For my presentation I will be presenting the garage rock revival that has been ongoing sine the early 2000s. While it is not actually the first garage rock revival it is usually referred to as the “garage rock revival” or “garage punk revival” by most mainstream forms of media when discussing  contemporary rock music. The reason I chose this genre is because it is one of my favorite styles of rock and modern music. While garage rock originally started in the 1960s and garage punk caught on in the 1990s underground, I feel the revival that has been ongoing since the 2000s is the best form of garage rock music since it has so many predecessors to draw inspiration from and often implements other forms of music with it. Usually styles ranging from psychedelic rock, experimental music, folk, soul, hard rock, and more the current wave of garage rock/garage punk bands have a lot to make new and even more ambitious garage music than their originators. I had a difficult time choosing a song I felt was representative of the genre. While I could have picked a White Stripes or Black Keys song and taken the easy way out I felt that wouldn’t be fair since both of those band have a heavy blues aspect to their music that not all garage bands have. So I was faced with choosing between two of my favorite contemporary acts, garage/psychedelic rock band Thee Oh Sees or garage/psychedelic/alternative rock artist Ty Segall. Ultimately I went with Ty Segall because his early work heavily emulates the garage punk sound of the 1980-1990s while also reminiscent of 1960s garage rock. As he has continued his career he has strayed farther away from his minimalist garage roots and explored more styles with his maturing sound. I have chosen to present his song The Drag from his debut album which was one of his first hit songs in his early solo career. The song itself is very minimal but also very loud which is reflective of earlier garage punk bands. The actual structure of the song and it’s lyrics are more similar to many 60s garage rock songs. While listening to this song for this project and then listening to his newest album for fun, the comparison between his material is almost night and day. His newest album is reminiscent of many artists of the 1970s while there is still loud guitars, punk attitude, and garage rock tones; the songs themselves do not sound very “garage rock” instead more like “classic rock”. Half the album is made up of calmer songs, including some folk tunes, and the other half being epic loud guitar rock. I’d say his last “garage” album was his 2014 release Manipulator which he aimed for more of a psychedelic/pop sound similar to The Beach Boys, The Beatles, T. Rex, David Bowie, etc. Since then he has released an experimental album and now this “classic rock” album. Regardless he always maintains some element(s) of garage rock music in his sound, whether it takes the forefront or sits on the sidelines seems to depend on his mood lately.