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!
Andrea’s piece Mara was published in Bowery Gothic on September 1st in their Summer Ghosts Edition VII.
Andrea: This story was inspired by the original nightmare known as Mara and other names in Time Life’s The Enchanted World’s Night Creatures fable. These were books I inherited from my Welsh grandfather. He had such a wonderful odd library, inspiration galore.
Here is a recent article from Atlas Obscura:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/original-nightmare-demon-suffocation-night-terror
I enjoy telling stories from the perspective of the monsters and having the monsters win.
The Nightmare, Henry Fuseli, 1781. JOHN HENRY FUSELI
Please check out the entire issue!
A little about Bowery Gothic
Inspired by a reading series at a haunted bar on the Bowery, Bowery Gothic is a literary journal seeking to publish the highest quality literature and art. We look for stories—both real and imagined—that exist in that liminal space: between the seen and unseen; between entertainment and fear. We are excited by work that stands at the threshold and looks into the unknown. We are excited by the sublimity of terror.
We are not interested in gore, violence, or perversion. Instead, send us literary work that transcends genre, that scares us and makes us think: Damn, that was fresh. We are drawn to literature that conjures up tales told by our favorite writers—from Henry James to Kelly Link; Shirley Jackson to Octavia E. Butler—stories that entice, amaze, terrify.
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 wait is over, Fancy Hercules will be out and about November 19, 2021.
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooo!
Presale links should be up later this week. But here is some slowmo karate tomfoolery in the meantime
A little late to post this since we’re busy working away on our third album, Fancy Hercules.
But here is for your viewing pleasure – MAKAR®’s entry for NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest.
MAKAR is honored to be performing in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 4, 2018 again, starting at 10:35 am.
We will be singing and playing our hearts out, cheering on the runners on the corner of 11th St and 48th Ave, in Long Island City, Queens!!!!!
If you need an actual address, use this
47-46 11th St
Woohoo!
A&M
Happy Belated New Year!
In case you missed MAKAR’s gig at Matted LIC art gallery in December, you can check out the periscope link below
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1BdGYMgPoLyGX
Thank you Matted! We had a blast!
MAKAR is honored to be performing in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 5, 2017, starting at 10:35 am.
We will be singing and playing our hearts out, cheering on the runners on the corner of 11th St and 48th Ave, in Long Island City, Queens!!!!!
