-APOLLO, MANCHESTER- The city of Manchester has been one of disappointment recently, with both football teams failing to perform. However tonight, Mac DeMarco is here to Freak Out the Neighbourhood, and chances of disappointment are slim. It’s surprisingly my first time here in Manchester’s finest Apollo, and the wait has been worth it. An urgent […]
-PARC DEL FORUM, BARCELONA- A sun drenched Barcelona sea front played host to a very exciting lineup of aging cult heroes, rising talents and globally known superstars. Primavera Sound 2019 was a shining example of how a major city festival can be delivered at an extremely high standard. From the latest in all things working […]
Mac DeMarco us one of those musicians who has been creeping into the public consciousness slowly with each album, an indie underground figure whose laidback sounds have seen him crossing over into mainstream territory following the release of 2017’s album ‘This Old Dog’. Apparently DeMarco uses “cowboy” as an affectionate term for friends so far […]
Mac DeMarco will release his fourth full-length album, Here Comes The Cowboy, on May 10th 2019. The follow-up to 2017’s This Old Dog. Here Comes The Cowboy is the debut release on Mac’s Record Label, distributed in the UK via Caroline International. In conjunction with the recent announcement, he shares the waltzing lead single, Nobody, […]
Mac DeMarco released his acclaimed third-full length album, This Old Dog, this past spring via Captured Tracks. Now he revisits the song that launched the album with a new 360 and VR video. The ‘This Old Dog’ video was produced through a partnership between Pitchfork, and Inception and is the first piece to come from […]
Mac DeMarco released his critically acclaimed third-full length album, This Old Dog, last month with a sold out North American tour and two sold out O2 Academy Brixton shows in London immediately following. Following this, DeMarco presents us with the video for ‘One Another’, directed by former bandmate Pierce McGravy and starring Mac and band […]
Since his early records, the works of Mac DeMarco have felt consistent with fuzzy wistfulness, a non-embarrassing clarity of writing that can plausibly resonate with all (love, worry, cigarettes, mums). It lulls and flows, often without the prickly critical eye that might appeal to his largely millennial audience in present political times. Any moderately committed […]
With under a month to go until the release of Mac DeMarco’s mid-twenties masterwork, This Old Dog, Mac offers up another taste of what’s to come with ‘On The Level’. Following the more acoustic-minded ‘This Old Dog’ and ‘My Old Man’, Mac provides us with another contemplative number, giving a further glimpse into his relationships […]
Mac DeMarco will release This Old Dog, his third album and first full-length since 2014’s Salad Days, on Friday 5th May 2017 via Captured Tracks. Following the release of lead singles, ‘My Old Man’ and ‘This Old Dog’; a pair of songs that immediately show a new sonic direction and the personal nature of the […]
ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly The album that the modern world has been waiting for. The major records to have captured the public consciousness in recent years have been either self-important ego riots (hello Kanye) or tepid retro-pop (Adele, Taylor Swift). Kendrick is interested in being heard by as many as possible, […]