Mac DeMarco

'My studio is an extra limb right now': bedroom pop, the perfect genre for lockdown

Billie Eilish, Girl in Red and others have clocked millions of streams from music made at home. Mac DeMarco, Ariel Pink and others explain why we need to embrace this lo-fi recording

Daniel Dylan Wray

12, May, 2020 @1:58 PM

Mac DeMarco: Here Comes the Cowboy review – self-indulgent comedy indie

The Canadian’s simple and relatable balladry takes a jokey turn in his fourth album

Rachel Aroesti

10, May, 2019 @8:00 AM

Coachella day two: kidult silliness and Billie Eilish's freaky vibes

J Balvin brings reggaeton to the main stage and Aphex Twin is on masterful form but it’s the kids who rule the day

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

14, Apr, 2019 @12:16 PM

Mac DeMarco and the artistic slouch: has slack rock come to an end?

When women have to put in twice the work to get half the recognition, the alt-rock archetype loses its appeal

Leonie Cooper

12, Apr, 2019 @12:00 PM

Record Store Day 2018: the exclusive releases in full

From Abba to Zero 7, the 500 singles, EPs, LPs and cassettes released for the annual celebration of independent record shops

Guardian music

07, Mar, 2018 @2:57 PM

End of the Road review – irony versus revolution in majestic musical battle

Father John Misty’s show-stealing stagecraft crowned a brilliantly curated weekend of rock-adjacent acts – from Parquet Courts’ prickly postpunk to Slowdive’s shoegaze – under Dorset’s starry skies

Jazz Monroe

04, Sep, 2017 @1:28 PM

The best albums of 2017 so far

From Richard Dawson’s medieval Britain to Pixx’s super-contemporary take on pop – plus sharp records by stars such as Kendrick Lamar and Drake – 2017 is already shaping up to be a great musical year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

30, Jun, 2017 @5:00 AM

Mac DeMarco review – tropical lounge lizard unleashes inner beast

After lulling the crowd with seamless sunny tunes, the Canadian pop eccentric breaks into a final act of stupendous abandon, magic tricks and yodelling

Mark Beaumont

31, May, 2017 @10:56 AM

Mac DeMarco, Mykki Blanco and Her’s: this week’s best UK rock and pop gigs

Take in the Canadian’s mellifluous soft rock, catch Michael Quattlebaum Jr’s spaced-out rap and sample the joys of indie pop in the spirit of Orange Juice

Rachel Aroesti

26, May, 2017 @10:00 AM

Mac DeMarco: This Old Dog review – thoughtful, tender third album

(Captured Tracks)

Bernadette McNulty

14, May, 2017 @7:00 AM

Mac DeMarco: This Old Dog review – serious themes, stoned demeanour

Tim Jonze

04, May, 2017 @9:00 PM

Coachella 2017: Friday acts The xx, Father John Misty and more reviewed

California’s annual music and arts festival kicked off its first weekend — and our writers found the sets that sweltered and soared in the desert heat

Lanre Bakare, Benjamin Lee and Jemayel Khawaja in Indio, California

15, Apr, 2017 @6:31 AM