Rock and Roll Night Club

Mac DeMarco - Rock and Roll Night Club
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
User Score
Based on 462 ratings
2012 Rank: #377
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
AllMusic

Rock and Roll Night Club is a confusing record, but not a mess. On the contrary, it's so deeply calculated that the intentions and possible motivations of its songs are likely to be lost on most.

80
The 405

All grandiose interpretations aside, this is an album of solid, endearing catchy songs, and as a result it becomes one of the most pleasant listens that this year has yet to offer.

80
Loud and Quiet

We’re happy to hear him purr on over one never-ending, laconic surf riff, though, because when ‘Rock And Roll Nightclub’ is at its least cavalier, it’s also at its most oddly exotic.

78
Beats Per Minute

The music itself is a blend of glam rock, 50’s rock and roll, and the jangly guitar pop that is Captured Tracks’ trademark. These blurbs about Mac DeMarco’s debut EP, Rock And Roll Night Club, seem like they’d come together to form a rather strange, of-the-moment release, but the actual product turns out to be a fairly simple, enjoyable lo-fi guitar pop record that defies the expectations set up by its aesthetic choices.

72
Pitchfork

It's probably safe to assume that at least 80% of Night Club is laced with a meta joke that nobody's in on except DeMarco. It's usually still pretty funny, or in the very least, intriguingly odd.

70
No Ripcord

The cheeky nature of Rock and Roll Night Club inadvertently elevates its reputation – falling somewhere between classic pop and performance art, DeMarco’s talent for writing hooks should spurn any attempt to call it novelty.

OldTask
50

Pretty mediocre debut for Mac Demarco. Nothing about this caught my attention or interest.

pahcy
38

It's really boring, man. I wouldn't be opposed to throwing this on in the car while a bunch of people were talking, but pay any more attention to it than that and it feels like you are in the middle of the longest acid trip of your life. (In a bad way.)

halbery
47

IM PISSED

58

You're in an old car going down the highway and everyone is smoking cigarettes and you have asthma and they won't pull over or roll down the windows and you might just jump out and test your luck against the pavement

samuelwolf
81

Before I was into rating songs, I had a hard time even getting through the first song of this album because my attention span was not good. I'm glad I did listen to it though and I would definitely give this a shot to listen to!

Silent
72

I don't get the hate on this man, I like some of Mac's old records, some songs might not stand out than one another but I still think it's ok, nothing special but come on at least say it's worth listening.

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Added on: November 28, 2012