“The studio output and relentless touring schedule of Thee Oh Sees is nothing short of superhuman. Despite releasing the album Putrifiers II this September, the band are already gearing up to hit the studio to record a follow-up before the year is through…”
“Whatever the literal truth of DeMarco’s persona on 2, at least someone’s putting effort into playing the provocateur– and without dumbing his music down as part of the act…”
“Lo-fi, garage rock, punk, noise– Ty Segall is not concerned with these distinctions. He just makes rock’n’roll albums that make sense to him…”
“Psych noise careening off of a scuzz-splattered garage floor, what’s not to like?”
“Obviously, we love this guy…”
“…DeMarco taking notes from his hero, Jonathan Richman, both in style and attitude.”
“…it whirrs and shakes like a horse ready to burst through a starting gate, and once Thee Oh Sees launch into a motorik, Can-on-speed groove, “Lupine Dominus” certainly feels like some kind of race…”
“…The song that follows that initial word is loose and groovy, a blurry little super 8 film that’s sort of a paean to his favorite smoke but really more about a vibe, something you screw in like a red lightbulb…”
“…Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin spend the first 40 seconds of “I Bought My Eyes” harmonizing ethereally, singing what sounds like a traditional folk song over guitar tones that seem ready to give out any second…”
“Throughout the show, the crowd thoroughly enjoyed themselves—perching on top of benches, dancing on the narrow side shelving, indie moshing (not as fierce as a punk or metal pit), spraying drinks and stage diving/crowd surfing…”
“Despite the album’s humble home-brewed beginnings, it’s attracting serious attention internationally: it was named the 29th best album of 2012 by influential UK music mag NME (they called him “Ferris Bueller with a guitar”), and is sure to figure prominently on other lists before the year is out…”
Quintron & Miss Pussycat will perform for the benefit on Dec. 14th.
Ty Segall’s prolific streak continues on January 22, this time with two reissues via In the Red. The first is the only LP by Segall’s surf band the Traditional Fools, which was originally released in 2008. The other is Reverse Shark Attack, his 2009 collaborative LP with his longtime collaborator (and fellow Ty Segall Band member) Mikal Cronin.
“[In 2013] I’m going to like, get my head wrapped around the next thing and take some time… I just want to focus on one thing and make it as best as I can. I’ve never really focused on just one thing for a year straight, so I’d like to do that.”
“It’s a monster album, with explosive guitars, thrashing beats and shredded blasts of insanely catchy hooks and turns. A lot of musicians would consider Twins the peak of their career. In the case of Ty Segall, it’s thrilling to know he’s just getting started.”
CMJ’s Best of 2012 Mixtape features Thee Oh Sees single, “Floods New Light”, from their 2012 LP, Putrifiers II.
“Ex-Coachwhips singer-guitarist John Dwyer keeps his band running like a ’57 Chevy hooked up to a morphine drip…”
“The hooks are viral to the point of contagious, whether Segall is jingle-jangling through acoustic ballads or squalling along at interplanetary speed.”
Merge Records is thrilled to announce the addition of Mikal Cronin to the Merge roster!
Cronin has released this official statement concerning his recent signing with Merge, “YYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!’”
Panache Booking is excited to announce that we’ll be heading down to Miami for some fun in the sun for Art Basel. As musicians and artists from all over the globe flock to this tropical haven, we will be teaming up with our friends at Gramps Bar for their grand opening and hosting a showcase […]
“Mac performed the song [‘Ode To Viceroy’] with his band in Chart Attack’s living room – it might be the last time he performs in a venue this small.”
“Rock’n’roll doesn’t tell you what to think and do, it makes you feel a certain way, so you do those things on your own,” says Segall.”
Check out Mac DeMarco’s new video for “Ode to Viceroy”, off his recent LP, 2.”Directed by Jasper Baydala, the clip takes DeMarco through a fuzzy, 90s VHS tape-style journey.”
“While Mac DeMarco was in town for CMJ last month, [Impose Magazine] handed over a disposable camera to him so he could take pictures of whatever he wanted while he was in New York. He flipped off Dent May at Mercury Lounge, gave the bird to the audience at Pianos (who, of course, returned the gesture) and went to a house party (and mooned the camera).”
“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 the recordings.”
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.
Panache is excited to announce several new additions to the roster. We are thrilled to welcome Arca, Calvin Love, Chris Cohen, Destruction Unit, Ex-Cult, Jacco Gardner, Kinski, OBN III’s, U.S. Girls and Woodsman to the Panache family. Several of these bands will be touring around new albums in 2013 as well as heading to SXSW. […]
Next year’s South by Southwest will be held from March 8-17, and the music portion will take place from March 12-17.
Congratulations to Ty Segall for a very wild and psychedelic television appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on Monday Nov 5, the eve of election day. The band stopped through New York to appear on the Late Show before beginning their month long European Tour. They will be back through NY on Friday […]
