Apr 21, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Mac DeMarco has shared a whopping 199 new songs, nine and a half hours of music released under the title One Wayne G. The tracks are mainly sketches and demos recorded between 2018 and 2023 and many of the track titles are simply the dates they were likely recorded. More

Apr 18, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Mac DeMarco has announced some new tour dates for July and August. They are in support of Five Easy Hot Dogs, a new instrumental album he released digitally and on CD in January via Mac’s Record Label. More

Jan 04, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Mac DeMarco has announced a new album, Five Easy Hot Dogs. It is an instrumental album recorded in various cities during a road trip up the West Coast. More

Apr 05, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Mac DeMarco hasn’t released a new album since 2019’s Here Comes the Cowboy, but now he has announced some new fall U.S. tour dates. More

Dec 20, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Mac DeMarco has shared a video for his cover of Bing Crosby’s 1943 holiday classic “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” It is the latest release in his annual Christmas song series. More

Feb 04, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Juan Wauters has shared a video for his new song “Real,” which features Mac DeMarco. The video release is in conjunction with an announcement by Wauters that his new album, entitled Real Life Situations, will be out on April 30 via Captured Tracks. More

Oct 29, 2020 By Joey Arnone

French electronic musician Myd has just dropped a video for his new single “Moving Men” featuring indie rock darling Mac DeMarco. More

Oct 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

New Zealand’s Crowded House, who released a slew of successful albums and songs in the 1980s and 1990s (including 1986’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” which hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100), have returned with their first new song in 10 years, “Whatever You Want.” It is accompanied by a music video starring, of all people, Mac DeMarco. More

Apr 21, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Nick Hakim is releasing a new album, WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD, on May 15 via ATO. Now he has shared another song from the album, “CRUMPY,” which features additional guitar from Mac DeMarco. More

Feb 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Stephen Malkmus, erstwhile Pavement frontman, is releasing a new album, Traditional Techniques, on March 6 via Matador. Now he has shared another song from it, “Shadowbanned,” via an amusing video that features a digital version of Malkmus’ face being superimposed on various other notable musicians and actors, including Mac DeMarco, Kim Gordon, Jason Schwartzman, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, Conor Oberst, Superorganism’s Orono Noguchi, and others. Malkmus has also launched the “Being Stephen Malkmus” Instagram filter. More

Nov 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Iggy Pop released a new album, Free, back in September via Loma Vista. Now he has shared a video for the album’s “Sonali.” Mac DeMarco directed the weird clip, which stars Tommy Midnight and DeMarco’s own girlfriend Kiera McNally as strange lizard people (similar to DeMarco’s own “Nobody” video). More

Oct 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Jenny Lewis released a new album, On the Line, back in March via Warner Records. Now she has shared a video for the album’s “Rabbit Hole.” It was filmed during her On the Line Online live-streamed telethon/variety show back in March and features cameos from Mac DeMarco and King Tuff. More

Jul 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco released a new album, Here Comes the Cowboy, in May on Mac’s Record Label. Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! DeMarco performed “Finally Alone” on the broadcast show. He also performed a concert of four other songs that were streamed online: “Nobody,” “K,” “Little Dogs March,” and “Cattleman’s Prayer.” More

May 10, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charly Bliss released a new album, Young Enough, today via Barsuk and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album below, as well as on two runner-ups that were almost our Album of the Week. Below that are streams of other notable albums released today. More

May 10, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco has released a new album, Here Comes the Cowboy, today on Mac’s Record Label (you can stream it here). Now he has shared a truly strange animated video for the album’s opening track (and title track), “Here Comes the Cowboy.” There’s not much to the song, with DeMarco mainly repeating its title over and over again, but the weird video is worth a look. It has nothing to do with cowboys; instead an alien looking creature, who may be sick or dying, is sent out to sea with a golden microphone by other alien looking life-forms, including one who looks like Jim Carrey in The Mask. More

May 10, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco has released a new album, Here Comes the Cowboy, today on Mac’s Record Label (that’s actually the name of his new label). Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

May 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco is releasing a new album, Here Comes the Cowboy, this Friday on Mac’s Record Label (that’s actually the name of his new label). Now he has shared another song from the album, “On the Square,” via a bizarre and unsettling video for the song that has a bit of a David Lynch vibe. It features strange cat and pig people, among other things. More

