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Ty Segall releases his fourth(!) album of the year, a fun, typically twisted collection of covers called Fudge Sandwich.

Ty Segall has always reliably subscribed to rockist orthodoxy, but he’s left room enough on his new album for noisy evolution.

Living in the afterglow of 2014’s excellent Manipulator, this live record sounds like a man hitting the beer tent hard after a marathon.

From Polish black metal to mind-blowing progressive R&B and electronic music, 2014's best albums certainly have something for everyone.

Segall's collection of cast-off numbers is a slow burn build to the single stand-out track.

The often quick-working Segall took 14 months to make Manipulator, but it's not so much a wild departure sonically as it is a return to and refinement of tangents we've heard from him in the past.

Ty Segall's FUZZ is in line with expectations, but only to a point. The band's success comes in taking expected elements and twisting them into something dense and dark and new.

What's most impressive about Sleeper is that Ty Segall still has some surprises up his sleeve, even after releasing a prolific amount of material in a short period of time.

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