Ty Segall: Twins

It is not an overstatement to say that 2012 was the year of Ty Segall. Orange Country rock n' roller somehow managed to release three albums last year and spent endless hours on the road, while participating in a number of festivals such as SXSW, CMW, and NXNE.  I found his name included in best-of articles throughout the year wherever I go.

Segall kicked off 2013 with a North American tour in support of his latest album, Twins and released a brand new peculiar video, Thank God For Sinners. This song indicates that this young gun is not confined within his main genre of lo-fi garage rock, which set him apart from other musicians by far. Sparkles of glam rock in the tune shine through the entire song and spices up his psychedelic garage melodies. When I first saw his performance of this song on Conan last year, I got goose pumps all over. His charismatic performance reminded me of the moment that I witnessed Jack White on TV when I was teen. (White Stripes at the time) That's how excited I am for Segall to see what he can deliver in 2013. 

If you would like to witness what I mean in person, you are in luck. Ty Segall is performing on Wednesday, February 6th at the Phoenix Threatre. 

Janitors: Party Time!

A member of Toronto rock n' rollers, TNG, Jeff has another project, called Janitors. This new Lo-fi garage punk duo has been keeping themselves busy with several single releases in the past few months, building up the hype among the music review outlets, including Snob T.O. 

 Their latest single release is called, Party Time! As the title indicates, Janitors know how to party with their head-banging 70's garage punk tune! Give it a listen! 

Stuck Tune Syndrome: Mountines- Headphone

This might be the most Canadian band name-Mounties, just as it fits perfect for this super collaboration: Producer/Singer Songwriter, Hawksley Workman termed up with Hot Hot Heat's frontman, Steve Bays and Limblifter's Ryan Dahle. I've found it out from Workman's tweet yesterday and jumped off my chair, excited for any material to be released. Lucky me! They've already released a new song, Headphones within a day of the announcement. Perhaps, I wasn't only me who was excited for this new band formation. 

hey!i started a band called "mounties" with my good/super talented/lovely buddies @stevebays and @ryandahle follow us here @mountiesband
— Hawksley Workman (@HawksleyWorkman) January 25, 2013

This song features catchy pop bubbles and playful lyrics, where I found myself humming the song after only a few listen. ( the karaoke-like music video helps) I should make this song my lifes theme song as it depicts my musical life style very well with the line, I got my headphones on from the minute I'm up till the minute I got to bed. 

 If this new danceable tune epitomizes the direction of this band, I am 150% following them.!