Mac DeMarco at Hollywood Bowl — Los Angeles

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Mac DeMarco built a career out of sounding like he does not care, which takes more care than most people realize. The slacker-rock tone, the gap-toothed grin, the songs that sound like they were recorded on a four-track in a friend's garage — all of it is precision disguised as nonchalance. At the Hollywood Bowl, that disguise becomes absurd in the best way: one of the most casually brilliant guitar players of his generation, performing in one of the most elegant outdoor venues in the world, for an audience that showed up in shorts and flip-flops because Mac would not have it any other way. The Bowl's natural acoustics turn the jangly guitar lines into something the hills amplify and the evening air softens. The setlist will be whatever Mac feels like playing, which is half the charm and all of the point. Friday, October 9. Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles.