NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2023

We submitted our song Rock ‘n Roll Sailor to the 2023 NPR Tiny Desk Contest.

Our entry isn’t up there yet because we were kind of last minute this time round. But it’s on YouTube.

It’s a brand new song we wrote that we were still in the process of learning while preparing our entry. This video is the only place you can hear our new song.

But it was so much fun! We’re excited to throw our hat in the ring. We’re even more excited to record this song for our new album.

Please wish us luck. Cheers!

A little live show straight from Queens - NYE 4pm

Hope you're doing amazing!

Makar is excited to start playing monthly online acoustic sets of our original indie rock songs on YouTube. We'll be picking songs from all three albums -  99 Cent Dreams, Funeral Genius and Fancy Hercules. Will slip in a few songs from our new album, Exit Earth, from time to time.

Remember to leave comments and requests for anything you liked and want to hear in our set lists. And please subscribe to our Youtube channel to keep up with the latest Makar videos, live shows and content. Even more Andrea readings!

Tune in Saturday, December 31st at 4 pm and we'll ring in the New Year together!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/makar-live-online-saturday-december-31st-at-4-pm

Happy Holidays and Much Love!


Our Music Video for Devil in a Dream Part II

We filmed our music video for Devil in a Dream Part II on Wednesday, July 6th! And was it a party! Join the Devil’s conga line below.

We had a fantastic time shooting this video as you can see from the evidence below.

Devil Conga line!

the Devil is after Mark

Mark even did a flip

The dress the devil is flashing is Smak Parlour from a while ago but check their digs on Sourpuss Clothing

The Devil dreaming

Filmed at Williamsburg Artist ‘s Parlour
https://www.peerspace.com/pages/listings/6254767feee98f000f561657

Great space, great people (Thank you Ellis!)! Our first foray into peerspace and it was as awesome as it looked!

Part III is being written

WRFA - 90 times!

So WRFA, WRFA!!!!

Our songs have been played on WRFA 90 times since December 2021.

They love us, they really love us.

Eventually, I’ll breakdown which songs were played the most but wow.

WRFA, if you’re reading this, anytime anywhere we’ll play for you!

When we get a little down, we just think WRFA loves us and we love them.

Devil in a Dream Part I - Music Video

We felt the need to creep you out a little bit before we film our music video for Devil in a Dream Part II.

So here is Devil in a Dream

This is a song we recorded on a handheld recorder on the third floor of my parent’s house back in the early aughts. We could never seem to capture the magic of the off-the-cuff version so we decided to put that version out on our second album Funeral Genius as the last track.

I'm Glad Music Video

Our music video for I’m Glad is here!

This song is about the moms. Mark lost his mom and I lost mine all too recently.

My mom, Margaret DeAngelis, underwent brain surgery to remove a congenital cyst growing and pressing on her brain 22 odd years ago. After the surgery she was better overnight, it was amazing. This song was about how relieved we were she was ok. She had about 15-16 good years but then the damage from the cyst caused her supranuclear palsy and we finally lost her on June 13, 2021.

Mark’s mom, Nancy Purnell, passed away from lung cancer in October 2018. She was an artist and art teacher up until the end of her life. You can read about one of her posthumously shows here.

Filmed on the rooftop of our building. This song is from our latest album Fancy Hercules.