May 06, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco is releasing a new album, Here Comes the Cowboy, this Friday on Mac’s Record Label (that’s actually the name of his new label). Last week he stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform one of the album’s singles, “All of Our Yesterdays.” Now The Tonight Show have shared a video of DeMarco covering Feist’s “One Evening” (from her 2004 album Let It Die) backstage with his band. More

Apr 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco is releasing a new album, Here Comes the Cowboy, on May 10th on Mac’s Record Label (that’s actually the name of his new label). Last night he stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform one of the album’s singles, “All of Our Yesterdays.” More

Apr 02, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco is releasing a new album, Here Comes the Cowboy, on May 10th on Mac’s Record Label (that’s actually the name of his new label). Previously he shared a video for its first single, “Nobody.” Now he has shared another song from it, “All of Our Yesterdays.” More

Mar 28, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Jenny Lewis has shared a video for “Red Bull & Hennessy.” It is made up of behind-the-scenes footage from her recent live-streamed On the Line Online telethon/variety show and features cameos from Jeff Goldblum, St. Vincent, Beck, Danielle Haim, Mac DeMarco, Jim James, Jason Schwartzman, Nikki Lane, David Arquette, King Tuff, Natasha Leggero, Tim Heidecker, Vanessa Bayer, and more. More

Mar 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco has announced a new album, Here Comes the Cowboy, and shared a video for its first single, “Nobody.” Here Comes the Cowboy is due out May 10th on Mac’s Record Label (that’s actually the name of his new label). DeMarco directed the “Nobody” video himself, in which he sings the song as a lizard man. More

Mar 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Last night Jenny Lewis live-streamed On the Line Online, a telethon/variety show to promote her upcoming new album, On the Line, and to raise money for Los Angeles’ The Downtown Women’s Center. If you didn’t catch it live, you can still watch the whole three and a half hour thing here. It was co-hosted by comedians Tim Heidecker and Vanessa Bayer (of Saturday Night Live) and featured a slew of special guests, including Jeff Goldblum, St. Vincent, Beck, Danielle Haim, Mac DeMarco, Jim James, Jason Schwartzman, and more. More

Jan 15, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco has announced some new tour dates. They include some new dates in May, September, and October. A press release also states that DeMarco will be releasing a new album this year, which will be his first for his own label. More

Oct 08, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Brooklyn-based indie record label Captured Tracks is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with a two-volume compilation featuring classic tracks, rarities, and unreleased tracks from Mac DeMarco, Wild Nothing (featuring Michelle Williams), The Soft Moon, and others. More

Aug 24, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco has shared a cover of “Honey Moon,” by Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono (Yellow Magic Orchestra, Happy End). The cover was shared by archival label Light in the Attic, who are reissuing five of Hosono’s solo albums, releasing them outside of Japan for the first time (three of the reissues are out now and the other two are out September 28). More

May 08, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Last night at Los Angeles’ Largo venue an interesting all-star band performed. Neil Finn of Crowded House was joined by his son Liam Finn, along with Mac DeMarco (so I guess he definitely wasn’t at the Met Gala after all), Kirin J Callinan, Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering), and Connan Mockasin. More

May 08, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco has shared two new songs, “She’s My Sweet” and “Fuck the Tornado Raptors.” They were released via a YouTube video entitled “Met Gala - Red Carpet 7 inch” and the video’s description jokes that they were recorded “on the red carpet at the Met Gala” (which was last night). More

Apr 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2018 lineup. The festival goes down August 10 - 12 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The headliners are Florence + The Machine, Janet Jackson, and The Weeknd. More

Mar 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The full list of 2018 Record Store Day releases has been revealed. Record Store Day goes down on April 21 and just in case you don’t already know, the basic idea is to get music fans out to their local independent record store, with the bait being a slew of exclusive limited edition releases. More

Dec 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco released a new album, This Old Dog, back in May via Captured Tracks. Last night he stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform the album’s “One Another.” More

Oct 13, 2017 By Stephen Mayne

After a week off, we return to look at Trump’s regular outbursts, his threats to end aid to U.S. citizens, and efforts to weaken healthcare for the most vulnerable in the country. On top of that, rappers have been calling out both the President and the Vice President while standing up to racists in public. And there’s some Beyoncé too. More

