Grimy Goods reviews Mikal Cronin’s show at The Echo
Mikal Cronin’s set had a few technical difficulties, but they still got a lot of support from the crowd, especially one kid who got up on stage and sang into the mic.
Mikal Cronin’s set had a few technical difficulties, but they still got a lot of support from the crowd, especially one kid who got up on stage and sang into the mic.
“…But his new album for Merge, MCII, is not a garage-rock record, or a punk record. It’s a gorgeous, deeply personal pop record — jangly, hooky…”
“The Energizer Bunny of San Francisco garage rock, Ty Segall, has another new album coming on August 20 called SLEEPER…”
“Canadian Mac DeMarco joins Marc for a live session and a chat! Track list: – The Stars Keep On Calling My Name – Freaking Out The Neighbourhood – Ode to Viceroy”
“…The album trailer, which features what could be the title track, finds Segall returning to the more lo-fi acoustic side…”
“…before any expectations for MCII can fully set in, Cronin is already breaking all preconceptions, coming out of the gate with the album’s most relentlessly catchy, fully realized guitar-pop confection on a disc brimming over with ‘em…”
Watch a clip of Mac DeMarco talking to NME at The Great Escape 2013.
“Joining Loop, Mogwai, the Pop Group, Dirty Beaches, and more at the final weekend are Ty Segall…”
“…Joining Loop, Mogwai, the Pop Group, Dirty Beaches, and more at the final weekend are Ty Segall, White Fence…”
“…Check out a trailer for the record below, which features Ty cheekily resting in various spots and a bit of music, presumably from the release…”
“…”Change” is its most aggressive moment, a “wild and wooly” guitar freakout “made more forceful by dizzying strings and woodwinds.”…”
“…Directed by Claire Marie Vogel, the video follows the antics of a wild house party…”
“…California fuzz-rocker Mikal Cronin has shared a grungy house-party clip to accompany “Change”, a highlight from his excellent new MCII LP…”
“…Canadian musician Mac Demarco was on several Paste staffers must-see list as we embarked on the week-long music overdose of SXSW…”
“Ty Segall makes it difficult to imagine him ever resting, let alone sleeping. On August 20, however, the Bay Area garage rocker will release a new album titled Sleeper via Drag City…”
“…The band’s live shows are renowned for the energy and a sort of heads-down-no-nonsense-mindless-boogie that makes the show at Exit07 an exciting prospect…”
“…Cronin’s shiny, happy second album packs a surfeit of melody, an unexpected boogie-woogie piano solo, some violin, key changes to punch the air to…”
Photos from Thee Oh Sees’ show at London’s Scala.
“MCII, smartly arranged with a keen, child-of-the-’90s ear for quiet-loud dynamics, is a glimmering feast of sun-licked, surf-spackled melody that benefits from the emotional layering that Cronin finds lacking in “fuck it garage-rock.”…”
“Mac’s hitting the road this summer for an epic US/Canada tour…”
“…Cronin’s sincere, gentle approach breathes new life into the Scot rockers’ oft-mocked chugger, which came to fame via 1993’s Benny & Joon.”
“…Today’s Top Tune is the churning “Toe Cutter/Thumb Buster,” from their CD, Floating Coffin.”
“…But MCII exhibits such an easy, enjoyable knack for pop songwriting that, whatever it is, it’ll almost certainly be a joy to behold.”
“…The Lagniappe Sessions return with Mikal Cronin, whose sophomore solo LP and Merge Records debut, MCII, lands at your favorite record store today…”
“His debut on Merge, the CoS Top Star-earning MCII, is the product of ever-shifting landscapes in Cronin’s personal and professional life…”
“Cronin’s sophomore release, MCII, is a nuanced collage of quintessentially “California” pop songs—or, at the very least, how the rest of the country perceives such songs to look and feel…”
“…It’s all about things I’m trying to figure out in my personal life and about myself. That seems to be pretty universal in twenty-something people, as I’ve discovered…”
“…The 7-minute mini-doc, directed and produced by Babak Khoshnoud and Will Abramson, follows Cronin around the Mission in San Francisco, into the studio, and down to the gritty-looking basement where he works…”
“Cartoon hub Adult Swim recently leaked new tunes by Thee Oh Sees and the Black Lips to promote their Dr. Pepper-assisted Garage Swim comp, and today (May 6) it is giving the whole thing away for free…”
“I’ve listened to Mikal Cronin’s sophomore album about 54 times already. That doesn’t say anything else but this: It’s really good…”