Ty Segall

Fanatics! Tonight's Show Is Packed With Mix Tape Goodness

RADIO BROADCAST #215 05-12-13 Fanatics. I would like to thank the girls from Honest Marquee for giving us one of their new tracks for us to play. I think it's a great one. Tonight's show is packed with mix tape goodness and I think you're going to dig it. I want to thank you for all the letters y ... More >>

Fanatics! The Music Does the Talking

RADIO BROADCAST #214 05-05-13 Fanatics. I hope this finds you well. I am in the Washington D.C. area, working on some television stuff. We have a tremendous mix of music here that I hope you will like. Thank you so much for the letters you have sent in over the last several days. This show is all ... More >>

Henry Rollins: Dead Children in Afghanistan

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: Joe Cole and American Gun Violence I use music to keep my life in che ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: An Ian MacKaye Wrap-Up and Loads of Great, New Music

KCRW BROADCAST #211 04-13-13   See also: Henry Rollins: Joe Cole and American Gun Violence Fanatics! I hope you had a chance to listen to last week's show by now. Ian MacKaye was our guest and like last year, it was a great night that went by all too quickly. I didn't want to spoil the fun by putt ... More >>

White Fence's Tim Presley Records the "Crappy" Way

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. Still, Tim Presley's one-man band reaps a whole host of casual garage-rock casuistry from the laz ... More >>

Parquet Courts - The Echo - 1/15/13

Parquet Courts, Wet Illustrated The Echo 1/15/13 Among the most notable music trends in 2012 was the arrival of a handful of punk revival bands, who drew from indie rock and old school punk influences like Minor Threat and Black Flag to give the genre an updated sound. With bands like Metz and Merc ... More >>

My Favorite Albums of the Second Half of 2012, in Haiku Form

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Kendrick Lamar attributed L.A.'s primacy to the women, weed and weather. He was quoting Biggie, who consecrated the left coast via song, despite his long ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: David Bowie's "Lodger"'

KCRW Broadcast #195 for Saturday, December 22, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: Gay Marriage Is Punk Rock Fanatics! It is week four (fo!) of our month of Bowie. Of the five albums we are checking out, for me, Lodger is the most interesting. Over the years, I keep listening to it, trying to get differ ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, December 14 Thrill Jockey 20th-anniversary party with Wooden Shjips, Liturgy, Trans Am, Kid Millions THE ECHOPLEX Back in the '90s, arty Chicago alt/indie warhorse label Thrill Jockey basically drew the map for marginalized music's move into the mainstream, with a roster including Tortoise, ... More >>

Music Picks: The Weeknd, That '70s Soul, Power of the Riff

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Bowie Fest

KCRW Broadcast #192 for Saturday, December 1, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: Coming to an End Fanatics! Here we go into December. A five Saturday month that allows for some serious concepting. I know I wrote you about our Bowie fest that we are about to start and so, tonight, we get to it. If yo ... More >>

S.F.'s Sic Alps Scrubbed the Noise, But Still Want to Freak You Out

By Ian S. Port "I'm kind of like Ron Swanson -- I fucking hate paperwork." Mike Donovan, figurehead of San Francisco rock band Sic Alps, is grinning in the kitchen of his ground-floor apartment, explaining what he likes about driving a cab for a living. Along with the fact that Donovan usually wor ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: An All-Kill, No-Fill Show

KCRW Broadcast #186 for Saturday, October 20, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Noise Music Is the Real Thing Fanatics! Tonight we will enjoy an unbelievably cool mix of songs. The weather is cooling slightly and we will take advantage of that and unleash some deep heaviness. If you notic ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Week #3 of Hendrix-Obsession

KCRW Broadcast #181 for Saturday, September 22, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Being a Local, Temporarily Fanatics! I hope yo enjoyed last week's show. Tonight, we get into week #3 of our visit with Mr. Hendrix. Tonight we listen to the Electric Ladyland album, somewhat reconstructed f ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Being a Local, Temporarily

