I first saw Joey DeMarco play with his band Roseanne at a show he threw at his Richmond Home. “He’s like folk rock,” my friend told me. Well, sort of. Much of DeMarco’s recorded solo material is laced with glisteny chords, slow tempos and unrequited love, but such a broad term hardly does justice to the band’s thunderous, tight live show - sappier numbers are interspersed with rambling jams and insistent foot-stompers, along with enough energy and liveliness to carry the whole crowd. I had a chance to browse through Joey’s extensive record collection between sets, something that always offers a nice window into the mind of a songwriter. Plenty of garage rock of the Ty Segall variety, slews of Bowie, My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, even a copy of Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica. Maybe Rock & Roll eclecticism is a better way to describe the man’s aesthetic.
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Friday, April 19, 2013
Artist of the Day: Joey DeMarco
I first saw Joey DeMarco play with his band Roseanne at a show he threw at his Richmond Home. “He’s like folk rock,” my friend told me. Well, sort of. Much of DeMarco’s recorded solo material is laced with glisteny chords, slow tempos and unrequited love, but such a broad term hardly does justice to the band’s thunderous, tight live show - sappier numbers are interspersed with rambling jams and insistent foot-stompers, along with enough energy and liveliness to carry the whole crowd. I had a chance to browse through Joey’s extensive record collection between sets, something that always offers a nice window into the mind of a songwriter. Plenty of garage rock of the Ty Segall variety, slews of Bowie, My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, even a copy of Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica. Maybe Rock & Roll eclecticism is a better way to describe the man’s aesthetic. 
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