A King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Homecoming Australian Tour 2014 has been announced as the mighty septet lock in a huge run of national dates to celebrate the return from their maiden American voyage.
Having just returned from their debut USA and Canadian tour King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced a headline Australian tour. The Melbourne psych septet will play shows in Sydney, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne…
Having just returned from their debut US and Canadian tour King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have booked a headline Australian tour. The Melbourne psych septet will play shows in Sydney, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide…
For the Recently Found Innocent picks up from last year’s choice Cyclops Reap writing-wise—showcasing Presley’s clever hooks and retro-British (though he’s not) constructs—but in a less fuzzy, less fragmented sonic environment.
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…
People always call Mac DeMarco’s music ‘slacker rock’, but have you ever actually checked out his tour schedule? It’s like he’s perpetually hopping from dirty van, to sweat-soaked venue, to sleazy hotel on tour. Maybe this guy isn’t so slack after all.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard crank up the fuzzbox and set the Memory Man delay on infinity, assembling a cosmic force field that draws their sonic creations of the recent past into one unified, throbbing whole.
Though not much has been revealed behind the next platter from New Orleans oddities Quintron & Miss Pussycat, the duo will be taking their organ-heavy tracks and puppet show on the road this fall.
For The Recently Found Innocent is as much a lesson in self-awareness as it is a thoroughly enjoyable listen. Over the last four years, Presley has recorded at a relentless rate in his Echo Park home…
For the Recently Found Innocent is a fantastic-sounding record, the production bringing to life the small details that make it more than a retread or homage. Presley clearly moves to the beat of his own tripped-out drummer…
Evenings of dance music, amazing sounds and puppets await you in autumn when Quintron & Miss Pussycat climb onboard the tour bus. Stops include Memphis, St. Louis, Toronto and Brooklyn.
There are have been some great psych albums this year, but White Fence set the standard for the return to the 60’s feel and you’ll have many hours of enjoyment getting lost in it’s myriad of psychedelic abandon.
…Odd Future released a new episode of their skit-based Adult Swim show, Loiter Squad. One of the skits, “Granny, Tyler, More” features Mac DeMarco soundtracking Tyler’s incredibly uncomfortable and possibly NSFW daydream…
DeMarco mixed these philosophies just splendidly, making for one of the most unique concert experiences I’ve ever had. Like his music, the surface level may have seemed bittersweet, but at its heart it was a show designed for having a good time to…
Mac DeMarco released his new album, Salad Days, earlier this year, but now fans will be getting something more: DeMarco’s previously released demos for the albums 2 and the aforementioned Salad Days will be getting a proper vinyl release…
The White Fence split is out on September 2. It features the track “Nero (Has a Lot to Think About)” and is backed by a track called “Belly Full of Blood” from Los Angeles singer/songwriter Jack Name. Listen to a preview of both tracks above.
Tim Presley is a four-track small room wizard crafting lo-fi California sunshine punk for people who loathe leaving their homes. His lyrics are simultaneously throwaway and intensely personal—arid yet uncomfortably precise.
Garnering a huge crowd on the pier, Mac DeMarco blew fans away with an offbeat but endearing sense of humor and, more importantly, a tight band that played a curious and fascinating brand of sunglasses rock.
Presley uses White Fence as a proving ground for ideas that, as of For the Recently Found Innocent, have steered toward the gentle pomp of late-’60s psychedelic pop, rock and folk.
In addition to Dinosaur Jr.’s heavily crowd-surfed set, the affable (and clearly quite adored) Mac DeMarco also rocked the docks. Speedy Ortiz was reliably excellent, along with Those Darlings, Nude Beach, and Juan Wauters.
I met Mac at Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium, a place that is basically a weird strip club for people that want to watch and pet cats instead of humans. It’s a bizarre place: full of twee tea-sets and grown women crawling across the floor…
Here’s a condensed, edited, gently censored Q-and-A sesh with Mac D before he heads to Vega on Tuesday. DeMarco likes to mix things up, so we will, too. This one’s going to begin with an A.
Things are going quite good for Mac DeMarco these days, so good that he’s able to devote all his time to his music. He doesn’t need a day job – or a night one, which means he’s no longer on the graveyard shift in a grocery store stocking veggies.
Overall, DeMarco’s composed yet enthused show on Tuesday reinforced the sense of his growing maturity, dispelling the L’enfant terrible myths — and despite his clothing choices.
Nardwuar The Human Serviette posted an interview with Mac DeMarco, and like most of Nardwuar’s interviews, it revealed a wealth of strange and wonderful stories. The two talk in depth about DeMarco’s early days playing DIY shows….
Merge has also shared a free compilation featuring current artists covering some of the label’s classic tracks. …Hiss Golden Messenger does Spoon’s “The Beast and Dragon, Adored,” and Saint Rich offers a version of Mikal Cronin’s “Am I Wrong.”
The prolific Tim Presley, with band/moniker White Fence, returns with For the Recently Found Innocent. He’s joined by that irrepressible wunderkind Ty Segall, who provides the garage studio space, production house…
It’s a little odd that “Salad Days,” a new album of nostalgic California beach anthems, would come from a Canadian born in the ’90s. But its creator, the boyish, gap-toothed indie rocker Mac DeMarco, just shrugs it off.