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] We are in beautiful Olympia, Wash. My shows in Hawaii and Alaska are behind me, and a few hour ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, September 7 Fresh & Onlys THE ECHO San Francisco's Fresh & Onlys have always been a formidable little band, but sometimes it seems they get a little squished between local-to-them indie giants like Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees. However, let us tell you -- this new album Long Slow Dance has g ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! German Metal 
Festival Time

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Since I last wrote you, I have been living in hotels, hitting festival stages and spending a l ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Brand New Thee Oh Sees' Album

KCRW Broadcast #177 for Saturday, August 11, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Some Music Really Does Suck Fanatics! In Scotland tonight. Getting ready for night #2 at the Edinburgh Festival. I will fly on Saturday back to Los Angeles in time to grab my gear and hit the road for KCRW, so ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: One of the Greatest Radio Shows Ever

KCRW Broadcast #170 for Saturday, June 23, 2012 Henry Rollins: The Column! I Love it When the Young Enrage Their Elders Rollins Announces "Capitalism" Tour, Will Hit Each State Capital Fanatics! I think this is one of the greatest radio shows ever constructed! Ok, it is really good and I can't wa ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Henry's Live in Studio

KCRW Broadcast #170 for Saturday, June 23, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Zombie Attack Fanatics! Tonight and for the next few weeks, we are live! I will be back from a month in Canada and we will hit it with the full force of the Big Three--myself, Engineer X and the Young Will Bentley ... More >>

The Best L.A. Albums 
So Far This Year

We are impeccable thieves, transplanting artists both from burgs bearing but a single Waffle House and metropolises where they measure the cold in Celsius. Biggie credited the centripetal pull of L.A. to the weather, the women and the weed. The ability to work was implied. The city has been a music ... More >>

Kurt Vile Gets Folky, Plays Largo Tomorrow

Kurt Vile's music doesn't immediately sound folk. When listing off his early influences, the Philly-born singer-songwriter points to bands like Sonic Youth and Pavement. But underneath the distorted tones his songwriting style -- however brash it may come off at times -- is undoubtedly influenced by ... More >>

Pangea Write Dark Songs About a Hell of a Girl

"I wonder why all our music is so fucking dark?" William Keegan, songwriter of local slop-pop group Pangea, asks no one in particular. Pangea, made up of Keegan, guitarist Cory Hanson, bassist Danny Bengston and drummer Erik Jimenez, are sitting outside Keegan and Bengston's Lincoln Heights house. ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

Cloud Nothings, Bleached - SXSW - 3/15/12

See also: *The Best of SXSW: Wednesday 3/14/2012 *Five Attractive Strange People Working for Tips at SXSW Yesterday it was sticky, but Consequence of Sound threw a day party with a killer lineup that let us cool our heels and laugh at the East coast kids who were marveling at how awesome the weath ... More >>

Ty Segall, White Fence, Mikal Cronin - The Troubadour - 3/3/12

See also: *White Fence's Tim Presley Moves Retro Rock Forward *Top 5 L.A. Garage Rock Bands *Mikal Cronin: Ty Segall's Homie on the Bay Area Scene, No Doubt, and Making Music His Mom Likes Ty Segall, White Fence, Mikal Cronin, The Feeling of Love The Troubadour 3/3/12 Though not technically from ... More >>

Music Picks: Smokeout Festival, Mike Miller Group, Zola Jesus, Saul Williams

Also, New Multitudes, Cool Moms, Alpha & Omega, Cloud Nothings and others

White Fence's Tim Presley Moves Retro Rock Forward

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] See also: Top 5 L.A. Garage Rock Bands Not everything needs to sound like the future. Not everyone wants to dwell in the present. In fact, some aim to a ... More >>

Mikal Cronin: Ty Segall's Homie on the Bay Area Scene, No Doubt, and Making Music His Mom Likes

Mikal Cronin's self-titled debut arrived last year as part of a successful trio of thrashy rock releases from the Bay Area, which also included Thee Oh Sees' Carrion Crawler/The Dream and Ty Segall's Goodbye Bread. Maintaining a stark level of intimacy, Cronin's album is the most wholesome and engag ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Live From Amoeba

