Mac DeMarco

MAC DEMARCO, it's a name whose personality NEEDS to be written (and said) in ALL CAPS. If there's one thing you can expect it's entertainment. The rawest, realest form of entertainment. Mac does this immediately by managing to make the entre crowd feel at ease, at home. His show went from feeling like, well, a SHOW into a full throttle family reunion. I cannot stress the factor of "family" enough. I am now writing this in the afternoon the day after and I can still feel the goosebumps from his high trembling voice at "Still Together" which was more impactful when, before he ended the song, said "Alright, babies, maybe one more chorus. If you havent felt nothing all night, here's your shot to feel something. Are you ready?..." I can still feel the water in my eyes from when he screamed, the chorus of "My Kind of Woman" I wish I could write about his music and just the brutally honest form it takes on when he performs live BUT this review is about more than that. The stage banter between Mac, The Bassist (I feel horrible for not knowing his name but the relationship between him and Mac is something beautiful, they are always on the same page and goddamn they are funny) and the audience is what sold the show for me. Mac and Pierce McGarry (! I had to ask who the bassist was) are just the funniest mf'ers ever. I was part of an improv comedy team at one point and Mac and Pierce are guys I'd love to have on my team (After playing Ode to Viceroy <3 Pierce: What was the name of that song? Mac (in deep seductive voice): the name of that ditty was- Cigarette Song") The stage banter was amazing. At one point Mac was counting how many dudes there were at the show "3..4..i think youre a dude...7..9.. ugh yeah youre not a dude..." They are just pure entertainment. Imagine vaudeville acts who were supposed to be funny, sad, tragic just pure entertainment. MEMORABLE MOMENT (the most insane out of all ie. Mac spitting water at crowd, Mac stagediving, and much more etc) The encore was a motherf*cking NEIL YOUNG song!! Mac had all of the opening bands (Holy Shit, Meatbodies, Calving Love) and their respective family come on stage and KNEEL FOR NEIL. MAC MADE THE ENTIRE FONDA THEATRE NEIL FOR KNEEL. AND WE ALL SANG UNKNOWN LEGEND AND GODDAMN THATS WHAT LIVE MUSIC IS ALL ABOUT *SALUTES*