The mellowed-out muso will play two extra dates at Sydney’s Metro Theatre and at The Hi-Fi in Melbourne during the last week of January and first week of February. DeMarco is coming to Aus with a special visitor for his Laneway appearances — his mum Agnes, who will emcee the festival.
Mac DeMarco’s strong vocals were in full throttle last night as he performed a rare solo show at the Foellinger Auditorium. Without any additional instrumental backing, DeMarco held together a beautiful, raw set for the couple hundred audience members that spread out through the main floor and balcony.
From Montreal to Brooklyn, Mac DeMarco has quickly turned into a laid-back, surf-rock sensation with a propensity for songwriting. His most recent album, Salad Days placed No. 11 on Billboards US Top Rock Albums, and DeMarco’s songwriting has transformed his persona on the newest record.
The set – sandwiched between local heroes Courtney Barnett and The Smith Street Band – allows DeMarco to make his biggest Australian introduction yet, having kicked off his debut tour on the Wednesday prior with a co-headline show alongside Twerps.
If Dave F**k sounds too good/weird to be true, that’s because he is. Instead, Canadian musician Mac Demarco plays the character in a seriously silly new mini-mockumentary directed by Cole Kush. Mac DeMarco lends his signature ball cap and jean jacket to the character, along with a hilarious baritone voice. His trademark comedy style finds meaning in the mundane, as Dave F**k gets lost in a deep and profound CGI parking lot dream. We don’t claim to totally understand the video, but somehow it’s perfect.
Mac DeMarco is a very talented singer/songwriter, but sometimes that takes a backseat to how his fans receive him: as a living internet meme. So naturally that makes him a perfect candidate for a Reddit AMA.
Mac DeMarco stars in a goofy video sketch called “Backer”, directed by Cole Kush. He plays a character named Dave Fuck who is a “backer”, as in, it is his job to help drivers back up their cars. However, he turns a seemingly menial task into something more poetic, exploring his dreams and realizations.
For the second year in a row, III Points has shown it definitely has a way of obliterating your sleep schedule. But it’s all worth the lack of rest, if a life-affirming fix of four-to-the-floor beats is what you’ve been needing.
Mac DeMarco discussed his recording process, how personal he gets in his writing, and internet fame in a new interview for Pitchfork.tv and Canal 180’s “Entrevista” series.
Mac DeMarco’s army of fans are more used to seeing him in darkened venues at the climax of a night of partying, but at ACL he also proved that he’s a man for all seasons: including the blistering heat of a 1pm show under the Texas sun.
The goofy Canadian guitar guy in the cap and unbuttoned flannel shirt never comes off as too cool for his crowd, which has the funny effect of making him all the more cool.
Photos of Mac DeMarco and his band gearing up and enjoying himself on Polaris Prize weekend. Captions by Mac himself.
Julian Casablancas has enlisted some pretty exciting acts to open his upcoming US tour. Between October and November, The Strokes’ frontman will share the stage with Mr Twin Sister, Mac DeMarco, and Shabazz Palaces.
Arcade Fire’s Reflektor, Drake’s Nothing Was the Same, Mac DeMarco’s Salad Days, Chromeo’s White Women, Owen Pallett’s In Conflict, Tim Hecker’s Virgins, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan’s UZU, Timber Timbre’s Hot Dreams, Tanya Tagaq’s Animism, Shad’s Flying Colours, Jessy Lanza’s Pull My Hair Back, and Basia Bulat’s Tall Tall Shadow are were all up for the top prize.
In an unexpected turn of events, throat singer Tanya Tagaq has beat out formidable nominees like Arcade Fire, Drake (Nothing Was The Same), Mac DeMarco (Salad Days), and Owen Pallett (In Conflict) to win the award for Canada’s best album.
Laneway Festival have confirmed that Mac DeMarco will play the event in 2015, along with a very special guest…
Yet one of the most memorable acts of the whole weekend was night one-Friday at the Far Out stage with Mac Demarco. It was a wild performance filled with crowd-surfing, beam-climbing, and serenading…
Mac DeMarco is the real deal. On his second full-length record, Salad Days, the onetime Montreal-based singer/songwriter emits a toxic vapor of addicting warbles, slicked-up melodies, and hooks you can’t shake. The result is reminiscent of the softer side of Ween, if only brothers Gene and Dean had hooked up with Pavement in its prime. His unpredictable live set shouldn’t be missed…
What seems like a lighthearted video turns south all too quickly, as innocent dress-up leads to slapstick and then panicked nudity…
While his live shows have gained notoriety for grotesquerie, Mac himself is a perfectly normal, affable, somewhat foul-mouthed 24 year old. He’s already found footing on his ideal career path, and he’s further ahead than most his age…
The official 2014 ACL Festival Late Night Shows have been announced for both weekendsof this year’s Austin City Limits festival. Highlights of the first weekend include Beck at Stubb’s, Jenny Lewis at Stubb’s, Interpol at Stubb’s, Rhye at the Paramount, and Mac DeMarco at Scoot Inn…
Mac DeMarco delivered a typically explosive performance, playing heavily off his recent Salad Days LP and diving into the crowd during set closer ‘Still Together’, testing the trust of the audience after jumping from a pillar in the middle of The Far Out Tent to rapturous applause…
If I were a music critic, I’d try and fail to describe the playful self-awareness, the almost-total coincidence between irony and sincerity, etc. I can’t describe musical form too precisely, but suffice it to say, it’s tailored extremely well to the album’s content…
This past weekend, the 2014 Pickathon Music Festival was held, as always, at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, just outside Portland. Major draws this year included the War On Drugs, Mac DeMarco, X, and People Under The Stairs.
Headlining the Tree Stage, Mac DeMarco and his merry band of pranksters were set to bring their famously debaucherous live show to Osheaga.
Mac DeMarco crowd-surfed, Nickel Creek had a triumphant reunion, Operators showed off Dan Boeckner’s 8-bit skills, X went country and much more went down on the second day of Pickathon 2014 at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley…
…latest video from Mac DeMarco accompanies “Chamber of Reflection”, from this year’s Salad Days. It’s a typically goofy, VHS-style clip with a contemplative tone, starring a woman wearing a “Simpsons” mask as she ventures around Brooklyn.
Our favorite Brooklyn-by-way-of-Montreal singer/guitarist/art punk party prankster, Mac DeMarco, has a new music video out today for his Salad Days track, “Chamber of Reflection.”
The video for Mac DeMarco’s “Chamber Of Reflection” starts off with a woman crouching in front of a Ford truck grille wearing a Homer Simpson mask — and it only gets weirder from there.
Somewhat inexplicably, Mac DeMarco’s just-released video for “Chamber of Reflection,” featuring a slowed-down-by-a-third version of the song, struck me with the same kind of stubborn, sick-to-my-stomach melancholy…
