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Artist: Mac DeMarco

Indie Rock

Mac DeMarco Salad Days
Everybody’s favourite cowboy, Mac DeMarco has single-handedly made pop cool again. His signature chorus soaked guitar runs and simple yet poignant lyrics have crafted, dare I say it, some of the catchiest songs of all time. The thing that makes Mac DeMarco so great is his talent for effortless simplicity. Never one to overdevelop a song, Mac expertly strips parts to make them work and talk together.
Every song on Salad Days is built with great care and the perfect amount of instrumentation and not a drop more. Perhaps even more endearing is Mac’s generally carefree persona and outlook on life. A musician every aspiring songwriter should study, melt away with everyone’s favourite party boy, Mac DeMarco.
Despite his outwardly loose approach, DeMarco has enjoyed a prolific output since his debut record in 2012. With six full-length records in eight years, it's clear that this rogue troubadour is committed to his craft.
Not only is does he keep busy on the songwriting front, but his music is also self-produced. The mellow analog tones of DeMarco are central to his appeal, and he doesn't go far with without his trusty reel-to-reel machine. He even periodically makes tutorial videos on recording technique.
Since the Salad Days of, well, Salad Days, DeMarco the Canadian artist has relocated from his erstwhile Brooklyn digs to the music industry mecca of Los Angeles.
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WATCH: Myd – ‘Moving Men’ feat. Mac DeMarco

by Happy

It’s a tale of two goofballs on Moving Men, the new tune from French house producer Myd and Mac DeMarco. “He reminds me of some…

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WATCH: Yellow Days ft. Mac DeMarco – ‘The Curse’

by Luka Simonetti

Manchester singer-songwriter Yellow Days has teamed up with the one and only Mac DeMarco for his latest psychedelic track, The Curse. Laden with funky chorus…

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Another One with Mac DeMarco

by Dani Hansen

Mac DeMarco’s latest meander down under saw the OG jizz-jazzer and his bandmates hit the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney for the first show of the…

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Mac DeMarco has covered ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’

by Happy

In keeping with his ongoing Christmas song tradition, Mac DeMarco has shared a cover of the Christmas classic Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. The…

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From Bowie to Slash: Iggy Pop’s 12 finest collaborations

by Luke Saunders

The godfather of punk has created a hell of a lot of quality music throughout his life. He’s also frequently flirting with death and insanity…

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The 25 best psychedelic rock albums of the 2010s

by Luke Saunders

We reflect on a mammoth decade of psychedelic rock and whittle it down to the gems. Here are the albums that dared to innovate, re-create…

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808s & Greatest Hits ooze with psych-rock sweetness on debut album

by Luke Saunders

Melbourne psych-pop band 808s & Greatest Hits have been treating us to some sweet tracks and now we are getting ready to groove on to their…

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Engineering the Sound: Mac DeMarco’s ‘Salad Days’

by Lewis Clarke

From broken tape machines to analog synths and shitty guitars, we take a look at what went into making Salad Days, the perfectly imperfect third…

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Mac DeMarco announces 2020 Australia/New Zealand tour

by Happy

Here comes Mac DeMarco! Everybody’s favourite prince of indie rock has just confirmed an Australian and New Zealand tour, joined by local psych warlords POND…

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The Voidz have a new track, co-produced by Mac Demarco and Kirin J Callinan

by Rianna Manuel

Julian Casablancas, perviously of The Strokes fame, has been working on new music with his band The Voidz. Their experimental rock is a departure from…

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WATCH: Mac Demarco – Here Comes The Cowboy

by Astari Mudana

Mac Demarco has released a new album Here Comes The Cowboy, accompanied with an animated music video for the album’s title track. The video was directed…

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Happy Listening: this week’s 6 best new releases

by Patti Burton

It’s Friday, the best day of the week, and we’re swimming in new releases to share with you! From much loved Mac DeMarco’s fourth album…

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From slacker to philosopher: the inward evolution of Mac DeMarco

by Tom Cameron

The mark of any great artist is the ability to change the way they work, and stay interesting while they’re at it. Imagine if David…

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