Mac DeMarco was a crowd favorite that night at House of Vans, creating a crowd five times bigger by the time they began their set. With their chill rock music, Mac DeMarco played crowd favorites like “Salad Days” and “Passing Out Pieces.”
Other highlights include Tim Hecker’s ‘Virgins’ and Solids’ ‘Blame Confusion’, with Owen Pallett and Mac DeMarco likely to make the eventual shortlist, which is announced on 15th July.
The Polaris Prize longlist is chosen by a group of 189 music journalists, broadcasters and bloggers from across the country, eleven of whom will select the award’s $30,000 winner, based solely on artistic merit.
Mac DeMarco’s messy hair, grubby ball cap and gap-toothed grin make him extremely easy to draw as a caricature, so it makes perfect sense that the cheeky songwriter is giving fans a chance to capture his likeness.
…Mac DeMarco came on stage, the 25,000-foot warehouse was already jammed with eager fans that welcomed the prankster with screams of affection. Amidst beers, laughter and ovations, the eccentric musician delighted the audience…
Canadian singer-guitarist Mac DeMarco recently invited Rolling Stone to hang out at the Brooklyn apartment where he recorded this year’s excellently laid-back Salad Days.
The lineup includes Nickel Creek, X, Warpaint, The War on Drugs, Jonathan Richman, Mac DeMarco, Operators, Foxygen, Destroyer (solo), Courtney Barnett, Parquet Courts, Angel Olsen, Woods, Mikal Cronin, Julianna Barwick, The Men…
Listening to lines on Mac DeMarco’s latest offering, Salad Days, it’s impossible to not feel reflective. Hearing lyrics such as “Acting like my life’s already over” sung by an incredibly successful 23-year-old, I can’t help being a little introspective.
The Village Voice has finalized the 2014 4Knots Festival lineup, adding Mac DeMarco to the lineup that already includes headliner Dinosaur Jr., plus Those Darlins, Speedy Ortiz, Radkey, Viet Cong, Nude Beach, and Juan Wauters.
Rencontre avec Mac Demarco, le petit prince du rock indé qui n’en finit pas d’éblouir.
Vendredi 16 mai, Mac DeMarco était de retour à Paris pour présenter les chansons de “Salad Days”, troisième album inspiré qui tangue entre la classe de Lou Reed et la désinvolture de Jonathan Richman.
On top of releasing an extremely gross music video and putting out a great album, Mac DeMarco has added to his prolific 2014 by expanding his current world tour in support of Salad Days.
One time, a buddy was interviewing Mac and his band for a local Canadian magazine. She’d heard stories that he was totally insane, but during the interview he stayed really calm and collected, answering her questions thoughtfully…
A deranged Mac Demarco has crossed over to the The Twilight Zone for his new video for the song ‘Passing Out Pieces’, taken from his latest album Salad Days. The grainy clip, which was directed by bandmate Pierce McGarry…
Mac and band bring the Canadian singer-songwriter’s latest album, ‘Salad Days’, to a sold-out KOKO.
Mac DeMarco is a different beast altogether and the chirpy Canadian along with his bandmates emit waves of sunkissed joy over the crowd, albeit a little to quiet for my liking, but questionable sound is taken as a given when seeing a guitar band…
The Line of Best Fit posts photos of Mac DeMarco’s show at KOKO
Announcing a quartet of live shows, Mac DeMarco is due to return to the UK in November. Opening in Manchester on November 21st, the singer hits Brighton, Leeds and London.
The free Vans and FYF-presented Vans House Parties at NYC’s House of Vans are returning this summer with two shows a month from June – August. The June shows will be Charles Bradley, Mac DeMarco and Benjamin Booker (6/12)…
Revolt features Mac DeMarco’s documentary, “Pepperoni Playboy”
Today, Pitchfork.tv is proud to present Pepperoni Playboy, a short film about Mac DeMarco. Directed by Jon Leone, Pepperoni Playboy, a 34-minute “Macumentary” shot in part by DeMarco and bandmate Pierce McGarry…
Mac DeMarco recently released Salad Days, and in the last year or so has gained a large following. Pepperoni Playboy is a short documentary on the musician that gives you a look into his recording space, the process of making that new record…
Bumbershoot, which is hosted in Seattle, Wash at the Seattle Center, has announced it’s lineup including Wu-Tang Clan, The Replacements, The Head and the Heart, Elvis Costello, Poliça, Mac Demarco, Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Both…
The lineup was just announced and includes The Replacements, Wu-Tang Clan, Elvis Costello, Schoolboy Q, Afghan Whigs, The Dismemberment Plan, Nada Surf, Bobby Womack, Danny Brown, Mac DeMarco, Twin Shadow…
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, shows off his Jizz Jazz Studios in Brooklyn…
In this episode, Chas visits indie wunderkind Mac Demarco at his home in Montreal. They begin by cooking steak, which is promptly burnt, and things devolve from there. Conversation topics include crazy fans…
Analog Avenue interviews Mac DeMarco
DeMarco is a skilled musician, which is something people don’t talk about often: His songs, recorded on duct-taped, cigarette-fogged equipment, glimmer with sophisticated chord progressions and band interplay…
You don’t even want to know. Solid interview from our Assistant Music Director Stacey Karl with Mac DeMarco.
For the latest instalment in this series on our heroes’ heroes, lo-fi singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco tells us about his infatuation with Japanese musical legend Ryuichi Sakamoto.
