Mac Demarco’s declaration of “make yourself at home” at the beginning of his set at Sasquatch! Music Festival on Saturday was a fitting notion, as Mac has been making himself at home in the ears and hearts of fans for years now. The Canadian songster has a knack for writing songs that float and drift through the air, maintaining residence far after the music has stopped. Although it was his first “Squatch,” Mac certainly looked at home on the Bigfoot stage, as he and his band delivered a set full of fan favorites from a scope of his projects. He is equally effective serenading the crowd about love as he is ripping through a Rush cover, a fact that made his performance extremely dynamic. While a minor exodus of people heading to see Leon Bridges play an acoustic set had Mac pleading people not to leave, he needn’t have worried, for most of Sasquatch! was enchanted by his every move.
Shamir began his set in relatively mellow fashion, dragging from a cigarette as he and his backing band began the song “Vegas.” The calm at Sasquatch! Music Festival was brief, as by their second song, the El Chupacabra tent became a full blown dance party. Shamir bares himself completely in his mu…
It's Jehnny Beth's world, we just live in it. Or at least it was for fifty minutes, when Savages commanded the Bigfoot stage and the massive crowd in front of it. A post-punk band with an unapologetically austere aesthetic and ethos, anyone who thought the English quartet wouldn't seem like prime c…
