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Ep. #80: Mac DeMarco

Mac DeMarco is a Brooklyn-based musician, songwriter, and multimedia artist who is quite popular among people who enjoy cool songs that sound awesome. Originally from Duncan, British Columbia, DeMarco also spent time in Edmonton and used to present his work under the name Makeout Videotape. He began using his own name with the 2012 EP Rock and Roll Nightclub and later that same year, the acclaimed album 2. On April 1, Captured Tracks will release his excellent new record Salad Days and he will tour the world extensively, including Canadian stops in Wakefield, Sherbrooke, and Montreal in April and also NXNE in Toronto in June. Here, Mac and I discuss loving Brooklyn and not loving Montreal, the TV shows Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Girls, Minor Threat, Shakespeare, and the expression ‘salad days,’ how his jaded perspective was measured by reflection on his new songs, how touring can be a springboard into adulthood, how Mac’s songs are primarily about him and his own life and that he’s on something of an “insane egomaniac ride,” his upbringing in Edmonton and how the local scene there inspired him to start playing music, his love of the Beatles, the Gories, and Beat Happening, how John Lennon and Harry Nilsson shine through in his work and why young people dig it, his future recording plans and a unique Record Store Day treat, his collaboration with Tyler, the Creator, a guy named Chas, his live band, the song “Chamber of Reflection,” and more.

Related links: capturedtracks.com macdemarco.bandcamp.com/ vishkhanna.com

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Mac DeMarco on Tyler the Creator collab, coke mirrors

Mac DeMarco Cigarette Heaven

During an interview for an upcoming episode of Kreative Kontrol, Mac DeMarco discussed plans to make more records beyond his upcoming LP Salad Days (out April 1 via Captured Tracks), release a specialty line of mirrors, and what his recent photo with Odd Future’s Tyler, the Creator was all about.

“This last year was crazy and I really wanted to get another album out sooner than this after 2,” DeMarco said, when asked about any special releases he might have up his sleeve for Record Store Day. “I think I’m going to do more EPs, do more recordings, hopefully make the tour schedule [less] crazy. As far as treats for Record Store Day, I’m not sure if we have anything in direct correlation for it but we do have all kinds of strange crap coming out with this album, so it should be kind of fun.”

When pressed to elaborate about this “strange crap,” DeMarco giddily revealed a possible idea.

“I’ll give you one treat. I’m not sure if this is going to happen—we’re trying pretty hard, me and the label—but you know those 70s style printed mirrors with the fancy frames? Like for the Grateful Dead—we’re trying to hook something like that up. Mac DeMarco coke mirrors; God bless it.”

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DeMarco also explained what was up between him and Tyler, the Creator after a photo of the pair in front of a green screen circulated with minimal explanation.

“It was a very brief collaboration, not really anything that will show up on any kind of album or anything,” he said. “A little bit of movie shooting—the guy does have a TV show after all. It’s just going to be a short thing but probably extremely offensive so we’ll see how that turns out.”

Apparently DeMarco connected with the Odd Future figurehead when a mutual friend who goes by “Chas” and lives in Toronto asked Tyler to check out DeMarco’s music.

“He’s like my number one fan or whatever,” DeMarco explained. “Chas actually has a Mac tattoo now; I gave him a tattoo of my name. Any way, he showed Tyler my stuff at some point and then Tyler started tweeting at me. The people who do my press also do Odd Future’s press and when I was in L.A., they were like, ‘Tyler wants to meet up,’ and I was like, ‘Ok, sure.’ I’d already sent him pictures of my naked penis and stuff so I figured that meeting in the flesh was right around the corner.”

UPDATE: Here’s a photo of that “Mac” tattoo courtesy of Chas

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Mac DeMarco 
Salad Days 
April 1, 2014 
 
1.  Salad Days
2.  Blue Boy 
3.  Brother
4.  Let Her Go
5.  Goodbye Weekend
6.  Let My Baby Stay
7.  Passing Out Pieces
8.  Treat Her Better
9.  Chamber Of Reflection
10.  Go Easy 
11.  Jonny’s Odyssey
 
Tour Dates
03-14 Santiago, Chile – Ex OZ
03-15 Buenos Aires Argentina  – Vorterix
03-19 São Paulo, Brazil – TBA
03-20 São Paulo, Brazil – TBA
03-21 Porto Alegre, Brazil –  Beco 203
03-23 Santa Ana, CA- Burgerama at The Observatory
03-31 Cleveland, OH- Beachland Ballroom *
04-01 Oberlin, OH- Dionysus Club (the ‘Sco) at Oberlin #
04-02 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle + (early show)
04-02 Chicago, IL- Empty Bottle # (late show)
04-03 Detroit, MI- Magic Stick *
04-04 Wakefield, QC-Blacksheep *
04-05 Sherbrooke, QC- Boquébierè *
04-06 Montreal, QC- Societe des Arts Technologiques *
04-07 Cambridge, MA- Middle East Downstairs *
04-09 New York, NY- Webster Hall !
04-10 Durham, NC- Duke University Coffeehouse +
04-11 Atlanta, GA- Goat Farm Arts Center +
04-12 Baton Rouge, LA- Mud and Water +
04-13 Austin, TX- Mohawk Outside +
04-14 Fort Worth, TX – Lola’s Saloon +
04-15 Oxford, MS- Proud Larry’s +^
04-16 Nashville, TN- Exit / In +
04-17 Asheville, NC- Grey Eagle Tavern +
04-18 Philadelphia, PA- Underground Arts +
04-25 New Orleans, LA- Tulane University
04-26 Bronxville, NY- Sarah Lawrence College (Solo Set)
05-15 Amsterdam, AN- Melkweg
05-16 Paris, FR- Trabendo
05-17 Nantes, FR- Stereolux
05-18 Brussels, BE- Nuits Botanique at Botanical Cultural Center
05-19 Brighton, UK- The Old Market
05-20 Glasgow, SCT- Mono
05-21 Manchester, UK- Sound Control
05-22 London, UK- Koko
05-23 Cologne, DK- Electronic Beats @ E Werks
05-24 Berlin, DK- Bi Nuu
06-20 Toronto, ON- NXNE Festival
06-21 Toronto, ON- NXNE Festival
 
* Amen Dunes & Juan Wauters
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+ Juan Waters
^ Dent May