![]() ![]() ![]() In 2011, DeMarco moved from Vancouver to Montreal to begin recording as a solo artist. He was joined by Alex Calder and Jen Clement, signed to Unfamiliar Records, and toured with Vancouver band Japandroids in 2009. DeMarco worked on "psychedelic" video projects during this time. Living in the Killarney neighbourhood, he released a self-produced album, Heat Wave, as a part of the indie rock project Makeout Videotape in 2009. 2009–2012: Early projects and first solo album ![]() Īfter graduating from Strathcona High School in Edmonton in 2008, DeMarco became a backing musician. He started smoking cigarettes as a teenager, which has now become a big part of his image. During high school he was in several bands, including indie rock band The Meat Cleavers, alternative R&B group The Sound of Love and post-punk band Outdoor Miners (along with current keyboardist, Alec Meen), which was named after a song by English rock band Wire. ![]() Around this time he started playing guitar, with lessons from his grandmother. ĭeMarco attended McKernan School for junior high. His mother, Agnes DeMarco, later changed his name to McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco, after his father left when Mac was 4 and refused to pay child support. His great-grandfather is 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. Life and career 1990–2008: Early life and education ĭeMarco was born in Duncan, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. 1.6 2021–present: Line-up changes and future.1.2 2009–2012: Early projects and first solo album.For novices, we recommend a dose of Salad Days (2014) or Mac DeMarco 2 (2012). The wonder boy of the American indie scene certainly hasn’t forgotten his schoolboy humor, offbeat stories, radiant second-hand guitars or his wobbly synths, though the general tone of this album was marked by a certain detachment, even a slightly pensive mood… Since the original album was already more acoustic than his previous records, these stripped-back Old Dog Demos, published in September 2018, will only further convince hardcore Mac fans. Time for This Old Dog that appeared in May 2017, a viscerally melancholic album. It’s the for fans only cream pie series that Mac DeMarco amuses himself with every year: releasing the demos from his previous album. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. ![]()
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