Return of Mac DeMarco draws adoring crowd to Franklin Music Hall - The Triangle

Return of Mac DeMarco draws adoring crowd to Franklin Music Hall

Neither the Eagles’ season opener nor thunderstorms could keep diehard Mac DeMarco fans from filling the Franklin Music Hall in September for the singer’s first Philadelphia show since 2019.

Hot off the release of new album “Guitar,” he easily matched their energy.

We’re only just beginning
, he would intone after finishing the eleventh song of a 25-song set.

Fellow Canadian indie outfit Mock Media opened for him with their rowdy, fuzzed-out brand of “jungle punk,” warming up and winning over a crowd unfamiliar with their music.

Franklin Music Hall’s acoustics do no musicians any favors, but the big room suited them — and after DeMarco emerged to a roaring crowd, he managed to rein the big room into an intimate space.

Author summary: Mac DeMarco performs in Philadelphia.

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