“While Mac DeMarco was in town for CMJ last month, [Impose Magazine] handed over a disposable camera to him so he could take pictures of whatever he wanted while he was in New York. He flipped off Dent May at Mercury Lounge, gave the bird to the audience at Pianos (who, of course, returned the gesture) and went to a house party (and mooned the camera).”
“Mac and his band have toured most of 2012 and all that playing has done wonders for them — they are tight but lythe around the groove. Songs off the new album (“Viceroy,” “Cooking Up Someting Good”) sound great and ones off his first album have a life to them that you don’t hear on the recordings.”
Noisey showcases Mac DeMarco’s “Ode To Viceroy,” “Freaking Out the Neighborhood,” and “Baby’s Wearing Blue Jeans” in the first entry of their new bi-weekly video series in conjunction with Newtown Radio aptly titled, The Newtown Sessions.
Next year’s South by Southwest will be held from March 8-17, and the music portion will take place from March 12-17.
“When’s the last time you were serenaded on a row boat in the middle of Central Park?”
“Lo-Fi, sardonic, and hep, Captured Track’s new self-proclaimed “puss” from Montreal gives us his smokey take on what he endearingly calls jizz-jazz fit with a tribute to his favorite floor-tobacco brand, Viceroy.”
Pitchfork gives Mac Demarco’s second album on Captured Tracks “2” Best New Music.
“Ode To Viceroy”, off Mac DeMarco’s aptly named second album 2, has been included in NPR’s Best of CMJ 2012 episode of All Songs Considered.
“Lyrically witty, full of neat turns of phrase, his songs recall the quirks and kinks of Jonathan Richman, the tale-telling and wit of Alex Turner (specifically the Arctics man’s gentle, romantic work on the Submarine soundtrack), and the playful verbosity of Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus…”
“‘Ode to Viceroy’, a starry-eyed love song to Mac’s favorite smokes, is one example of his understated sensibility.”
The arch Montreal singer-songwriter on being teased by D’Angelo’s “Untitled” video, Shuggie Otis, getting hooked on video gambling, and snot rockets.
“This is all dreamy vocals and surfy, tin-toned guitars… Listening to sweet singing is great when you can be pretty sure that the person singing it was thinking about something disgusting at the time.”
Pitchfork premieres “Ode To Viceroy”, the third track off Mac DeMarco’s upcoming sophomore album, appropriately titled 2.
Check out Mac DeMarco’s “reverby, meandering new slow jam”, “Ode to Viceroy”, on Stereogum.
Watch the Mac DeMarco interview for Noisevox on Blip TV.
“Here’s ‘Freaking Out the Neighborhood’, the new single from Montreal garage-pop impresario Mac DeMarco’s new album, 2, which is out October 16 via Captured Tracks.”
San Francisco’s Yours Truly gives us a sneak peak of what to expect at Mac DeMarco’s Friday, September 14 show at Rickshaw Stop with video from his 285 Kent performance of “I’m A Man.”
“Mac DeMarco is a talented, impish kid who hasn’t quite decided what kind of rock songs he wants to write– which is fine, because he’s sounded pretty good doing anything he’s tried out so far. “
“My Kind of Woman”, Mac Demarco’s recently featured track on Pitchfork, receives Best New Track.
Mac DeMarco tells it like it is in Chart TV’s newest entry.
Pitchfork features “My Kind of Woman,” the first track from Mac’s upcoming LP 2, coming out October 16 (Captured Tracks).
Watch Mac DeMarco’s animated video for his latest EP’s title track, “Rock And Roll Nightclub”
Check out Mac DeMarco’s performance at NXNE last Thursday
Check out photos from the NXNE Bruise Cruise with Mac DeMarco and Bleached
Check out DeMarco’s strange new video directed by Angus Borsos, which plays like an homage to the surreal, slacker classics of Jarmusch and Linklater.
Pitchfork reviews Mac Demarco’s debut album Rock and Roll Night Club currently out on Captured Tracks
Mac DeMarco is a brilliant songwriter with an intoxicating and straight up weird presence that musks up a room when the needle touches Rock And Roll Night Club.
Mac Demarco supports Beach Fossils in Brooklyn
