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Ty Segall sang
and played guitar part-time in several underground bands in Orange County and
the San Francisco Bay Area of California before beginning a solo career in
2008. Since then, he has recorded eight solo albums, plus at least eight albums
with a half dozen bands he fronts. Presently, Segall is leading a new project, Ty Segall & the Muggers, consisting
of Segall with Kyle "King
Tuff" Thomas (guitar), Emmett
Kelly (guitar), long-time colleague Mikal
Cronin (bass, sax), and Wand's Cory Hanson (keyboards, guitar) and Evan Burrows (drums). During live
performances with this band, Segall adopts the name of Sloppo while wearing a baby mask. Ty Segall & the Muggers' debut
Emotional Mugger album was released
on January 22, 2016.
At Webster Hall's
Grand Ballroom tonight, Ty Segall & the Muggers played almost the entirety
of its debut album, complete with Segall frequently donning the oversized baby
head while he sang. For those able to listen between the lines, Segall seemed
to be politicking a social commentary, something about populations getting
hooked on instant gratification. The baby head he embodied appeared to be
symbolic of urgent demand. While the audience was struggling to sort out the
story line, the Muggers delivered Segall's trademark raucous, loose, abrasive
and sometimes odd music, almost without taking a breath between songs. Barely
playing guitar with this band, Segall was all over the stage, contorting to the
band's off-kilter and thunderous music. Once the new album was performed,
Segall and company raided his catalogue for a more familiar series of songs
that began with "Thank God for Sinners" and ended with an extended
version of "The Singer." With inspirations ranging from lo-fi garage
rock to indie psychedelic rock and raging alt rock, the attraction sometimes
seemed to be how bizarre and experimental Segall and his loud and rocking music
could get. In that regard, Segall never fails to succeed.
Visit Ty Segall at www.ty-segall.com.
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