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Ty Segall Band –“Wave Goodbye”
Ty Segall will put out a new record this summer under the Ty Segall Band banner, a group which includes longtime partners-in-crime Mikal Cronin, Charlie Moothart, and Emily Rose Epstein. The first...
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Mikal Cronin –“Weight”
The San Franciscan psych rocker and longtime Ty Segall co-conspirator Mikal Cronin is getting ready to release his new solo album MCII, and today he’s shared its opening track, the breezy and uplifting...
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Stereogum Monthly Mix: March 2013
Remember last month when we made a hand-wringing post about the death of the MP3 and thereby the end of the downloadable Monthly Mix? Well, fuck it — ZIP FILE BACK. Thank you for your comments and...
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Stream Mikal Cronin MCII
Next week, the Bay Area garage rocker and Ty Segall bandmate Mikal Cronin releases MCII, his second solo LP, and the album fucking rules. We’ve posted “Weight,” the excellent early track, but that’s...
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Download Adult Swim’s Garage Swim Compilation
Right now, like no time since Crypt Records’ mid-’90s heyday, the American indie underground is flush with excellent pedal-mashing, hormone-driven garage rock revivalists. And now, the great minds at...
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Mikal Cronin –“I’m Gonna Be” (Proclaimers Cover) &“Kiss Me” (Sixpence None...
For Aquarium Drunkard’s most recent Lagniappe Sessions — a column where they enlist different artists to give away one-off tracks — Mikal Cronin, of Ty Segall band fame and contributor to Adult Swim’s...
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Mikal Cronin –“Change” Video
Mikal Cronin’s video for “Change,” one of the many delightfully fuzzed-out power-pop songs on his truly excellent new album MCII, is probably the best alienated-kid-at-the-house-party music video since...
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The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
There were many strong music videos this week, and a couple that I loved, from actual adults. But no grown-up is going to beat a charged-up mob of Minneapolis children rapping about bikes and school...
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Watch Mikal Cronin Play Conan
Last night, Mikal Cronin served as musical guest on Conan. That means Cronin is now a big enough deal to command late-night airtime, which is good news for the Bay Area garage-pop master and good news...
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Mikal Cronin –“Peace Of Mind” Video
Mikal Cronin has released a video for his MCII track “Peace Of Mind.” The clip takes place in a motel, primarily tracking the day-to-day of a cleaning lady (played by Mary Timony of Helium/Wild Flag),...
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The Gummy Awards: Your Top 50 Albums Of 2013
Starting today we’re rolling out the winners of the Gummy Awards, Stereogum & Videogum’s annual readers’ poll. Earlier this month we asked you to vote for 2013′s best album, song, music video, new...
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Mikal Cronin –“Soul In Motion”
Mikal Cronin, the Bay Area scuzz-rocker who recently contributed to the new Thee Oh Sees album and released his second album, MCII, last year, is releasing a single titled “Soul In Motion” as the...
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Photos: Austin Psych Fest 2014
This past weekend Austin Psych Fest hosted a ton of great bands that generally would fall under the umbrella of being psychedelic. That is a gratefully wide definition which led to a varied and...
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Download New Cover Songs And Watch A Short Documentary Celebrating 25 Years...
North Carolina-based Merge Records is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. From taking over baseball games to planning their own four-day festival, they’ve been doing so in style. The next part...
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Photos: Pickathon 2014
This past weekend, the 2014 Pickathon Music Festival was held, as always, at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, just outside Portland. Major draws this year included the War On Drugs, Mac...
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Stereogum x Toyota Presents Soundwave At Outside Lands ’14: Christopher...
Outside Lands returns to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this weekend, with sets by Kanye West, Disclosure, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Spoon, Run The Jewels, the Flaming Lips, Chvrches, the...
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Mikal Cronin Takes Requests, Debuts Solo “Better Man” At Stereogum #Soundwave...
The charm of the first hour or so of the first day of a music festival often comes from the fact that no matter what plan or itinerary or schedule you make on some helpful “official app,” you will...
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Artist Portraits From Stereogum #Soundwave At Outside Lands 2014
At this year’s Outside Lands, Stereogum teamed with Toyota to present performances at the Soundwave tent. Throughout the weekend there were intimate jams, DJ sets, and Q&As from artists like...
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Watch Ty Segall Absolutely Destroy On Conan, Playing New Song “Feel”
Later this month, Ty Segall will give the world the sparkling, psychedelic, absolutely kickass new album Manipulator and we’ve only heard the studio version of one of its songs, the fiery “Susie...
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Mikal Cronin –“Made My Mind Up”
Mikal Cronin back! The melodious Cali garage-rocker and Ty Segall Band member will follow 2013's great MCII with the aptly titled MCIII. Cronin played everything on the album including tzouras, French...
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