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.

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.

The Roots Music Report's Top Blues Rock Album Chart for 2021 & 2022

Our album, Fancy Hercules is on The Roots Music Report’s Top Blues Rock Album Chart for 2021 and for 2022!

We’re climbing the charts!!!! We’re ahead of ZZ Top & Melissa Etheridge. Pretty cool for an indie band!

We also appeared on two other Roots Music Report Charts for the Week of Jan 1, 2022 - #26 on Top 50 Blues Rock Albums and #24 on Top New York Albums. Fuggedaboutit!

Nexus Music Blog loves Love and Confusion

Oh joy, Nexus Music Blog loves Love and Confusion!

A little sampling of their review below:

“With a toe-tapping beat and head-bopping melodic arrangement, Makar wraps you in a kaleidoscopic blanket floating in a cinematic soundscape.”

ooo lala !

Check out their entire review below
https://nexusmusicblog.com/track-of-the-week-love-and-confusion-makar/

Fancy Hercules on NBT Music Radio top 100 albums of 2021!

Our album Fancy Hercules is on NBT Music Radio’s top 100 albums of 2021.

Fancy Hercules was selected from 4000 albums!!!

Check it out below!

https://www.facebook.com/179755032067681/posts/4877170745659396/

Listen to NBT Music Radio here

https://nbtmusicradio.website/

The Other Side Reviews Love and Confusion

We received a stellar review of our song Love and Confusion by The Other Side Reviews

Here’s a taste -

‘Love and Confusion’ has you bopping around to the sound and the melody from the first note. There is a lovely summer vibe to the music that fills you with good vibes. As you sway and smile to the music, you can feel the stress of the world lifting off your shoulders, whilst soaking up the warmth of the single. The steady upbeat vibes of the music whip past you like the wind, as you ride down the open road with the windows down. The drums that enter later in the track add a beach vibe to the lively music. There is no way you can listen to this melody and not feel lighter after.

Read the review in its entirety below

https://www.theothersidereviews.com/makar-love-and-confusion-2021/

just busy looking cool

Archived Copy

True Skateboard Magazine blurb about I Want To Be Loved

True Skateboard Magazine wrote a pithy little blurb about I Want to Be Loved.

A quirky and fun music video ‘ I Want To Be Loved ‘ by husband & wife duo MAKAR, who’ve been dropping literate, blues-infused piano pop / indie rock gems since 2002

Check it out
https://truesk8boardmag.com/makar-dropped-a-new-single/