​KCRW Broadcast #140 for Saturday, November 12, 2011 Fanatics! Tonight, we are live at the rekkid sto! We will be broadcasting live from Amoeba Records at 6400 Sunset Blvd. Like I would need to tell you that address. Anyway, I will be there doing my shift from 8-10 live at the store. Any excu ... More >>

The Descendents, Kid Dynamite, and Ty Segall - FYF Fest - September 3, 2011

Timothy NorrisKid Dynamite Gets The Local Crowd Going For The First Time Since 1999​See also: FYF review: Fool's Gold FYF review: Smith Westerns and the comedy stage FYF Slideshow! Fuck Yeah! It's the FYF SAT Quiz! FYF Preview: The Descendents Attempt To Clone Themselves FYF Preview: Drinking ... More >>

Nick Waterhouse: The Young Man Who Makes Old R&B

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Iggy, Bowie, Boris and More

​KCRW BROADCAST #1246 for Saturday, August 6 Fanatics! I am sitting in Dulles International Airport, with a long day of travel and traffic ahead. Last night, I was at the Evens show at Fort Reno in Washington DC. What a show! I have not slept much in the last few days. I'll even out before my ... More >>

Music Picks: Fucked Up, Dolly Parton, Ty Segal, Fitz & the Tantrums,

Also, Soundgarden, Iceage, Earth, Wu Lyf and others

reliq, SYMBOLCLUB and More: Berlin Goths Keep It Up All Night

grayl growlsphoto by Adi Parvulescu​ Our writer Drew Denny traveled from L.A. to Lithuania, Germany, Poland and Denmark meeting artists and musicians for her "Overseas Underground" series. Her next stop was a goth club in Berlin, where she met the band reliq. Despite their myriad references ... More >>

Music to Pick Up/Download

Music Picks: Physical Forms, Kimya Dawson, Madame Recamier, Young Hunting

Also, Lizz Wright, Wanda Jackson, Iron and Wine, Wallpaper. and others

Tonight: Seven Saturdays, Herbie Hancock celebration, Ty Segall, Princeton, Busdriver

May we invite Jonathan D. Haskell inside your head? It'll only take a few minutes, really. There. Now relax. Haskell makes ambient music under the name Seven Saturdays, the kind of stuff that belongs in movies that haven't been made yet, or maybe even imagined. His orchestrated tomes are are par ... More >>

Music Picks: Dr. John, Herbie Hancock, Sunset Strip Music Festival

Also, Funkfest, Chromeo, Slayer and others

Tonight: K'naan/Bruno Mars, El-P, Wavves, Andy Clockwise, Michael Runion, Death Kit

K'naan​K'naan's single "Wavin' Flag" is nothing if not global. After the song got the nod as Coca-Cola's official World Cup jingle -- and its lyrics were, ahem, tweaked, to make it more uplifting -- the Somalian-born Canadian rapper trotted "Wavin' Flag" out in 86 countries on FIFA's World C ... More >>

Music Picks: Circa Survive, Joanna Newsom, El-P, Roots Roadhouse

Also, Scorpions, Viza, the Park and others

This Weekend: Sharon Jones & Dap Kings, Dead Man's Bones, Warped Tour, Black Francis, Danzig

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings​Can it get any more real that Sharon Jones? Well, it can't get any more heartwarming. The leading lady of the Dap-Kings is, after all, a rising star at 54, having shucked the uniforms of her previous careers (corrections officer at Rikers Island, and armor truck g ... More >>

INCHES004: New Wax from Division Day, Nosaj Thing, Anticon and Bygones ( MP3s, chart)

In the unpredictable wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many (with delicious irony) as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES seeks not only to review the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and ... More >>

Rock Picks: Riot Girl Carnival, Miniature Tigers, Death Cab for Cutie, Deer Tick

Also, Vieux Farka Touré, John Fogerty, Stacey Q, Watts Ensemble and others