If I were a music critic, I’d try and fail to describe the playful self-awareness, the almost-total coincidence between irony and sincerity, etc. I can’t describe musical form too precisely, but suffice it to say, it’s tailored extremely well to the album’s content…
Ty Segall’s much anticipated LP Manipulator, which is set to be released on August 25th, carries that eclectic SoCal sound that he has stapled throughout his musical pursuits…
…brilliant and representative of indie, Americana, soul, hip hop and, yes, even punk and rock and roll genres. With performers like Mikal Cronin, Diarrhea Planet and The War on Drugs playing this year, Pickathon literally rocked.
This past weekend, the 2014 Pickathon Music Festival was held, as always, at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, just outside Portland. Major draws this year included the War On Drugs, Mac DeMarco, X, and People Under The Stairs.
This past weekend, the 2014 Pickathon Music Festival was held, as always, at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, just outside Portland. Major draws this year included the War On Drugs, Mac DeMarco, X, and People Under The Stairs.
Headlining the Tree Stage, Mac DeMarco and his merry band of pranksters were set to bring their famously debaucherous live show to Osheaga.
Mac DeMarco crowd-surfed, Nickel Creek had a triumphant reunion, Operators showed off Dan Boeckner’s 8-bit skills, X went country and much more went down on the second day of Pickathon 2014 at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley…
Quintron & Miss Pussycat will release their new LP Spellcaster II: Death In Space via Pizza Burglar Records on October 28, their first LP following three years’ worth of singles that eventually lead to a Grammy nomination. The 11-track effort features “Death in Space,” the first to be released out of the gate and available […]
Mr. Quintron was this week in my home neighborhood in Berlin, accompanied by his wife Miss Pussycat – maraca player (maracaist?), vocalist, and puppeteer behind Flossie and the Unicorns. There was a puppet show. It was about cake…
…latest video from Mac DeMarco accompanies “Chamber of Reflection”, from this year’s Salad Days. It’s a typically goofy, VHS-style clip with a contemplative tone, starring a woman wearing a “Simpsons” mask as she ventures around Brooklyn.
Our favorite Brooklyn-by-way-of-Montreal singer/guitarist/art punk party prankster, Mac DeMarco, has a new music video out today for his Salad Days track, “Chamber of Reflection.”
The video for Mac DeMarco’s “Chamber Of Reflection” starts off with a woman crouching in front of a Ford truck grille wearing a Homer Simpson mask — and it only gets weirder from there.
Fortunately, Manipulator is rich enough to provide fodder for a 30-minute conversation. Aside from a contribution here or there from outside musicians on a handful of tracks, Segall recorded everything on Manipulator himself.
A King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Homecoming Australian Tour 2014 has been announced as the mighty septet lock in a huge run of national dates to celebrate the return from their maiden American voyage.
Having just returned from their debut USA and Canadian tour King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced a headline Australian tour. The Melbourne psych septet will play shows in Sydney, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne…
Having just returned from their debut US and Canadian tour King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have booked a headline Australian tour. The Melbourne psych septet will play shows in Sydney, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide…
For the Recently Found Innocent picks up from last year’s choice Cyclops Reap writing-wise—showcasing Presley’s clever hooks and retro-British (though he’s not) constructs—but in a less fuzzy, less fragmented sonic environment.
Somewhat inexplicably, Mac DeMarco’s just-released video for “Chamber of Reflection,” featuring a slowed-down-by-a-third version of the song, struck me with the same kind of stubborn, sick-to-my-stomach melancholy…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
Brooklyn Vegan announces new Quintron & Miss Pussycat LP, fall tour dates
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.
…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…
DeMarco mixed these philosophies just splendidly, making for one of the most unique concert experiences I’ve ever had. Like his music, the surface level may have seemed bittersweet, but at its heart it was a show designed for having a good time to…
Mac DeMarco released his new album, Salad Days, earlier this year, but now fans will be getting something more: DeMarco’s previously released demos for the albums 2 and the aforementioned Salad Days will be getting a proper vinyl release…
The White Fence split is out on September 2. It features the track “Nero (Has a Lot to Think About)” and is backed by a track called “Belly Full of Blood” from Los Angeles singer/songwriter Jack Name. Listen to a preview of both tracks above.
