May
01

Ty Segall & White Fence Wear Some Flowers in Their Hair

Jonah Bromwich rocks a powdered wig. Ty Segall and White Fence’s new collaborative album Hair is very good. That’s not a surprise. Segall is an eternally under-appreciated, songwriting and riff whiz and White Fence’s Tim Presley, while not quite of Segall’s stature, has shown the ability to add both heart and muscle to his guitar-history… Continue reading »

Apr
09

Ty Segall & White Fence Shred with Scissors

Rock n’ roll, dusty and raw as Roc Marciano. Recommended for fans of 13th Floor Elevators, T. Rex, Love, The Troggs, Neu, and the Nuggets compilations. Hair is my favorite rock record of the first third of the year. Nothing else makes me want to throw my computer out the window and pop the acid… Continue reading »

Mar
29

Ty Segall & White Fence are not Gamers

Ty Segall and White Fence: the Method Man and Redman of modern psychedelic rock. Or maybe the Curren$y & Alchemist. Or maybe neither of these things. But they all make good weed music. I wrote about White Fence in January. Later, Tim Presley and I talked about EPMD, Zapp and Arthur Lee for my Bizarre… Continue reading »

Jan
26

Whitewashing the Fence: White Fence’s ‘It Will Never Be’ and the Subjectivity of Influence

Indie rock fans are an interesting breed. While rap and electronic music steadfastly push forward progression (at least lately), indie rock circa 2012 rarely produces anything substantial that doesn’t mine nostalgia for the near past. Whether its Cloud Nothings and Jimmy Eat World, The Men and the Replacements, or Yuck and every band in the… Continue reading »

Nov
03

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Throwback Psychedelia of White Fence

As much as it may seem otherwise, Douglas Martin did not write this review while strung out on LSD. I’d like to consider myself a writer who stays on top of things, one who is abreast of everything that’s currently going on in the vast expanse of indie-rock right now. Which makes it all the… Continue reading »