Oct 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Yesterday the rarely serious Mac DeMarco stopped by the very serious PBS talk show Charlie Rose to perform and be interviewed by Rose. In other DeMarco news, he is selling four signed vinyl test pressings of his 2012 EP Rock and Roll Night Club, with proceeds going to help the people of Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Maria. More

Aug 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

The Flaming Lips and Mac DeMarco are embarking on a co-headlining tour together next month. Now Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has announced via an Instagram post, that both artists are working on a split EP where they each cover three songs by the other artist. More

Aug 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco released a new album, This Old Dog, back in May via Captured Tracks. Now he has shared a new virtual reality video for the song’s title track, “This Old Dog.” Multimedia artist Rachel Rossin created the video, which was produced by Pitchfork (who thus premiered the video), in conjunction with Inception. More

Jun 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco released a new album, This Old Dog, last month via Captured Tracks. Now a funny video has been posted of DeMarco in claymation form being interviewed by a bear who kidnapped him. More

Jun 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco released a new album, This Old Dog, last month via Captured Tracks. Now he has shared a video for “One Another.” Pierce McGarry directed the goofy clip, in which DeMarco hangs out with Death (aka the Grim Reaper). More

May 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco released a new album, This Old Dog, last week via Captured Tracks. Back in February he filmed a performance for the France’s La Blogothèque “Take Away Show” series, in which artist often perform acoustic video sessions in public places, and now the video has been released. More

May 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Here we highlight nine albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you’ve clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage. More

Apr 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco is releasing a new album, This Old Dog, on May 5 via Captured Tracks. Previously he has shared the album’s first two tracks, title track “This Old Dog” and “My Old Man,” as well as a video for “This Old Dog” and the audio for “On the Level.” More

Apr 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Australian experimental musician Kirin J Callinan has announced a new album, Bravado, and shared a slightly NSFW video for “S.A.D.” (which stands for “Song About Drugs”). More

Apr 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco is releasing a new album, This Old Dog, on May 5 via Captured Tracks. Previously he shared the album’s first two tracks, title track “This Old Dog” and “My Old Man,” as well as a video for “This Old Dog.” Now he has shared another song from the album, “On the Level.” Listen below, followed by DeMarco’s upcoming tour dates. More

Mar 30, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco is releasing a new album, This Old Dog, on May 5 via Captured Tracks. Previously he shared the album’s first two tracks: title track “This Old Dog” and “My Old Man.” More

Mar 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Australian experimental musician Kirin J Callinan has shared a funny mockumentary video about his song “Telling Me This.” It features Mac DeMarco, Mark Ronson, Weyes Blood, Jack Black, Jay Watson (Tame Impala, Gum, POND), Sebastien Tellier, Ladyhawke, and others. More

Jan 31, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco has announced a new album, This Old Dog, and shared two songs from it, title track “This Old Dog” and “My Old Man,” which are the album’s first two tracks. This Old Dog is due out May 5 via Captured Tracks. Check out both songs below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, and DeMarco’s upcoming tour dates. More

May 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Forever the jokester, Mac DeMarco has taken part in the Conan web segment “I Like to Watch.” In the video below, DeMarco picks out some of his favorite weird YouTube clips, including a man in a full suit submersing himself in a bath filled with water and another man in a thong wading through mud, and provides commentary on each clip. Watch below. More

May 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Tame Impala have topped up their touring schedule, firming up their summer dates that include some previously announced shows and a few new ones. More

May 04, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Prince passed away at his home on April 21 and the Prince tributes and covers have been fittingly constant ever since. Now Mac DeMarco has covered “It’s Gonna Be Lonely,” from Prince’s self-titled 1979 album. Pitchfork has posted a video of DeMarco performing the song with bandmate Jon Lent on the shore of Far Rockaway Beach, where DeMarco lives. More

Jan 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2016 festival, their 15th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 30) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. It’s a stacked lineup, including The Cure, M83, Sufjan Stevens, Grimes, Florence and the Machine, Wolf Alice, Julia Holter, Jamie xx, Caribou, Yeasayer, Savages, Kurt Vile, Mac DeMarco, and others.

