Ganglians and Ty Segall

​Thee Oh Sees, Mayyors, Ganglians, and Ty Segall Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 Eagle Tavern Better than: Compromising stylistic purity for comfort It was the kind of night that reminds you of all that is great about Bay Area music: four hot local bands--Ty Segall, Ganglians, Mayyors and Thee Oh Sees ... More >>

Under the Radar Gigs: Thee Oh Sees at the Eagle on Thursday

While Thee Oh Sees spent much of 2009 playing what felt like a show a week there for a while, the band has yet to perform in 2010. What's going on, guys? John Dwyer and Co. will rectify that absence from the live scene with a show on Thursday night at the Eagle (which SFist reported earlier this we ... More >>

Let's Get Killed's Top Albums of 2009

While Thee Oh Sees spent much of 2009 playing what felt like a show a week there for a while, the band has yet to perform in 2010. What's going on, guys? John Dwyer and Co. will rectify that absence from the live scene with a show on Thursday night at the Eagle (which SFist reported earlier this we ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

James Franco, live and at the Castro on Sunday​Thirteen is a very lucky number, and we've always seen Friday the 13th as the night to press that luck--rather than the night you get sliced up by a serial killer at a summer camp. Anyway, here's this week's lucky list for cheap bastards everywhere. B ... More >>

Music Awards Program Guide

James Franco, live and at the Castro on Sunday​Thirteen is a very lucky number, and we've always seen Friday the 13th as the night to press that luck--rather than the night you get sliced up by a serial killer at a summer camp. Anyway, here's this week's lucky list for cheap bastards everywhere. B ... More >>

Track(s) of the Day: Music Awards Nominees ( Metal/Psych/|Punk)

​Tomorrow's the big night. SF Weekly's 2009 Music Award winners will be announced at a blowout party at Ruby Skye. We'll have a host--Alex Koll--who's a combination air guitar champ/comedian. We'll have performances by acts that mix their hip-hop with funk, dubstep, and live drums (Wallpaper., L ... More >>

Vote! SF Weekly's Music Awards Ballot Goes Live

​The Bay Area music scene's crazy with talent, and we've been working hard as of late to narrow that massive creative pool down to 40 acts worthy of jumping on this year's Music Awards Ballot. So after much research by own own staff, and much polling of respected members of the music industry, we' ... More >>

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

Rob KarlicNobunny​We apologize in advance but this week the descriptions are gonna go fast. We're as short on time as we are on money.Drive-In Movie @ Secret Location !7th & Folsom (Friday)Mobile Movie is hosting another guerrilla drive-in adventure tonight. They're planning to show the Will F ... More >>

Festival Schmestival News: Punk and Psych Bashes

Jennifer MaerzThe SpitsThe summer festival cycle is upon us quicker than you think, and while we wait on announcements from big guns like Outside Lands and Treasure Island (which has moved to the end of October) here's some updates on the budget bashes going on between now and the end of the year.Fi ... More >>

Not Jonathan Livingston

Jennifer MaerzThe SpitsThe summer festival cycle is upon us quicker than you think, and while we wait on announcements from big guns like Outside Lands and Treasure Island (which has moved to the end of October) here's some updates on the budget bashes going on between now and the end of the year.Fi ... More >>

RARAK Pull Double-Duty on Saturday Night in the Mission District

Jennifer MaerzThe SpitsThe summer festival cycle is upon us quicker than you think, and while we wait on announcements from big guns like Outside Lands and Treasure Island (which has moved to the end of October) here's some updates on the budget bashes going on between now and the end of the year.Fi ... More >>