Nov 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern (and Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, and Scott Dransfield all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 10 this week. More

Nov 06, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Ty Segall has announced a new album, Three Bells, and shared a new song from it, “My Room,” via a music video in which the singer/guitarist gets pelted by bananas. More

Sep 25, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Ty Segall has shared a new song, “Eggman,” via a music video where he eats a whole lot of hard boiled eggs. Segall co-directed the video with his wife, Denée Segall (who filmed it and co-wrote the song with Segall). More

Sep 01, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 27th Songs of the Week of 2023. It was another quiet week for new songs, but we settled on 10 we liked. More

Aug 28, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Ty Segall has shared a near-seven-minute-long new song, “Void,” via a music video and announced some 2024 North American tour dates. Segall co-directed the video with his wife, Denée Segall. More

Jun 28, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Ty Segall is releasing a new album, “Hello, Hi”, on July 22 via Drag City. Now he has shared its third single, which is actually a cover of The Mantles’ “Don’t Lie.” The original version of “Don’t Lie” was featured on the Oakland band’s self-titled debut from 2009. Segall has also announced some 2023 tour dates in Australia and New Zealand. More

May 20, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 20th Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a mixed week for new tracks, but there were still some good ones worth crowing about and we settled on a Top 13. More

May 16, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Ty Segall is releasing a new album, “Hello, Hi”, on July 22 via Drag City. Now he has shared its second single, “Saturday Pt. 2,” which features a saxophone solo from bandmate Mikal Cronin. More

Apr 25, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Ty Segall has announced a new album, “Hello, Hi”, and shared its title track. More

Jan 28, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the fourth Songs of the Week of 2022. Compared to the last two weeks, it was a fairly quiet seven days for new songs. Last week, for example, we had 12 honorable mentions on top of a Top 10 songs and the week before that instead of a Top 14 songs. Still, there were definitely some worthy tracks this week. More

Jan 24, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Ty Segall has shared the song “Story of the Century” from the upcoming soundtrack to the Matt Yoka documentary Whirlybird. The soundtrack is Segall’s first ever feature film score, and it will be out on February 22 via Drag City. More

Oct 26, 2021 By Joey Arnone

SASAMI (aka Los Angeles-based musician Sasami Ashworth) has announced the release of a new album titled Squeeze. It will be out on February 25 via Domino. Ashworth has also shared videos for two new singles: “The Greatest” and “Skin a Rat,” and has announced a headlining U.S. tour for 2022. Jennifer Juniper Stratford directed the video for “The Greatest” and Andrew Thomas Huang (FKA twigs, Björk) both directed the “Skin a Rat” visual and shot the album’s cover art. More

Sep 13, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Last month Ty Segall surprise-released a new album, Harmonizer, via Drag City. Now he has shared a video for the album’s title track, “Harmonizer.” More

Aug 16, 2021 By Mark Redfern

A couple of weeks ago Ty Segall surprise-released a new album, Harmonizer, via Drag City. Now he has shared a video for the album’s “Feel Good” and announced some new tour dates. The song and video both feature Segall’s wife, Denée Segall. More

Jul 23, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The ever-prolific Ty Segall is releasing a new album, First Taste, on August 2 via Drag City. Now he has shared another song from it, “Ice Plant,” the third and final pre-release single from First Taste. More

Jul 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The ever-prolific Ty Segall is releasing a new album, First Taste, August 2 via Drag City. Now he has shared another song from it, “Radio.” More

Jun 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were several notable albums announced this week, which meant some strong opening singles to choose from, as well as a few album tracks. More

Jun 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The ever-prolific Ty Segall has announced yet another new album, First Taste, and shared a video for its first single, “Taste.” More

Apr 23, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The ever-prolific Ty Segall has announced a series of residencies where he will perform one of his album’s in full, plus a mystery set. The residencies are in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, London, Paris, Berlin, and Haarlem, NL. All the dates and details are below. More

Sep 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The ever-prolific Ty Segall has announced a new covers album, Fudge Sandwich, and shared its first single, a cover of Spencer Davis Group’s “I’m a Man.” More

