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Mac DeMarco announced on Polaris Prize short list & Terminal 5 Show announced
Posted on July 15, 2014 by michelle
Panache is thrilled to announce that Mac DeMarco has been announced on the Polaris Prize short list for his current album Salad Days. Polaris Prize honors the best album of the year by a Canadian artist. Other artists in the running include Drake, Arcade Fire, and Owen Pallett. At the ripe old age of 24, Mac has already released three albums to date and toured the globe charming fans not only in Canada and the United States but internationally as he’s sold out venues across Asia, Australia, South America, North America, and Europe. Mac DeMarco will be performing at Terminal 5 on Tues Nov 4th with international acts Connan Mockasin and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Tickets go on sale Friday and can be found here.
Mac DeMarco, Speedy Ortiz and Juan Wauters announced at 4 Knots Festival in New York in July
Posted on June 3, 2014 by michelle
Panache is very excited to announce the addition of Mac DeMarco to the 4 Knots Festival lineup. He will be joining Panache artists Speedy Ortiz and Juan Wauters on July 12th down at the South Street Seaport in New York. Definitely one of our favorite Ny summer past times. Kick back and join us as we rock the summer away, rain or shine! More info here.
Panache announces Northside Festival Showcase @ Baby's All Right
Posted on May 19, 2014 by michelle
Panache is excited to announce our Northside Festival showcase on Thursday June 12 at Baby’s All Right. The lineup features Hunters, Australia’s King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Walter TV, Homeshake, Juan Wauters, Big Ups and a very special dj set from Mr. Jonathan Toubin who will be closing the evening with a soul set. Thee Oh Sees will also be in town playing a daytime show at McCarren Park that weekend. We will be announcing more details soon. Looking forward to seeing you all there!!!!! You can RSVP here.
Mac DeMarco, Ty Segall & Jacco Gardner announced on FYF Fest's lineup
Posted on May 16, 2014 by michelle
Panache is thrilled to announce that one of our favorite festival’s FYF Fest has announced their lineup. Panache artists Ty Segall and Mac DeMarco will be returning for another consecutive year, and Netherland’s Jacco Gardner will be making his debut performance at the festival which takes place this year at its new home, LA Sports Arena & Exposition Park. Full lineup and details here. Hope to see you out there in the sun!
Pitchfork premieres Pepperoni Playboy, a Mac DeMarco "macumentary" directed by Jon Leone
Posted on May 16, 2014 by michelle
Check out the Mac DeMarco documentary which premiered on Pitchfork this past week. Directed by Jon Leone, Pepperoni Playboy, a 34-minute “macumentary” shot in part by DeMarco and bandmate Pierce McGarry, follows Mac as he hams it up on tour in China & Australia, shows off his Jizz Jazz Studios in Brooklyn and masters his current record Salad Days at Bonati Mastering. The film captures an amazing snapshot and moment in time in his quickly growing career, while also showcasing the hilarious and charming personalities that make up Mac and his bandmates. Check out the film here.
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The Quietus interviews Black Bananas' Jennifer Herrema on her Favorite Albums
Jul 29, 2014
Mac DeMarco featured on Crack Magazine's Crack TV
Jul 29, 2014
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.
Stereogum features Meatbodies' "Tremmors"
Jul 28, 2014
L.A. rocker Chad Ubovich has done time on guitar and bass in Mikal Cronin’s band and on bass with the Ty Segall-affiliated garage rock project FUZZ. He’s now fronting his own band, the marvelously named Meatbodies…
Exclaim! announces Walter TV's reissue of Appetite
Jul 28, 2014
Sinderlyn will reissue Walter TV’s 2012 album Appetite on August 26. It was previously available on cassette through AmDiscs and Green Burrito Records, and this reissue brings it to vinyl and CD. It’s available to order here.
AZ Central calls Destruction Unit "what punk rock should sound like in 2014"
Jul 25, 2014
Pittsburgh Music Magazine announces King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's reissue of Float Along – Fill Your Lungs/Oddments
Jul 24, 2014
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.
Noisey premieres O'Death's "Wrong Time"
Jul 24, 2014
Off their forthcoming album, Out of Hands We Go, O’Death has given us a fine track to premiere. “Wrong Time” is a funeral waltz that stomps with plaintive energy.
Citizen-Times features Reigning Sound
Jul 24, 2014
Reigning Sound has been making music according to the band’s compelling vision since 2001. The band formed in Memphis, but frontman and the only remaining original member, Greg Cartwright, relocated to Asheville in 2004.
Exclaim! announces Quintron & Miss Pussycat's North American Tour
Jul 23, 2014
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.
Brixton interviews Meatbodies
Jul 23, 2014
Click to watch an interview with Meatbodies frontman Chad Ubovich, filmed at our event at Alex’s Bar a couple weeks back.
Spin reviews White Fence's For the Recently Found Innocent
Jul 23, 2014
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…
Brooklyn Vegan features Death Valley Girls
Jul 23, 2014
Death Valley Girls dropped their debut, Street Venom, earlier this year as a cassette-only release on Burger. It’s snarly, punky, attitude-heavy rock n’ roll and you can stream it below or buy the digital from Bandcamp.
Tiny Mix Tapes reviews Tonsstarssbandht's Overseas
Jul 22, 2014
Tonstartssbandht’s music is always pushing forward, unwavering and self-assured, with a spastic disposition and a vice grip on talent, an exciting exotic strain of pleasure-center rock that sounds and feels like pure motion.
Japan Times features Buffalo Daughter's Konjac-tion
Jul 22, 2014
Buffalo Daughter has a knack for recruiting influential fans. One of these fans, Tokyo-born artist Peter McDonald, is partially responsible for getting the band to record its latest album, “Konjac-tion.”
Paste reviews White Fence's For the Recently Found Innocent
Jul 22, 2014
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…
Pollstar features Quintron & Miss Pussycat's tour
Jul 22, 2014
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.
Noisey interviews Reigning Sound's Greg Cartwright
Jul 22, 2014
Shattered is a departure from much of Cartwright’s body of work. Not just that it was recorded in Brooklyn’s Daptone Studios but also in that Greg’s voice is on top, reedy and emotive, so it feels even more personal…
Brooklyn Vegan announces new Quintron & Miss Pussycat LP, fall tour dates
Jul 22, 2014
Brooklyn Vegan announces new Quintron & Miss Pussycat LP, fall tour dates
Artrocker reviews White Fence's For The Recently Found Innocent
Jul 21, 2014
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.
Brooklyn Vegan posts photos of Calvin Love playing at Seaport Music Festival
Jul 21, 2014
With spiky hair and a black jacket with flower-accented lapels, Calvin Love looks like a character out of Less Than Zero. His music fits that too, dusty desert rock, heavy on the ethereal synths. Which made for pretty good setting sun music…
Timber and Steel features Tiny Ruins' video for "Me at the Museum, You in the Wintergardens"
Jul 21, 2014
The latest single from New Zealand’s Tiny Ruins, “Me At The Museum, You In The Wintergardens”, has a brand new clip that debuted over the weekend. Filmed and directed by none other than Neil Finn…
Reigning Sound's "You Did Wrong" is featured on Mother Jones' Fast Tracks
Jul 21, 2014
Where have you been, my friend? I’ve been calling you for days,” croons Greg Cartwright, comforting a heartbroken pal in this bracing garage-soul lament.
Pitchfork features Mac DeMarco on Tyler, the Creator's "Loiter Squad"
Jul 18, 2014
...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…