Photos include co-curators Loop, Comets On Fire, Fennesz, 23 Skidoo, White Fence, Hookworms, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Dirty Beaches, The KVB, Kandodo and The Dismemberment Plan.
And Bay Area psych weirdo White Fence has turned in a jangly, flowery cover of “Today’s Lesson,” a 1991 banger from the crustcore band Filth. The White Fence version does not sound anything like the Filth one, and you can hear it below.
White Fence certainly had the louder, garage rock part of the festival covered but could have played even louder and taken full advantage of echoes and acoustics.
I recently spoke with Presley as he was driving into the United States, narrowly escaping a rigorous inspection at the Canadian/U.S. border.
The performances White Fence put on both Friday and Saturday were mind-blowing, and are sure to set many imaginations ablaze.
..perhaps what I like most about Tim Presley’s music is that it is both contradictory and complimentary within itself: retro-ly familiar yet utterly unique and modern…
White Fence played their first set in the main stage area, where their raucous sound had plenty of room to breathe.
livestream performances by Divine Fits, Vile, Van Etten, Bird, and Parquet Courts, in addition to White Fence, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, Lightning Dust…
White Fence serves as a journey through the mind and influences of Tim Presley and is a solid listen for any fans of lo-fi psychedelic rock.
The L Magazine posts photos from White Fence’s performance at Northside Fest
White Fence’s latest album is Cyclops Reap which is out on Castle Face and can be streamed via Rdio or Spotify.
As mentioned, Mac DeMarco and White Fence will be playing the Panache Northside showcase at Brooklyn Bowl on June 13.
“…Joining Loop, Mogwai, the Pop Group, Dirty Beaches, and more at the final weekend are Ty Segall, White Fence…”
“It was poetic – dozens of scorching garage rock shredders blowing our heads off from one general anonymous direction. It was delirium, the good kind…”
“It’s a song slathered in acid-burnt fuzz where Presley stretches out with an echoing psych guitar solo after hammering out a simple, solid power chord hook…”
“Given the maturity and insight of White Fence’s previous releases and his collaborations with it-boy Ty Segall, it shouldn’t shock anyone that the act’s newest record, Cyclops Reap, is quite brilliant…”
White Fence’s new album Cyclops Reap is streaming on Pitchfork Advance.
“His follow-up, ‘Cyclops Reap’, keeps the party going…”
“Tim Presley doesn’t seem to be running out of songs and this is another quality batch of paisley-scented psychedelia…
“White Fence is hardly the first band to dabble in the Beatles discography, but for the first time, it feels like they are expanding on the sound rather than simply copying it…”
“Cyclops Reap, Presley’s forthcoming album on Thee Oh Sees frontman John Dwyer’s Castleface Records, was originally intended as a grab bag of leftovers from his last three years of insane productivity. But Presley’s drive quickly transformed the project into a full-fledged album…”
“White Fence‘s albums are great and all, especially if you’re in the mood for psych jams dusted with LA smog and a little weed smoke, but sometimes it feels like frontman Tim Presley works better as a singles artist, pushing these deep nuggets of wobbly pop into the world to be compulsively studied and listened to so many times that seemingly innocuous lyrics like did you get what you needed today? start to sound pretty heavy…”
“Last year alone saw a double album on Woodsist and a collaborative album with fellow garage rock superstar Ty Segall. He doesn’t seem to be slowing down for 2013…”
“Last year, Tim Presley of White Fence joined psychedelic forces with Ty Segall for collaborative LP Hair on Drag City. Now White Fence returns with another album, Cyclops Reap, due out April 9 via Castle Face, the label run by John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees…”
“Turn it up loud, especially for the crashing finale that closes this out in ways that would make your greying pops (or surly uncles) smile…”
“”Pink Gorilla” is a psychedelic garage pop tune with groovy riffs that will make you want to shake it.”
After releasing three records in 2012, Presley is hitting the ground running once again in 2013, with a new album called Cyclops Reap set to arrive on April 9 via Castleface.
“The Los Angeles-based one-man garage band known as White Fence has picked up some swell shine thanks to a recent album-length collaboration with … Ty Segall.”
White Fence’s Tim Presley Talks Recording With Ty Segall, Brooklyn’s Blandness, & Peeing With His Cat
On playing music with his brother, recording with Ty Segall, and the magic of Big Sur.
