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Girls, Ty Segall, Most Serene Republic, Legends, Lubricated Goat, Steve Wynn & more in This Week in Indie

by Bill Pearis

DOWNLOAD: Ty Segall – It #1 (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ty Segall – The Drag (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Charlie & the Moonhearts – Cagemouth (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Most Serene Republic – Heavens to Purgatory (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Your Nature – Triangle Eyes (M4A)

Ty Segall
Ty Segall

This week it’s all about San Francisco, as far as this column is concerned. (Actually, next week will also be all about San Francisco, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Especially, I’ve already digressed into a long parenthetical statement after only one sentence.) As mentioned previously, garage rock wunderkind Ty Segall will be in town this weekend and I really hope you go see him. His new album, Lemons, is just fantastic, much better than I was honestly expecting and I like his debut. It’s thick and sweaty sounding, perfect for the hot and humid nights that are just around the corner. And while the sonics are not so difficult to master (reverb, in-the-red levels), it’s the songs that has kept Lemons on repeat lately. The album’s not out till July 14, but he’ll have copies for sale at the shows: Saturday (6/27) at Cake Shop and Sunday (6/28) at Death by Audio.

Both shows are with Orange County’s Charlie & the Moonhearts. At Sunday night’s DbA show, you also get New Jersey’s Liquor Store and currently hot, constantly gigging Beets.

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Girls

Saturday’s Ty Segall show at Cake Shop is the don’t miss show of the week, however, as San Francisco’s hazy, folky, occasionally very very loud Girls are also on the bill. It’s been almost a year since they last played in town. I saw them twice then — at Market Hotel and Glasslands — and they had people going crazy then (as you can kind of see in murky video I shot, which is at the bottom of this post) with only one single out. A year later, they still haven’t released much else but that will change soon — their debut album is due out on True Panther Sounds on September 22. You can still download two tracks from RCRD LBL, including the awesome, epic “Hellhole Ratrace” which will be released as a 10″ single (it’s nearly seven minutes long) prior to the album’s release. The just-released video for the song is at the bottom of this post.

Actually, all three shows Girls are playing this weekend are worth seeing. Tonight (6/25) is the first, at Mercury Lounge where they share the stage with St. Louis’ Radical Sons, Philadelphia DFA signees Free Energy (who are kind of like the Strokes covering Journey, which is better than that may seem), and Texans The Paper Chase whose new album, Someday This Could All Be Yours, just came out on Kill Rock Stars.

Friday night (6/26), Girls play Monster Island Basement with Real Estate (kind of a perfect match), Kurt Vile & the Violators (now on Matador) and Beach Fossils. (Both Real Estate and Beach Fossils also play the Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival next week.)

If you miss Girls this time around, they’ll be back in August with Los Campesinos!

CheeseburgerOther worthy show choices for you: Tonight is also the latest Adult Swim Presents’ Summer Series at Santos Party House. I feel confident in saying that, apart from maybe a festival somewhere down the line, this may be your only chance to ever see Cheeseburger and A.C. Newman on the same bill. Mr. Newman, if by chance you’re reading this — wear old shoes. The stage will be an inch-thick in beer after the mayhem that is a typical Cheeseburger set. There’s also the garage rock sounds of Atlanta’s Woggles, and burlesque fun with the Pontani Sisters. The evening is hosted by “Jon” from Adult Swim’s very funny Witness Protection Program reality show Delocated. As I said, it’s free so get there early if you want to get in. Doors are at 7PM, 18+.

Following the Adult Swim mayhem, they’re gonna mop the stage (well, they should) and get ready for the second show of the evening: The Phenomenal Handclap Band, who’ve been gigging a lot lately, which isn’t surprising as their debut album just came out this week on Friendly Fire. If you haven’t seen them yet, you should definitely make a point to do so — they are quite the ’70s disco/rock explosion. If you RSVP, admission is free for the first 100 through the door — after that it’s only five bucks. If you don’t RSVP, you’re dumb, and it’s $10. Doors are at 10PM, and this one’s 21 and over. We’ve also got a couple pair of tickets to give away.

(editor’s note: the triple PHB attack was not planned)

The Most Serene Republic
Most Serene Republic

Also tonight (6/25): Canada’s Most Serene Republic are in the midst of a short East Coast tour, revving up interest in their new album, …And the Ever-Expanding Universe, which is out July 14. While I often find their music a bit too complicated for its own good, I have always found them fascinating live, that they can actually pull off those complex arrangements. I haven’t heard the new album, but “Heavens to Purgatory” which you can download at the top of this post, clocks in at a mere 2:34 and is pretty catchy. So maybe they’ve turned over a new, concise leaf. Most Serene Republic play tonight at Cake Shop with Your Nature who sound like a lot of things I liked in the ’80s (U2, The Chameleons come to mind), and you can download thier song “Triangle Eyes” as well at the top of this post. MSR also play Union Hall on Saturday (6/27) with Pursesnatchers and Adam’s Castle. In between (6/26), they fit in a Philadelphia show too. All tour dates at the bottom of the post.

Lubricated GoatAlso also, a bunch of good show options on Friday: The Feelies play an special, acoustic show at the Whitney on Friday; Blonde Redhead and the Olof Arnalds play a free Celebrate Brooklyn show at Prospect Park; and I did a double take when I saw that ’80s Australian noisemongers Lubricated Goat were playing Don Pedros. Was unware they were still together — clearly I don’t follow this site close enough.

The Legends are also here.

And finally, Steve Wynn and his current band, The Miracle Three, will perform The Dream Syndicate’s classic 1984 album, Medicine Show, in full on Saturday (6/27) at the Bell House (tix) — the first time the album has been played live start-to-finish by Wynn, ever. (They’ll do it again in LA on July 9.) One of the originators of LA’s ’80s “Paisley Underground” scene, The Dream Syndicate were one of those bands that never quite managed to capture the magic of their live performance on a studio album — but Medecine Show comes pretty close.

Videos, tour dates, and flyers after the jump…

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Ty Segall – 2009 Tour Dates
Jun 27 Cake Shop W/ Charlie and The Moonhearts Manhattan, New York
Jun 28 Death By Audio W/ Charlie and The Moonhearts Brooklyn, New York
Jun 29 Talking Head w/ The Moonhearts and the weekends Baltimore, Maryland
Jun 30 New French Bar Asheville, North Carolina
Jul 1 The Earl W/ The Moonhearts Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 2 Hi-Tone Cafe w/ Charlie and the Moonhearts and The Magic Kids Memphis, Tennessee
Jul 3 The Saint w/ Charlie and the moonhearts New Orleans, Louisiana
Jul 4 Mango’s W/ Charlie and the moonhearts Houston, Texas
Jul 5 Beerland W/ Charlie and the Moonhearts Austin, Texas
Jul 6 Bash Riprocks w/ Charlie and the Moonhearts Lubbock, Texas
Jul 7 Trunk Space W/ Charlie and the moonhearts Phoenix, Arizona
Jul 8 The Smell w/ Mika Miko, Charlie and the Moonhearts Los Angeles, California
Jul 10 The Hemlock RECORD RELEASE PARTY!!! With The Nodzzz and Charlie and the Moonhearts San Francisco, California
Jul 18 OCD w/ The Fresh and Only’s, Thee Oh sees, and Blowie. Castle Face Birthday Bash! San Francisco, California

Girls – Hellhole Ratrace

Girls – “Lust for Life,” Market Hotel 7.17.2009

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