San Francisco psych rockers Thee Oh Sees are also playing for the first time since 2013, but the cherry on the weekend is without a doubt Sixties legend Ronnie Spector, who headlines the festival on Sunday.
If you haven’t already caught on to the King Gizzard phenomenon, you should know that the hyper-prolific Aussie garage-psych band is made up of seven rad, multi-talented dudes including a thereminist, harmonica player, bassist…
Fun is a word DeMarco uses often. This year, the Brooklyn resident uploaded a grainy video of an unnamed naked man dancing with a guitar concealing his privates, with a message from DeMarco claiming it to be an advertisement…
Mac DeMarco has a reputation for being rude, crude; even obnoxious. So his fart-noise response to Salad Days making the Polaris Long List isn’t a surprise.
This is the enigma wrapped in the riddle wreathed in the cloud of mystique that is Mac DeMarco – one of the most promising indie rock darlings of the moment, if you believe the hype.
We went over to Mac Demarco‘s apartment in Brooklyn to chat to him about his music and music generally. We were welcomed into an apartment that has such a wealth of random -but absolutely essential items.
It’s appropriate that one of the most recognized signifiers of Mac DeMarco is his gap-toothed grin, because the overall vibe of Salad Days is that of the smiley goofball, drunk on the sun and maybe a couple Genesee Cream Ales.
With its treble-clean, almost jit-like guitar curlicues and shruggy vox, there are hints of the UK’s indie heyday, while the songs’ wonky worldview and junkie haze keep you guessing.”
Mac DeMarco is very quickly growing beyond his Salad Days. Not only has that album garnered critical attention, but the singer also has a fan-drawn 7-inch contest, his own documentary, a videogame and, most recently, was mentioned on the Polaris Music Prize long list.
MAC DEMARCO IS known for his vulgar on-stage shenanigans, a reputation that’s fuelled in part by an infamous 2012 incident in which the songwriter hung from the rafters of a Vancouver venue and stuck one of his own fingers where…
Ezra Furman has honed lo-fi garage rock-isms and rootsy hobo folk into something both peculiar and brilliant.
In other news, White Fence have finally released a song from their forthcoming Ty Segall-produced album, For the Recently Found Innocent which is out July 22 via Drag City. “Like That” is a mod stomper in the early Who style and is pretty good.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s ” Brooklyn Summer Fun Residency” was supposed to be over already but the Australian psych band just can’t seem to get enough of Brooklyn…or maybe Baby’s All Right can’t get enough of them.
MAC DEMARCO is growing up and growing up fast. His shows will always maintain a bit of mystery as we’ve seen him perform nine times over the past two years and have yet to be let down, but the venues are getting bigger…
Quintron recently brought his educational show about science and sound to the library on Holiday Drive as part of the New Orleans Public Library summer reading program, entertaining the storytime set with his inventions..
They’re bringing along a fantastic opening lineup that consists of Mac DeMarco, The Front Bottoms, and Hop Along.
Live, DeMarco isn’t beyond relying on tried-and-true crowd-pleasing gestures, but the silly banter and beach-party vibe should not draw attention away from the sturdy hooks of songs like “Salad Days” or “Blue Boy,”…
Future Islands would be a tough act to follow but Canadian singer/guitarist Mac DeMarco’s energy was intense in a different enough way that rewarded fans with a little bit of patience.
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.
Tim Presley brings his project White Fence to Phono del Sol on July 12 in Potrero del Sol Park in San Francisco and, just ten days later, he’s releasing his fifth full-length album under that moniker, entitled ‘For the Recently Found Innocent’…
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.
Lo-fi psych rocker Tim Presley, aka White Fence, has unveiled “Like That”, the first track from his new Ty-Segall produced album To The Recently Found Innocent.
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.
On Saturday, June 14th, the penultimate day of Northside 2014 featured free performances by a reunited Thee Oh Sees, The Blind Shake, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Walter TV in McCarren Park.
On Saturday, June 14th, the penultimate day of Northside 2014 featured free performances by a reunited Thee Oh Sees, The Blind Shake, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Walter TV in McCarren Park.
We spent Father’s Day with our new dad John Dwyer thanks to the lovely folks at Death by Audio who booked a show featuring Thee Oh Sees, Chicago’s White Mystery, Los Angeles band Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel…
Thee Oh Sees are still doing this whole thing better than near anyone else, and Drop is a real treat for all in ways perhaps their other albums haven’t been.
This weekend King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard‘s video for ‘Hot Wax’ is the Clip Of The Week on rage!! Peep out for the video all weekend and come on-a-safari-with-meeeeee
During the four-plus years he’s been performing as White Fence, the prolific songwriter’s approach has largely been the same: He writes hundreds of scuzzy-riffed songs in his Echo Park apartment…