Jul 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The ever-prolific Ty Segall has teamed up with White Fence (aka Tim Presley, also of DRINKS) for a new collaborative album, Joy, which is due out July 20 via Drag City. Previously they shared the album’s first single, “Good Boy.” Now they have shared another song from it, ” Body Behavior.” More

May 14, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The ever-prolific Ty Segall has teamed up with White Fence (aka Tim Presley, also of DRINKS) for a new collaborative album, Joy, and have shared its first single, “Good Boy.” More

May 07, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The ever-prolific Ty Segall released a new album, Freedom’s Goblin, back in January via Drag City. Now he has announced some fall solo acoustic tour dates. More

Dec 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The ever prolific Ty Segall released his second self-titled album back in January via Drag City, but lately he has been releasing some new standalone singles. Now he has announced a new album, Freedom’s Goblin, due for release on January 26, 2018 via Drag City. More

Nov 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The ever prolific Ty Segall released his second self-titled album back in January via Drag City, but lately he has been releasing some new standalone singles. Here’s another one, the retro rocking “The Main Pretender,” which features a great sax part by bandmate Mikal Cronin. More

Apr 24, 2017 By Charles Steinberg

You can always count on Ty Segall for finding the fun in guitar thrashing. Today, Segall shared the video for “Break a Guitar,” the lead single from his second self-titled album that dropped in January. More

Mar 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall released a new album, which is self-titled, in January via Drag City. But he is already releasing a new 7-inch, the Sentimental Goblin EP, on March 17 via Suicide Squeeze. More

Feb 09, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall released a new album, which is self-titled, last month via Drag City. Previously he shared the album’s “Orange Color Queen” and “Break a Guitar” and last night he stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform “Break a Guitar.” More

Feb 09, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall released a new album, which is self-titled, last month via Drag City. Previously he shared the album’s “Orange Color Queen” and “Break a Guitar.” Last night he stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform “Break a Guitar” in a very rock ‘n’ roll rendition with a full backing band. More

Jan 23, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall is releasing a new album, which is self-titled, this Friday via Drag City. Previously he shared the album’s first single, “Orange Color Queen,” as well as “Break a Guitar.” Now you can stream the whole album via NPR First Listen. Listen below, followed by his upcoming tour dates. More

Jan 19, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall is releasing a new album, which is self-titled, on January 27 via Drag City. Previously he shared the album’s first single, “Orange Color Queen.” Now here’s another song from Ty Segall, “Break a Guitar.” Check it out below, followed by some tour dates. More

Nov 15, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall has announced a new album, which is self-titled, and shared its first single, “Orange Color Queen.” Ty Segall is due out January 27, 2017 via Drag City. Below is “Orange Color Queen,” followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, as well as some tour dates. More

Jul 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall has shared a video for “Californian Hills,” a track from his recent album, Emotional Mugger, released back in January via Drag City. Meghan Tryon and Garrett Davis directed the truly crazy clip, which is an animated tale of a clown who goes down the rabbit hole, so to speak. More

May 24, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Babies are beautiful innocent creatures filled with wonder, but apparently not in Ty Segall‘s world. His new video for “Candy Sam” features lots of creepy shots of babies (and baby dolls). More

Mar 23, 2016 By Joshua M. Miller

Last night Ty Segall & The Muggers delivered a wild, strange and energetic performance of “California Hills” on Conan. More

Mar 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall released his new album, Emotional Mugger, in January via Drag City. This morning Segall and his current backing band The Muggers performed “Squealer” on Chicago’s WGN Morning News. More

Feb 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall released his new album, Emotional Mugger, last month via Drag City. Last night Segall and his current backing band The Muggers took the stage on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for an intense and creepy performance of “Candy Sam.” Segall and band were adorned in white makeup and performed with the baby head album artwork looming behind them. More

Feb 02, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall is released his new album, Emotional Mugger, a couple of weeks back via Drag City. Now he has shared a 14-minute short film/long form music video that features remixed versions of various tracks from the album. In it Segall wanders around Los Angeles and encounters police brutality, among other things. Watch it below, followed by Segall’s tour dates. More

