Ty Segall @ Johnny Brenda’s.

Text and images by Brian Wilensky.

Forget the button pushers, the anything-wave garbage and the electro-dance beat poppers. Rock and roll is still alive and well. And it’s still not sorry, if you can judge by Ty Segall, who brought the house down at Johnny Brenda’s on Friday.

“I like the passion,” said Segall’s bass player Mikal Cronin after the show, “but it did get a little violent in there. It normally doesn’t get like that.”

Segall performed his first two songs with Timothy Presley from White Fence, who warmed up the crowd before Segall took the stage. Segall and his band went on to blast through his songs including “Caesar,” “My Sunshine” and of course “Girlfriend,” from Melted.

The crowd was especially rowdy when Segall hit their nerve right with “Standing at the Station,” off of Lemons.

Cronin had to fix his bass after it ate it during “Wave Goodbye,” from the forthcoming Slaughterhouse. That prompted them to replay the guitar shedding outro. Next they teased Neil Young’s “Down by the River,” before Segall looked at the asinine, moshing crowd and said, “Fuck that. Neil would’ve wanted you to pogo.”

Sometime during the rock and roll fray, someone threw beers from the back.

White Fence’s set (below) was a bit more loose but still heavy in the West Coast rock sense. They touched on their latest records Family Perfume Vol. 1-2. Presley was especially appreciative of the warm reception from the crowd.

Teenanger (below) was raw and fast. And their name definitely reflected their vibe. You’ll hear them more soon, for sure.