“It’s a really awesome relationship and there’s just a lot of trust there.”Įmma McIntyre / Getty Images for FYF FYF Fuzz Segall brings his blistering garage-rock to FYF Fest, in his hometown of Los Angeles, on July 23, 2017. “She really wants to push my career in the best possible way, while still adhering to my rules,” Segall says of the agent who has booked “99.9%” of his gigs since 2009. One key associate has been Panache owner and self-described Segall “co-pilot” Michelle Cable. Still, Segall hasn’t achieved his independent vision entirely alone. (Segall shared another new First Taste song, “Ice Plant,” today.) 2, and a full-album rendition of a record from his discography, drawing on a rotation comprised of 2010’s Melted, 2011’s Goodbye Bread, 2014’s Manipulator and 2016’s Emotional Mugger. It also allows for unorthodox touring strategies, like the 10-show and five-show residencies Segall has plotted this year at Los Angeles’ Teragram Ballroom and Brooklyn’s Warsaw, where every gig will include a top-to-bottom reading of his new album First Taste, due Aug. Despite close relationships with his label, Drag City, and his agency, Panache Booking, Segall calls the shots, which lets him stick to important standards, from foregoing corporate-sponsored events to ensuring he exclusively plays “righteous” venues and festivals. Part of that is because, literally, Segall manages himself. Despite the music industry’s corporate drift, Segall has managed to conduct business on his own terms. That ethos and other old-fashioned values – unparalleled work ethic and loyalty among them – have served the prolific California musician well as he has built a deep catalog and a passionate following over the last decade.

“When you have that rule, you can’t really go wrong.”

“I’ve had the rule of working with friends or people that I feel like want to be friends,” the 32-year-old garage-rocker tells Pollstar.

Here, he performs with his Freedom Band at Oregon’s Pickathon Festival on August 5, 2017.Ī simple philosophy guides Ty Segall’s career. Anthony Pidgeon / Redferns A 'Righteous' Fest Segall has prioritized indie fests throughout his career.

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