Jan 14, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Various albums due out next Friday, January 22, are now streaming over at NPR First Listen, including the new albums by Eleanor Friedberger, Ty Segall, Shearwater, and The Besnard Lakes. All can be streamed below More

Dec 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Ty Segall is releasing his new album, Emotional Mugger, on January 22, 2016 via Drag City. Now he has shared a performance of “Candy Sam” from it. Visit emotionalmugger.com to view a weird video that shows Segall and band performing the song in strange rubber masks. Below are his tour dates. More

Nov 11, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

On Monday Pitchfork and Rolling Stone received used VHS tapes announcing and containing a new album by Ty Segall. The album was taped over such movies as My Life (a 1993 movie starring Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman) and 1982’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Now the prolific musician has confirmed details of the album and also announced an extensive 2016 tour. More

Sep 30, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Here’s a mix of other news today that weren’t able to do full news items on. Included in this news mix are summary items on Antony and his comments on the Pope, Daughter’s new album and video, John Carpenter’s live debut, Flying Lotus’ short film trailer, Trent Reznor and The Haxan Cloak’s Moog documentary, a new song from Nils Frahm and Ólafur Arnalds, J Fernandez’s video, Keep Shelley in Athens’ new song, Pure Bathing Culture’s live video, Tyler The Creator’s animated show, an unreleased Neneh Cherry song, Ty Segall’s new band, and more. More

Jul 22, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The ever-prolific Ty Segall is back with another release, this time with his band Fuzz, in which he plays drums and sings alongside Charles Moothart (guitars/vocals) and Chad Ubovich (bass/vocals). Their fittingly titled second album, II, is due out October 23 via In the Red. More

Mar 31, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last weekend was Burgerama in Orange County, California. We sent photographer Micah Wright in to cover the action. More

Mar 30, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

On May 5, Ty Segall and King Tuff have announced that they will release a split live 12’‘, Live at Pickathon, capturing the artists’ 2013 performances from the Oregon-based music festival. More

Jan 07, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Ty Segall has just unveiled the title track for his forthcoming EP, Mr. Face. More

Nov 04, 2014 By Laura Studarus

At this point, we all just go to bed every night, assuming that when we wake up there will be a new Ty Segall release, right? More

Oct 09, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Ty Segall’s new video for Manipulator cut “The Singer” finds the troubadour singing in a cluttered basement. More

Sep 08, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Fresh off the release of his latest solo effort Manipulator, prolific Bay-area artist Ty Segall has premiered a music video for the album’s title track. More

Sep 07, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On August 29, as a postscript to the FYF Festival, Ty Segall performed at The Echo in Los Angeles, CA. More

Aug 18, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next week on Aug. 26 San Francisco songwriter Ty Segall will deliver his seventh solo album Manipulator. You can now stream the album, along with new albums by Merchandise, J Mascis, Basement Jaxx, and The Bug. More

Aug 14, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Ty Segall is as predictable as say, summer. More

Aug 11, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Prolific Bay-area songwriter Ty Segall is poised to release his next album Manipulator later this month on Aug. 26. More

Jun 10, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Spending the past two years releasing three solo albums (Slaughterhouse, Twins, Sleeper), a collaborative LP with White Fence, and debuting his brand new band Fuzz, Ty Segall has announced the release of a new standalone LP, Manipulator. More

Nov 05, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

A few months back Ty Segall‘s ever-prolific output resulted in his brand new solo album Sleeper. More

Aug 12, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

San Francisco’s ever prolific garage rocker Ty Segall will be releasing his latest LP Sleeper on Aug. 20. More

Jul 11, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

In addition to releasing his previously announced solo effort Sleeper next month, consumate multitasker Ty Segall has revealed that his newly formed band Fuzz will release their full-length debut this fall. More

Jun 19, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing his latest album Sleeper this August, fuzz rocker Ty Segall has announced for a new tour around the time of its arrival. More

May 15, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

After releasing three very distinct album’s last year - collaborating with White Fence on Hair, getting his band getting for Slaughterhouse, and putting out the solo outing Twins - Ty Segall has revealed that he will deliver yet another new work later this year called Sleeper. More

Jan 16, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

The music video for Ty Segall‘s “Thank God For Sinners” features a lot of moving parts - all of them body parts. More

