Depending on the album, Segall can sound raw (2016's Emotional Mugger) or refined (2013's Sleeper), and he's capable of focused one-man-band efforts (2009's Lemons) as well as sprawling and eclectic releases with a range of collaborators (2018's Freedom's Goblin). Working as a solo act and in a number of side projects, he has released literally dozens of albums since he left the Epsilons and cut his first project on his own in 2008. A great and memorable gig.One of the leaders of the new psych-influenced garage rock scene that erupted in California in the late 2000s, Ty Segall has produced a catalog as prolific as it is diverse. Furthermore, how people don't dance and move to such intoxicating music is simply beyond me. My only grumble is people living in the world of the simulacram, by endlessly recording a gig on their phone, whilst not being immersed/lost in the music. Amongst the 40-50 gigs I've been to (not that many compared to some, but not bad), I would rank this in the top 5- high praise indeed. I spent the entirety of the next day avoiding conversation and listening again to the entirety of his works. I adore psychedelic music, in fact live for it, and this was amongst some of the most monstrously good psych I've heard at a gig since Wooden Shjips some 5 or 6 years ago. The band was so tight, played with great technique and immersion. A massive shout out to his vocals as well, surprisingly good, especially on 'first taste'. He is so talented and to see him hopping between drums and guitar was awesome. 'First taste' had almost progressive rock/space rock flourishes, whilst Manipulator hammers away with psychedelic goodness. The myriad influences that infuse his work were at play.

Ty segall tour 2018