Roads Magazine interviews Mac DeMarco
A 23 ANS, MAC DEMARCO EN EST DÉJÀ À SON 7ÈME ALBUM. LE CANADIEN AUX DENTS DU BONHEUR FAIT SURTOUT PARLER DE LUI POUR SES FRASQUES SUR SCÈNE. POURTANT, LORS DU PICTHFORK FESTIVAL…
A 23 ANS, MAC DEMARCO EN EST DÉJÀ À SON 7ÈME ALBUM. LE CANADIEN AUX DENTS DU BONHEUR FAIT SURTOUT PARLER DE LUI POUR SES FRASQUES SUR SCÈNE. POURTANT, LORS DU PICTHFORK FESTIVAL…
Canadian ‘King of Slacker Rock’ artist Mac DeMarco exploded onto the international indie rock scene mid last year with the release of his second album 2…
Hear Ty Segall’s cover of the David Bowie hit Moonage Daydream performed at his SiriusXM U Sessions.
The early highlight of the day was Canada’s Mac Demarco, whose band tore through solid renditions of all the garage rocker’s best songs before winding down with a highly irreverent…
Music-festival staples, tireless tourdogs, frequent visitors to all the big cities — we’ve seen more Oh Sees shows than it’s worth recounting here. But on Friday, an especially psyched crowd made for an especially berserk set.
Of every band playing Fun Fun Fun Fest this weekend, Thee Oh Sees will be the one that I love unconditionally, but will not understand. It’s the generation gap in action.
Lovable sleazeball Mac DeMarco is known for his slippery jangle pop and his so-called “jizz jazz” brand of rock’n’roll, but he’s showcasing a softer side of his sound by releasing a new acoustic EP.
It makes more sense when you watch it. A blurry, flickering callout to B-movies of old, the “The Man Man” video sees Ty himself being stalked by a car full of creepy creatures.
Where has Ezra Furman been hiding? Already on his fifth album (albeit his first with new band The Boyfriends backing him) this Chicago-based singer-songwriter offers a bratty, ragged take on New York Dolls, Spector-era Ramones and E Street Band carnival rock, revealing a gift for crafting freeway-cruisin’ tunes served with an extra helping of roadkill.
On December 3, the garage rock gatekeepers will share the franchise’s second installment: a four-track platter documenting a recent set that SPIN cover star Ty Segall played with Fuzz at the SF Eagle.
It’s another blistering demonstration of Thee Oh Sees greatest trick: they’re the only prolific band who doesn’t put out records often enough.
Mac’s apologetic ode to his loved ones about such public behavior, shows that Mac DeMarco is still with us, coming along for the ride, getting everyone else in trouble. Even so, the maturation process of Mac DeMarco…
Ty Segall’s latest video accompanies “The Man Man” from Sleeper, his psychedelic, folk-leaning LP out this year via Drag City.
Thee Oh Sees kicked into a marathon set of hypnotic bass (played on a guitar, of course, by the tireless Petey Dammit), ghostly falsettos, pummeling drums, and spooky keyboard dispatches.
His new video for the album track “The Man Man” would’ve been perfect for Halloween, but it’s still pretty badass a few days later. In the LEAF-directed video, a quartet of terrifying monster-masked gunmen stalk Segall through a dark street.
Halloween may be over, but the nightmare’s just begun for Ty Segall in his video for the Sleeper standout “The Man Man”.
Canadian indie rocker Mac DeMarco, Iceland-based soul-pop quartet Moses Hightower, Iceland-based electronic artist Kira Kira…
New Orleans’ Quintron and Miss Pussycat have made the personal touch their calling card. She makes puppets for surreal, onstage puppet shows — such as the one involving Christmas Bear and a goblin cake that she performed last night.
We’ve teamed up with our favorite fest again this year to present a FFF Nites show this Friday night (11/8) at the North Door in East Austin, starring Mac DeMarco, Quasi + more. As always, the Nites are free; check the full FFF Nites lineup here.
So, a word to the wise. Check out Mac DeMarco at Fun Fun Fun Fest. He will be killing it. I mean, quite literally, murdering it, so watch out and stay safe out there, guys.
Maybe it was the death of Lou Reed, who John Dwyer dedicated their set to, and the weird energy that brought, and the location certainly was condusive, but Thee Oh Sees were absolutely on fire Sunday night.
And Bay Area psych weirdo White Fence has turned in a jangly, flowery cover of “Today’s Lesson,” a 1991 banger from the crustcore band Filth. The White Fence version does not sound anything like the Filth one, and you can hear it below.
For now, Mac’s plan is working. Being a successful pop musician is only partly about music; it is also about developing a marketable personality and pushing that personality to the limit.
On record, it often sounds as if John Peel is reaching out from beyond the grave to play Mac DeMarco’s entire career at the wrong speed
Ty Segall is playing a one-off show on December 2nd at London’s Scala, performing his new album Sleeper that was released back in August via Drag City.
Prolific, garage-favouring jam band Thee Oh Sees are compiling yet another batch of their non-album tracks for a third Singles Collection. This latest edition arrives November 26 via band leader John Dwyer’s Castle Face Records imprint.
Jonathan Richman is Mac Demarco’s role model as “it seems like he’s just had a very enjoyable time his whole life”. Judging by his Scala show, Mac doesn’t seem to be struggling to replicate this lifestyle.
It’s probably too early to declare DeMarco one of a kind, but there’s more to him than the joking around.
When you say it’s “‘too loud,” that’s really code for, “This music sucks!” Dinosaur Jr. can never be too loud, for example. And wait till you hear Fuzz!
,,,The Bay Brewed will be headlined by none other than local breakout star Mikal Cronin, and the full lineup includes Shannon and the Clams and…