“From the same class of Kurt Vile’s forward-thinking takes on classic rock comes Mac DeMarco, a cigarette-loving slack rocker with a taste for jangly guitars and loose riffs. Although it wasn’t an easy path, the songwriter just released his second album, titled 2 last year and has been turning heads of critics and music fans ever since…”
“It’s music that feels out of time — like it could have been written 20 years ago or today in his living room. Demarco doesn’t have anything to prove, and he’s going to sing about just that.”
“We spoke with Montreal-based crooner Mac DeMarco before his soldout show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. He mused on the differences between Montreal and New York bagels, among other things.”
“DeMarco’s live performances are notoriously wacky, oddly seductive, sometimes nude, and not to be missed”
“After a stellar, self-titled 2011 debut in 2011, Cronin is preparing for the release of his Merge debut, MCII, a thoughtfully arranged slab of shimmering, high-grade California power-pop”
“The EP, Rock and Roll Night Club and the catchy-as-hell single “Baby’s Wearing Blue Jeans” blew up on the Internet. Brooklyn-based label Captured Tracks signed him and financed a full-length album. 2 came out in October and since then DeMarco’s been spending a lot of time on the road getting famous. I caught up with him while he was on his way to Philadelphia.”
“His quips and tipsy theatrics break down the barrier between himself and his audience, and create a convivial atmosphere where the fans can share in a set replete with highlights like ‘Cooking Up Something Good’ and ‘Ode To Viceroy.'”
“That happy medium is best exemplified by “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster”, a hit of swirling psych-pop aimed at the pleasure centers of that faction of Flaming Lips fans who wish Wayne Coyne and crew would ditch the concept albums and confetti-covered theatrics and get back to the feel-good fuzz-rock of Transmissions From the Satellite Heart…”
“Last year alone saw a double album on Woodsist and a collaborative album with fellow garage rock superstar Ty Segall. He doesn’t seem to be slowing down for 2013…”
“His music — tuneful, loose rock ‘n’ roll with a funkish, laid back strut — is what’s won over the critics, but his peculiar sense of humor and notoriously unpredictable stage behavior have seen the young musician pegged as an oddball, a slacker, a sleaze and generally just a pretty screwy guy…”
“Soul singers like Bobby Womack have spent careers confessing weaknesses, and let’s not get started on singer-songwriters. Indie rock can show up the phoniness of the whole major-label hustle by setting out modest goals and nailing the shit out of them. That’s what Thee Oh Sees do on “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster,”…”
Mac Demarco announced on Pitchfork Festival’s lineup for Sat July 20, 2013 along with Belle and Sebastian, The Breeders and Swans
Panache announces their first official cassette mixtape available now!!! Volume I features mostly unreleased tracks from 25 Panache artists including Thee Oh Sees, Mac Demarco, Reigning Sound, Fuzz, Fat Tony, Bleached, Mikal Cronin, Redd Kross & more. Limited run, only 650 in total. One time only pressing!! Only 100 for sale online! Will sell out! […]
“Before the night was over, Mac crowd surfed, told funny stories in between songs using voice that sounded a little like Wolfman Jack, sang at least 15 songs..”
Panache is excited to announce a very special edition of the Bruise Cruise at SXSW this year. The agency will be teaming up with the Seaport Music Festival and Hot Burrito to present Milk Music, Fat Tony, The Blind Shake, and Outer Minds on a two hour cruise on Monday March 11. The boat sails from […]
“After a stellar self-titled debut in 2011, the Laguna Beach native is preparing for the release of his Merge debut, MCII, a thoughtfully arranged slab of shimmering, high-grade Californian power-pop that already sounds like one of the year’s finest outings.”
“In addition to making music, Quintron & Miss Pussycat are filmmakers as well, their most recent work is The Mystery in Old Bathbath, which is the latest adventure for puppet pals Trixie and the Treetrunks…”
“With a handful of bizarre music videos under his belt—including one in which he plays guitar in the woods dressed as Mozart—and a song written as a paean to Viceroy cigarettes [above], it’s apparent that while DeMarco may now opt to keep his clothes on, he certainly doesn’t take himself too seriously. While he’s not sure if he self-identifies as a slacker, he does know one thing: “I don’t want a job, and I think I’ve been trying my hardest to make sure I don’t have a job.””
“In addition to making music, Quintron & Miss Pussycat are filmmakers as well, their most recent work is The Mystery in Old Bathbath, which is the latest adventure for puppet pals Trixie and the Treetrunks…”
“The movie is phantasmagoric and there are surreal events and leaps as Trixie unearths the mysteries of Bathbath…”
Mikal Cronin, coming to a city near you!
Panache Booking is very excited to announce our official SXSW showcase this year in Austin! Panache will be hosting a 4 stage extravaganza on Friday March 15 at Hotel Vegas featuring nearly 25 bands including Thee Oh Sees, The Bug, Bleached, Mikal Cronin, Marnie Stern, VietNam, Ex-Cult, Destruction Unit, The Blind Shake & more!!! It’s […]
“Last year, Tim Presley of White Fence joined psychedelic forces with Ty Segall for collaborative LP Hair on Drag City. Now White Fence returns with another album, Cyclops Reap, due out April 9 via Castle Face, the label run by John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees…”
“…With 2, his second 2012 album on Captured Tracks, the eccentric crooner and multi-instrumentalist graduated from requisite Montreal lo-fi act to bona fide success story, touring constantly to deliver his slacker brand of homespun, effortlessly clever jangle pop…”
After releasing three records in 2012, Presley is hitting the ground running once again in 2013, with a new album called Cyclops Reap set to arrive on April 9 via Castleface.
“The Los Angeles-based one-man garage band known as White Fence has picked up some swell shine thanks to a recent album-length collaboration with … Ty Segall.”
“”Pink Gorilla” is a psychedelic garage pop tune with groovy riffs that will make you want to shake it.”
“Turn it up loud, especially for the crashing finale that closes this out in ways that would make your greying pops (or surly uncles) smile…”
“Today they’ve released the closing track from the forthcoming LP, “Minotaur,” which updates the band’s usual out-there fuzz-punk frenzy into a clearer mid-tempo garage-psych ballad. John Dwyer’s vocals sit front-and-center amidst a pervasive sense of darkness…”
“Opening with mournful but warm strings, the track soon graduates to an off-kilter upbeat swoon as John Dwyer sings of fading dreams backed by the gushing ahhs of Brigid Dawson…”
