Mac DeMarco

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Life and career

DeMarco was born in Duncan, British Columbia, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Vernor Smith, Alberta's former Minister of Railways and Telephones, for whom DeMarco was named, and his grandfather (also named Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith) was a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. Agnes DeMarco's father changed his name to McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco after his father left when Mac was four years old and refused to pay child care. DeMarco is also of Italian descent.

DeMarco attended McKernan High School in junior high. He started playing guitar at this time, with lessons from his grandmother. He played in many bands, including indie rock band The Meat Cleavers, experimental R&B group The Sound of Love, and post-punk band Outdoor Miners (along with current keyboardist Alec Meen), which was named after English rock band Wire's Outdoor Miner. As a youth, he began smoking cigarettes, which has since become a significant part of his image.

DeMarco became a backing musician after graduating from Strathcona High School in Edmonton in 2008. He then moved to Vancouver.

He grew up in the Killarney neighborhood and released Heat Wave, his first self-produced album, as part of the indie rock band Makeout Videotape in 2009. The album's 500-unit run sold out. During this period, DeMarco worked on "psychedelic" video projects. Alex Calder and Jen Clement, who had signed to Unfamiliar Records, were among the Vancouver band Japandroids, who performed in 2009 and 2009. DeMarco went from Vancouver to Montreal in 2011 to start recording as a solo artist. He participated in medical experiments for money and worked on a road paving crew, but he was unable to find work as a musician. Captured Tracks, a record company, announced the signing of DeMarco on January 9, 2012. Rock and Roll Night Club, he's a pioneering musician from early 2012. Skits and slowed-down vocals can be found on the four-track collection.

Rock and Roll Night Club was so impressed with his new name that they've decided to debut a full-length sequel. Critics lauded this release, which earned Pitchfork's "Best New Music" award. By a commercial owned by a U.S. grocery store Target, one of his songs, "Moving Like Mike."

DeMarco's forthcoming second album, Salad Days, was announced on January 21, 2014, as well as debuting the lead single "Passing Out Pieces." The album was released on April 1, 2014 and Pitchfork's "Best New Music" award was given to it once more. It was a shortlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Award.

When he performed "Let Her Go" on Conan on March 30, 2015, DeMarco made his first talk show appearance (and second TV appearance after The Eric Andre Show) and second TV appearance after The Eric Andre Show. DeMarco announced the production of Another One, a new album that was released on August 7, 2015, on top of a video showing the making of Another One. "It's just like every other aspect of how someone would feel if they're having strange feelings in their chest," DeMarco says. Captured Tracks' first single "The Way You Love Her" was released on May 11, 2015. A new one attracted mainly positive feedback from music critics, who scored 75/100 on Metacritic. Despite being in Rock, this album has been ranked as the third best of 2015.

DeMarco released Some Other Ones, a 9-track instrumental album, on July 8, 2015, and it was called a "BBQ soundtrack." Later that evening, he held Another One in New York City (where DeMarco was based) for fans to hear Another One, where they could buy free hot dogs if they donated to a food bank.

This Old Dog, DeMarco's third studio album, was released on January 31, 2017. On the same day, he also performed two singles from his album. This Old Dog was first introduced on May 5, 2017.

DeMarco appeared on Charlie Rose on October 10, 2017, where the two talked about the new album as well as DeMarco's relationship with his father. DeMarco performed acoustic interpretations of This Old Dog, as well as Still Together, as bookends to the interview.

DeMarco appeared on FishCenter Live on April 8, 2018 and did an interview with Max Simonet. That year, he collaborated with Plus1 for his tours, and every ticket donation to the Girls Rock Camp Alliance helped the Girls Rock Camp Alliance: "[empower] girls, trans and gender diverse young people through music education and mentorship."

DeMarco's fourth studio album, Here Comes the Cowboy, was revealed on March 5, 2019, the first single off the album, "Nobody." The album was released on May 10, 2019 on Mac's Record Label [sic]. When it was pointed out online that DeMarco's album had a similar name to Mitski's album Be the Cowboy, and that her album had also featured a single called "Nobody." DeMarco had "never listened to Mitski's album and learned about her album and song title until determining his own album title and single," according to Pitchfork. "I'm 100% positive mac & I just went fishing in the same part of the collective unconscious," Mitski said on Twitter. Following its introduction, critics and audiences mixed on the album. It was his first top ten appearance in the US Billboard 200 at number 10.

DeMarco's collaboration with English artist Yellow Days, entitled "The Curse," was released on September 7, 2020. DeMarco appeared on French singer Myd's single "Moving Men" on October 28, 2020. In the single's music video, an animated version of DeMarco appeared. DeMarco performed in Crowded House's music video on October 28, 2020. In September 2021, DeMarco contributed a rendition of "Enter Sandman" by Metallica to the Metallica Blacklist, which was released on the Metallica Blacklist.

Following a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DeMarco returned to live performances in October 2021. With the departure of longtime members Joe McMurray, Andrew White, and Jon Lent, as well as the addition of Darryl Johns (bass) and JD Beck (drums), his return to the stage was marked. "Mac is an old friend, life is long, and no one knows what the future holds," Andy White said shortly after. I'm incredibly excited to see his new line-up as soon as I can. Before I was involved in it, I loved his band. I loved playing in it and I'll always look forward to what our bud is making together in the future."

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