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Join NOW!Michael Collins’s latest project has an enviable list of collaborators, including Weyes Blood, Ariel Pink, Mild High Club, Sheer Agony, and members of Mac DeMarco’s band. While some reviews seem preoccupied with the tongue-in-cheek names Collins gives to each of his projects, it seems to us that the more important thing to notice is that these songs are pleasingly jammy, […]
...moreBrooklyn-based photographer Ebru Yildiz talks with Allyson McCabe about shooting concert photos, moving to New York from Turkey, and discovering the city’s music scene.
...moreThe benefit, held at Music Hall of Williamsburg, also featured Kevin Morby and Mutual Benefit, Stereogum reports. Watch the video of Mac DeMarco playing Joel’s “Just the Way You Are” after the jump.
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It was kind of nice to have something no one else had, something you couldn’t just pick up at any old big box store.
...moreMac Demarco’s voice and “slacker” guitar are the essence of “laid back.” The artist’s distinct sound is a far cry from other Montreal-based contemporaries like Arcade Fire. His bubbly track “Let Her Go,” from sophomore album Salad Days, makes us picture a lazy summer day on the beach, while the lyrics propose an appropriately laissez faire […]
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