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Positive Destruction // february 2012 mix

01 The Mallard : vines 00:00
02 Terry Malts : nauseous 03:14
03 White Fence : swagger vets and double moon 06:04
04 Young Prisms : floating in blue 08:27
05 Cool Ghouls : witch’s hour 12:09
06 Synthetic ID : throwaway 17:18
07 Magic Bullets : what took you so long 20:04
08 Nodzzz : true to life 23:19

Our morning has been completely consumed by a totally mesmerizing track from White Fence, an immersive, psychedelic jam from the forthcoming Family Perfume double LP, to be released by our buds over at Woodsist. Listen below via FADER, then pick up tix for the Ty Segall + Mikal Cronin + White Fence show in a few weeks at Great American Music Hall.

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White Fence // “Swagger Vets and Double Moon”

[photo by Ruth Swanson]

Stoked to hear more about this since Ty Segall dropped some hints a few months ago - thanks to Spin, we now know that the duo’s collaborative effort, entitled Hair, features Tim Presley on lead guitar/bass and Ty on drums/guitar. The album drops sometime in April on Drag City and will be supported with a tour that starts in SF Friday March 3rd at Great American Music Hall. Buy tix for that here. Ty also talks up his new solo album, due out in September, as “sounding really fast and hard and aggressive,” so make sure to check out the full interview.

White Fence has announced the expected release date of the first album of a new double LP; on April 3rd, Vol. 1 of Family Perfume drops on Woodsist with the second record coming later in the year. “It Will Never Be” is the first single from that release. In addition, the band will join Ty Segall and The Oh Sees for a pre-SXSW tour, starting March 3rd at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall. But tickets for that here.

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White Fence // “It Will Never Be (edit)”

White Fence Tour Dates

March 2 San Francisco, CA—Great American Music Hall (#)
March 3 Los Angeles, CA—The Troubadour (#)
March 8 Pioneertown, CA—Pappy and Harriets (*)
March 9 Las Vegas, NV—Beauty Bar (*)
March 10 Albuquerque, NM—Launch Pad (*)
March 11 Denton TX—35 Denton Festival (*)
March 13-16 Austin, TX—SXSW

(#)= w/ Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin, Feeling of Love
(*) = w/ Thee Oh Sees

The Bay Area absolutely smashed it in 2011, with some of our favorite artists releasing amazing albums, EPs and cassettes that we’ve been listening to endlessly this year. It was incredibly difficult to cull the past 12 months to our favorite 15 releases, but we did it anyway. Check them out below and let us know what you think in the comments.

15 The Sandwitches // Mrs. Jones’ Cookie

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The Sandwitches // “Lightfoot”

14 Bare Wires // Cheap Perfume

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Bare Wires // “Cheap Perfume”

13 King Lollipop // Woodland Whoopee Songs

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King Lollipop // “Cheeseburger and Fries”

12 Pamela // Pamela is Hungover

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Pamela // “Lie Down (Eye Contact)”

11 Weekend // Red

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Weekend // “Hazel”

10 Wet Illustrated // Wet Illustrated

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Wet Illustrated // “Gypsy Town”

09 Ty Segall // Goodbye Bread

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Ty Segall // “Goodbye Bread”

08 Swiftumz // Swiftumz

Hunx collaborator Christopher McVicker managed to release one of the most understated albums of the year under the moniker Swiftumz. “Don’t Trip” is an immersive collection of hazy, moving jams that transcends the limits of bedroom pop.

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Swiftumz // “4EVA”

07 Rank Xerox // Rank Xerox

Rank/Xerox // “Sterile Regions”


Rank/Xerox // “Nausea”

06 Blasted Canyons // Blasted Canyons

Never before has an ode to weed and ice cream sounded so raw, explosive and all-together effortless.

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Blasted Canyons // “Ice Cream Man”

05 White Fence // Is Growing Faith

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White Fence // “And By Always”

04 Ty Segall // Singles 2007-2010

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Ty Segall // “Bullet Proof Nothing”

03 Wax Idols // No Future

The debut LP by Wax Idols features singer/songwriter Hether Fortune elevating the charming pop sensibilities found on her earlier work to a complete full-length, with lyrics veering from the lovesick to the macabre.

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Wax Idols // “Gold Sneakers”

02 Mikal Cronin // Mikal Cronin

This scuzzed-out compilation of pop songs marked a solid debut album from Moonhearts/Ty Segall collaborator Mikal Cronin. Unexpectedly wistful and incredibly catchy, this is a record we’ve been spinning endlessly.

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Mikal Cronin // “Get Along”

01 Thee Oh Sees // Carrion Crawler/The Dream

Thee Oh Sees scorched through 2011, releasing two mind-blowing full-length albums and a singles only double-LP all while maintaining a frenetic touring schedule that recently concluded (with Total Control). Carrion Crawler/The Dream was announced only a few weeks after Castlemania, and proved to be the “pummeling” record John Dwyer promised it to be. An instant classic and our unequivocal favorite record of 2011.

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Thee Oh Sees // “The Dream”

Thee Oh Sees // “Carrion Crawler”

NME recently put together a “cool list” of music makers and shakers for 2011; GorillavsBear did a good job ripping it apart in their list and perhaps pointed out the obvious in stating that making “‘cool lists’ is not really that cool.” Nevertheless, here’s our Bay Area version. Let us know what you hate in the comments.

10 Shiv Mehra // Creepers

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Creepers // “Spiral”

09 Corey Cunningham // Terry Malts

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Terry Malts // “Tumble Down”

08 Lars Finberg // Thee Oh Sees

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Thee Oh Sees // “The Dream”

07 Mikal Cronin

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Mikal Cronin // “Get Along”

06 Mark Tester // BURNT ONES

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Burnt Ones // “Do the Spell (Loud)”

05 Robbie Simon // Wet Illustrated

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Wet Illustrated // “Gypsy Town”

04 Tim Presley // White Fence

03 Blasted Canyons

02 Chris McVicker // Swiftumz

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Swiftumz // “Angelita”

01 Mike Donovan // Sic Alps

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Sic Alps // “Breadhead”

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[directed by Micheal Shifflett]

The Fresh and Onlys @ The New Parish

The Fresh and Onlys are reigning in 2012 with a New Year’s Eve show at Brick and Mortar Music Hall with White Fence and a TBA act. Tickets are on sale now. In our interview with Shayde Sartin, he mentioned that the F&O wouldn’t be playing any shows until around New Years so the timing makes sense. According to the concert poster, the secret guest will be announced December 5th — which coincides with the day after another major Bay Area act/frequent surprise “guest” plays a homecoming show. RSVP over on the Facebook event page.

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The Fresh and Onlys // “I Would Not Know the Devil”

White Fence // “Mr. Adams”

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So clean. [via Bleary Eyed Brooklyn]