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[ROCK] At 25, Mac DeMarco is the perfect storm: a laid-back, slacker with a stoned musical presence that recalls the exposed nuts-and-bolts, homemade feel of Shuggie Otis’s Information Inspiration or even McCartney’s solo debut, topped with just a sprinkling of early Beck. It’s pop music for sure, but it draws from honorable influences that hipsters can abide while giving younger kids some new names to look up. And DeMarco is also accessible—he even listlessly gives out his address at the end of his new EP, Another One, inviting folks to stop by for coffee. Apparently, some already have. The music is lazy but coherent, much the same way that DeMarco is crazy but simultaneously down-to-earth (his antics include being prone to publicly exposing his butt and sticking things in it). There’s an element of harmless fun at the core of his overall presentation that pulls you in even if his songs lack get-up-and-go, which is one of the reasons he’s gotten so popular: You want to like him, baked butt-play and all. The fact that he’s talented gives you a viable excuse. See him Sunday, August 16 at the Tralf.