Jan 03, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Someone please tell Ty Segall that it’s okay to sleep. The over productive troubadour, who released three albums in 2012, is already positioning himself to take 2013 by the horns with his new band,Fuzz. More

Dec 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

In the Red has announced that it reissue two of Ty Segall‘s rarer recordings on Jan. 22. More

Nov 06, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Nearing the end of a banner year with three separate albums, the White Fence collaboration Hair, the band-backed Slaughterhouse, and the solo effort Twins, Ty Segall appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman where he and his cohorts thrashed through a rendition of “You’re the Doctor.” More

Oct 17, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Making his late night television debut yesterday Ty Segall stopped by the set of Conan to perform a track off his newest album Twins. More

Oct 09, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

With his new album Twins seeing release today - his third of 2012 - Ty Segall has announced a new batch of North American tour dates set to take place early next year. More

Sep 27, 2012 By Laura Studarus

Ahead of its October 9 release, Ty Segall has opted to give fans a sneak peek of his new album Twins. More

Aug 22, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Twins, the third album to be released by singer/songwriter Ty Segall this year, arrives Oct. 9 via Drag City. More

Aug 13, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Recently announcing Twins, his third and final album of the year, singer/songwriter Ty Segall has now unveiled the work’s first single with “The Hill.” More

Jul 10, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Ty Segall has kept his word, announcing that he will release his third album of the year on Oct. 9 via Drag City. More

May 29, 2012 By Laura Studarus

A taste from forthcoming Ty Segall Band album Saughterhouse (out June 26), new track “I Bought My Eyes” is a neat little piece of garage fuzz rock. More

Apr 27, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

As previously reported, Ty Segall will be releasing the second of three albums scheduled to come this year on June 26. More

Apr 18, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this year the ever prolific Ty Segall revealed that along with his recent collaboration with White Fence, he would be releasing two additionally unique records through the course of the year. More

Mar 27, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

As previously reported, on April 28 lo-fi musical artist Ty Segall will join with psychedelic pop writer White Fence to release an eight-song collaborative album entitled Hair via Drag City. More

Feb 10, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Having announced earlier this week that he would be releasing a collaborative album with psychedelic artist White Fence in April, singer/songwriter Ty Segall revealed in a recent interview with Dartbeat that he also has plans to release two of his own albums in the next six months. More

Feb 07, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Lo-fi musical artist Ty Segall has joined forces with psychedelic pop maker White Fence to release a new collaborative album entitled Hair, which will surface for sale on April 28 via Drag City. More

Aug 12, 2019 By Jordan J. Michael

We’re never going to catch Ty Segall. The swicy player is ahead on the auditory, producing away from expectations. Think his next release is going to be louder and faster? Strike one. Maybe he’ll expand on a new trend? Strike two. Believe that he’s weighing judgement calls? Strike three, take a seat. More

Nov 07, 2018 By Timothy Michalik

Ty Segall is a restless, erudite insomniac. Since January of 2018, Segall has dropped two full-length studio albums. Freedom’s Goblin, a monstrous solo effort, and Joy, a full length with longtime creative buddy White Fence. More

Feb 21, 2018 By Tim Mobbs

When you’ve carved out a solid career for yourself as a cult-favourite of California’s throbbing garage psych scene, and are capable of releasing more good material in a single year than most artists could hope for in a lifetime, where do you go next? More

Aug 26, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

“You’re the same as me/You’ll never be free,” snarls Ty Segall on “The Feels,” a Sabbath-informed piece of cosmic bummer sludge-punk. Call it poetic license, because withManipulator, Segall has liberated himself from the strictures of album-length concepts. More

Aug 29, 2013 By Susannah Young

Most ink spilled about Ty Segall takes care to point out how young he is—and further, how being around him is like being around a restless teenager drawing band logos in his Trapper Keeper. More

Oct 11, 2012 By Dan Lucas

Search any decent record store for any remotely genre-transcending record and it quickly becomes apparent that it’s almost anachronistic that record shops still categorise music so rigidly by genre, a practice that surely should have gone out of the window the moment The Beatles’ Revolver hit the stands. More