Dec 31, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

We here at Under the Radar are taking most of Christmas and New Year’s off. Still, over the holiday a few notable artists have posted some Christmas songs (some covers, some originals) that we didn’t have a chance to post and they are collected here. Included are Future Islands, Mac DeMarco, Lauryn Hill, Miley Cyrus (with a little help from The Flaming Lips), Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, LCD Soundsystem, and Will Butler. More

Dec 09, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco has announced some new 2016 tour dates. He has also unveiled a brand new website and launched a new fan club. The tour dates below and you can now visit www.mac-demarco.com. The Official Mac DeMarco Fan Club is being run by his mother Agnes DeMarco, who is the Fan Club secretary, and his manager Michelle Cable. More

Oct 05, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco is apparently making his feature film acting debut in an indie horror film called Dark Prism and the first trailer for the film has been released. While part of me wonders if this is an elaborate prank by notorious jokester DeMarco, it is being presented as a real project by Stereogum. More

Aug 28, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last weekend Los Angeles hosted FYF Festival. Check out Robert Redfield’s gallery of images from day two featuring Belle and Sebastian, D’Angelo, FKA twigs, Laura Marling,Lower Dens, Mac DeMarco, Morrissey, Solange, Toro Y Moi, Unknown Mortal Orchestra. More

Aug 12, 2015 By Michael Wojtas

It seems that hardly a day passes without some fresh Mac DeMarco news. Back on Monday, the singer/songwriter jammed in a rowboat. More

Aug 10, 2015 By Michael Wojtas

Fresh off the release of the fine quickie LP Another One, singer/songwriter Mac DeMarco is offering up a barebones live take of the album cut “No Other Heart.” More

Aug 04, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco‘s new eight-song mini-album, Another One, is finally out this Friday via Captured Tracks. More

Jul 31, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

After months of build up, including a Michael Jackson impersonating music video, a free BBQ in Brooklyn, a jokey travel documentary, a sexy guest appearance in a Ducktails video, and various shared songs, Mac DeMarco‘s new eight-song mini-album, Another One, is finally almost upon us. It comes out next Friday via Captured Tracks, but now you can stream the whole thing. More

Jul 23, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

“My House By the Water,” the last track on Mac DeMarco‘s new eight-song mini-album, Another One, ends with DeMarco giving out his address in Far Rockaway, New York and inviting listeners to come to his house for coffee. According to an interview DeMarco has done with The Wall Street Journal, this is not a joke. It’s his actual address and he’s really open to having fans just stop on by. More

Jul 21, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last weekend, Chicago hosted the annual Pitchfork Festival. Check out Annie Lesser’s shots from day one, featuring Natalie Prass, Jessica Pratt, ILOVEMAKONNEN, CHVRCHES,Mac Demarco, Tobias Jesso Jr, Panda Bear, Steve Gunn, Iceage, and Wilco. More

Jul 14, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

The ever active Mac DeMarco has shared “I’ve Been Waiting for Her,” another song from his new eight-song mini-album, Another One, which is due out on August 7 via Captured Tracks. More

Jul 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

As we teased earlier today, the new video from Ducktails (aka Matt Mondanile from Real Estate) co-stars Mac DeMarco. The goofy clip for “Surreal Exposure” starts with Mondanile seemingly stalking DeMarco. More

Jul 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco news galore! The most pressing DeMarco news is that today at 1 PM he is hosting a free BBQ, as he announced last night. It’s happening at 153 Morgan Ave. and DeMarco promises he’ll be playing unheard music from his car stereo. More

Jun 16, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Yesterday Mac DeMarco shared a jokey travel documentary shot at the Dead Sea, but today he’s shared a legitimate music video, although it’s still pretty jokey. The video is for “Another One,” the title track to DeMarco’s new eight-song mini-album, Another One, due out on August 7 via Captured Tracks. More

Jun 15, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Today Mac DeMarco posted to Twitter a link to a jokey travel documentary shot at the Dead Sea when he and his band recently played Israel. The whole thing features a ridiculously over-the-top voice over by DeMarco. More

May 11, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco is releasing a new eight-song mini-album, Another One, on August 7 via Captured Tracks and now he’s shared the release’s opening track, “The Way You’d Love Her.” He’s also announced some new fall U.S. tour dates. More

