Brooklyn Vegan announces that Mac Demarco’s show at Northside Festival is on sale
Brooklyn Vegan
As mentioned, Mac DeMarco and White Fence will be playing the Panache Northside showcase at Brooklyn Bowl on June 13.
As mentioned, Mac DeMarco and White Fence will be playing the Panache Northside showcase at Brooklyn Bowl on June 13.
I’ve waited way, way too long to catch Mac Demarco live and now, in the wake of this year’s Primavera Sound, I can finally say I have… twice.
“…Wandering down to the pebble beach as the afternoon sun began to set, he cut two tracks for us, the first of which you can watch above, album standout ‘Cooking Up Something Good’…”
For an artist known by most for sweet lo-fi pop songs, the show had all the trappings of a rock concert: crowd surfing, stage diving, mass stage invasions,…
…pebble beach as the afternoon sun began to set, he cut two tracks for us, the first of which you can watch above, album standout ‘Cooking Up Something Good’.
“…AnOther spoke to the free-spirited Canadian about his dream collaborations and writing love songs about Marilyn Monroe…”
The clown is a mask that acts as a gateway to the great universe. The Brooklynites can call him “boss.
“…With a reputation for raucous performances and stories of a certain ‘drumstick’ incident, the idea of seeing Mac live was intriguing to say the least…”
“Canadian Mac DeMarco joins Marc for a live session and a chat! Track list: – The Stars Keep On Calling My Name – Freaking Out The Neighbourhood – Ode to Viceroy”
Watch a clip of Mac DeMarco talking to NME at The Great Escape 2013.
“…Canadian musician Mac Demarco was on several Paste staffers must-see list as we embarked on the week-long music overdose of SXSW…”
“Mac’s hitting the road this summer for an epic US/Canada tour…”
“…The Montreal-based musician’s latest slo-fi album, 2, and crazy stage antics have made him a favourite with Pitchfork, European festivals, bloggers and Phoenix…”
Mac DeMarco performs his track, “Still Together” on Zündfunk Video Unplugged.
“Cross-dressing and later undressing, off-kilter Canadian pop singer Mac DeMarco smears makeup and whipped cream over his face in the new video for lo-fi glam lullaby, “My Kind of Woman”…
“…Prepare to get intimately familiar with the gap in between Mac DeMarco’s front teeth, and learn what he looks like in a dress and wig…”
“Empire of the Sun, Solange, Polyphonic Spree, Mac DeMarco, William Tyler, and more have been added to the lineup for this year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, taking place from June 13 to 16 in Manchester, Tennessee…”
“The Canadian performer (and oh, he does perform) has professed an interest in Weezer in interviews, so we weren’t too surprised that he and his band grabbed “Undone—The Sweater Song” …”
“Needless to say, it was an epic finale, capped off with the band’s typical closer “Still Together,” during which fans literally busted out their lighters, a classic concert tradition that I haven’t witnessed in almost ten years…”
Photos from Mac DeMarco, Phoenix show at The Independent.
“DeMarco just emanates a rush of freewheeling lightheartedness when he plays, and it was perceptibly infectious. In the frenzied excitement of the Bottle it didn’t, however, do much to let the airy, calm side of DeMarco’s music through. With the amped-up crowd came faster, more charged versions of DeMarco’s normally soft ‘n’ greasy tunes…”
“In a back alley in Austin, TX during South By Southwest, the Rock it Out! Blog’s Sami Jarroush caught up with rising singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco. During their brief chat, the two spoke about DeMarco’s plans for 2013, who he’d like to see during SXSW, and the refund value for cans and bottles in Montreal, Canada…”
“Watch Montreal-based Mac DeMarco and his band play “I’m a Man” live on the final day of the FADER Fort…”
“DeMarco closed out his Wednesday afternoon outdoors at the Paste/HGTV party with a fantastically goofy rendition of “Still Together,” playing deadpan lounge singer for the verses and unhinged punk yodeler for the choruses…”
“In the evening, we teamed with Shea Stadium Records for an official showcase celebrating DIY music with performances by So So Glos, Diarrhea Planet, Kitty, Stagnant Pools, Roomrunner, and Duolouge. Check out various photos from both events in the gallery below.”
“Unsurprisingly, in the moments before this performance, he and his band looked exhausted. But oh man did they power through the lethargy. Mac whipped around wildly, crowdsurfed, latched himself onto a beam, and started swinging from Swan Dive’s ceiling…”
“The Canadian singer/guitarist is known for his unpredictable and usually hilarious onstage antics, as well as releasing one of the best guitar albums last year in 2, and his set far exceeded expectations in both the quality of the performance and the sheer hilarity of DeMarco and his band…”
“Yesterday, Consequence of Sound hosted a day full of SXSW festivities, beginning with our second annual unofficial day party, CoSigns, featuring Thurston Moore’s Chelsea Light Moving, The Thermals, Mac DeMarco, St. Lucia, Ex-Cops, Wampire, White Lung, Fort Lean, Teen, and AbdeCaf…”
“On Wednesday night, Hive photographer Loren Wohl set up at Life or Death PR’s showcase to catch some of the artists backstage. Check out his revealing portraits of Mac DeMarco…”
“He acknowledged that another motive was a desire for vindication. Four years ago, the festival declined his application for a showcase spot. “I played house shows and slept in my car the whole time,” he said…”