“I lounge comfortably while Mikal Cronin unfurls divine garage pop steeped in layers of guitar and decades of songwriting genius. You can tell all these great Bay Area garage bands compete with each other to hit the hardest; this set is so wonderfully intense and maximalist…”
“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…”
“Even better was a Friday night sugar rush from Mikal Cronin, whose rock anthems came dunked in color, charisma and electricity. From song to song to song, you could see the stiff-jointed audience slowly committing to the music with their bodies — and then with their giggles, namely whenever Cronin, who looks like a grunge […]
“And while his band riffed for passers-by on Red River Street, actually seeing Dwyer through the mini-mob was tricky. For a better view, a dozen faithful climbed up onto the roof of his band’s Ford E-350 tour van, parked in an adjacent alleyway. On the patio, two peroxide blondes perched atop an ATM like punk […]
“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…”
“Cronin was more direct, but provided an equally timeless service. Though the band’s three-part guitar attack sometimes tripped over itself – one 20-second solo giving way to another giving way to a shout-along, misfit chorus – Cronin and his band of unkempt music geeks (they covered Wreckless Eric’s “[I’d Go The] Whole Wide World”) wrote […]
“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…”
“You can’t get too comfortable during a Mikal Cronin song. At the Parish, the ridiculously talented Bay Area power-popper and Ty Segall compadre would launch into music that was all welcome signs — his own high, crisp rhythms, lovely plaintive melodies — then he and his backing band would snap…”
“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…”
“Mikal Cronin may be better known as being bassist in Ty Segall’s band, but that may change with the release of his terrific second solo album, MCII, which will be out on Merge in May…”
NPR’s All Songs Considered calls Cronin, “…the next big thing…”
“From the same class of Kurt Vile’s forward-thinking takes on classic rock comes Mac DeMarco, a cigarette-loving slack rocker with a taste for jangly guitars and loose riffs. Although it wasn’t an easy path, the songwriter just released his second album, titled 2 last year and has been turning heads of critics and music fans […]
“It’s music that feels out of time — like it could have been written 20 years ago or today in his living room. Demarco doesn’t have anything to prove, and he’s going to sing about just that.”
“We spoke with Montreal-based crooner Mac DeMarco before his soldout show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. He mused on the differences between Montreal and New York bagels, among other things.”
“DeMarco’s live performances are notoriously wacky, oddly seductive, sometimes nude, and not to be missed”
“After a stellar, self-titled 2011 debut in 2011, Cronin is preparing for the release of his Merge debut, MCII, a thoughtfully arranged slab of shimmering, high-grade California power-pop”
“The EP, Rock and Roll Night Club and the catchy-as-hell single “Baby’s Wearing Blue Jeans” blew up on the Internet. Brooklyn-based label Captured Tracks signed him and financed a full-length album. 2 came out in October and since then DeMarco’s been spending a lot of time on the road getting famous. I caught up with […]
“His quips and tipsy theatrics break down the barrier between himself and his audience, and create a convivial atmosphere where the fans can share in a set replete with highlights like ‘Cooking Up Something Good’ and ‘Ode To Viceroy.’”
“That happy medium is best exemplified by “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster”, a hit of swirling psych-pop aimed at the pleasure centers of that faction of Flaming Lips fans who wish Wayne Coyne and crew would ditch the concept albums and confetti-covered theatrics and get back to the feel-good fuzz-rock of Transmissions From the Satellite […]
“Last year alone saw a double album on Woodsist and a collaborative album with fellow garage rock superstar Ty Segall. He doesn’t seem to be slowing down for 2013…”
“His music — tuneful, loose rock ‘n’ roll with a funkish, laid back strut — is what’s won over the critics, but his peculiar sense of humor and notoriously unpredictable stage behavior have seen the young musician pegged as an oddball, a slacker, a sleaze and generally just a pretty screwy guy…”
“Soul singers like Bobby Womack have spent careers confessing weaknesses, and let’s not get started on singer-songwriters. Indie rock can show up the phoniness of the whole major-label hustle by setting out modest goals and nailing the shit out of them. That’s what Thee Oh Sees do on “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster,”…”
Mac Demarco announced on Pitchfork Festival’s lineup for Sat July 20, 2013 along with Belle and Sebastian, The Breeders and Swans
“Before the night was over, Mac crowd surfed, told funny stories in between songs using voice that sounded a little like Wolfman Jack, sang at least 15 songs..”
“After a stellar self-titled debut in 2011, the Laguna Beach native is preparing for the release of his Merge debut, MCII, a thoughtfully arranged slab of shimmering, high-grade Californian power-pop that already sounds like one of the year’s finest outings.”
“In addition to making music, Quintron & Miss Pussycat are filmmakers as well, their most recent work is The Mystery in Old Bathbath, which is the latest adventure for puppet pals Trixie and the Treetrunks…”
“With a handful of bizarre music videos under his belt—including one in which he plays guitar in the woods dressed as Mozart—and a song written as a paean to Viceroy cigarettes [above], it’s apparent that while DeMarco may now opt to keep his clothes on, he certainly doesn’t take himself too seriously. While he’s not […]
