Mac DeMarco

Mac DeMarco
Mac DeMarco performing in 2017
DeMarco in 2019
Background information
Birth nameVernor Winfield MacBriare Smith IV
Born (1990-04-30) April 30, 1990 (age 34)
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
OriginEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
  • multi-instrumentalist
  • producer
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
  • bass guitar
  • drums
  • keyboards
  • percussion
DiscographyMac DeMarco discography
Years active2008–present
Labels
Websitemacdemarco.com

MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield MacBriare Smith IV; April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer.[3] He has released five full-length studio albums: his debut, 2 (2012), Salad Days (2014), This Old Dog (2017), Here Comes the Cowboy (2019), and Five Easy Hot Dogs (2023). He additionally released the mini-albums Rock and Roll Night Club in 2012 and Another One in 2015, as well as the compilation album One Wayne G in 2023. His style of music has been described as "blue wave"[4] and "slacker rock",[5][6] or, by DeMarco himself, "jizz jazz".[7]

  1. ^ "Mac On Top: An Interview With Mac DeMarco - Southern Souls". Southernsouls.ca. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Finn Reeves (April 22, 2016). "The Sound Of Love - High School Pussy (Early Mac)". YouTube. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  3. ^ Hoby, Hermione (March 22, 2014). "Mac DeMarco: 'I live like a scumbag, but it's cheap'". The Guardian. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "Brooklyn based Music Blog: Album Review : Mac DeMarco - 2 (Blue Wave)". Still in Rock. October 21, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  5. ^ Whelan, Alex. "Mac DeMarco's new record shines with its Montreal roots". Arizona Daily Wildcat. University of Arizona. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  6. ^ Lindsay, Cam. "Mac DeMarco". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  7. ^ Pitchfork (May 12, 2014). "Mac DeMarco - Pepperoni Playboy (Documentary)". YouTube. Retrieved December 7, 2017.