Apr 22, 2015 By Trevor Flynn

Almost a year since the release of his critically acclaimed album Salad Days, Mac DeMarco will be releasing a mini-LP entitled Another One through Captured Tracks. More

Mar 31, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Mac DeMarco was welcomed as the musical guest on Conan. More

Dec 30, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Finishing out an excellent year after releasing his critically acclaimed album Salad Days, Mac DeMarco is auctioning off a pair of his own heavily used Vans sneakers for charity. More

Nov 17, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Over the weekend while playing a show in UC Santa Barbara, musical artist Mac DeMarco was detained and eventually released by police authorities after crowdsurfing and climbing the ceiling beams of the performance’s venue, The Hub. More

Aug 26, 2014 By Marie Noble

Check out Laura Studarus’ gallery of photos from day two of FYF Fest. More

Jul 31, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Mac DeMarco roams the mean streets in a Homer Simpson mask for his new video “Chamber of Reflection.” More

Jul 15, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Take out a two-year print subscription to Under the Radar and receive a free CD in the mail. Current choices include recent albums by The War on Drugs, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Temples, Liars, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Charli XCX, Mac DeMarco, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Kevin Drew (of Broken Social Scene), Connan Mockasin, and more. More

May 28, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Mac DeMarco will basically be on road forever, touring behind his excellent new album Salad Days. More

May 23, 2014 By Laura Studarus

If you’re still at work on this holiday Friday, our advice would be not to click on Mac DeMarco’s new bloody new video “Passing Out Pieces.” More

Mar 24, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Recently we joined Mac DeMarco in the studio to get a taste of his forthcoming album Salad Days. More

Mar 06, 2014 By Laura Studarus

We’ve already heard “Let My Baby Stay,” now listen to “Brother,” the next single from Mac Demarco’s forthcoming album Salad Days. More

Feb 20, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Ready the fainting couch, Mac Demarco has revealed some details about his collaboration with Tyler, the Creator. More

Feb 17, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On April 1 Mac DeMarco will release his latest LP Salad Days. More

Jan 21, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this month Mac DeMarco demonstrated his unusual sense of humor, teasing a new song with some less-than-appropriate subject matter. More

Jan 09, 2014 By Laura Studarus

And now in naked news of the day: Mac DeMarco. More

Nov 19, 2013 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the November/December 2013 issue, which is on newsstands now and will be out until late December/early January. It features HAIM on the cover as well as interviews with Cut Copy, Cocteau Twins on Blue Bell Knoll, Cillian Murphy vs. Nils Frahm, Anna Calvi, Luke Temple, Willis Earl Beal, Glasser, Yuck, Midlake, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Deltron 3030, Courtney Barnett, Mac DeMarco vs. Beach Fossils, Dan Harmon, and much more. More

Mar 11, 2014 By Dan Lucas

“I’ve already got in trouble from my label for giving details…they might castrate me!” says Mac DeMarco several months before the release of Salad Days, his second full-length album under his own name. More

Jan 13, 2014 By John Everhart

The Brooklyn-based indie label Captured Tracks was founded in 2008 by Mike Sniper of Blank Dogs. Beginning with releases from Sniper’s band and the first ever EP from Dum Dum Girls, the label’s growth occurred organically. More

Aug 26, 2014 By Stephen Humphries

Kudos to the FYF organizers for mobilizing like a Rapid Response Unit. In response to the problems of Day One, they’ve instituted changes overnight. The entrance lines are shorter and attendees were reportedly given free water by way of apology for the long wait on Saturday. The price of water has been cut from $3 to $2. And the balconies inside the Los Angeles Sports Arena have been opened up to accommodate those unable to access the indoor shows for lack of room. More

Apr 24, 2014 By Tom Fenwick

If past releases from Canada’s indie rock class clown Mac DeMarco proved anything, it’s that he’s not shy about playing the fool or writing songs—and even entire EPs—about nothing much in particular. More

Dec 06, 2012 By Kyle Lemmon

The second day of M for Montréal primarily featured more local acts for delegates at intimate showcases. Mac DeMarco, PS I Love You, Memoryhouse, No Joy, Folly and the Hunter, Whitehorse, Ain’t No Love, and Young Galaxy were the highlights of the day. More