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Showing posts with label Dan Deacon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dan Deacon. Show all posts
June 2, 2008
May 29, 2008
Like A Sound You Hear That Lingers In Your Earhole
Dan Deacon sits on the e-couch with Pitchfork Masterblog to discuss the way his music/scene has been potrayed in media + blogz, and more importantly, how he's taking it up a notch for DD 2.0 (titled Bromst and slated for this fall) with reduced woody woodpeckers and enhanced live instrumentation.
This is a relief; homey's a classically-trained musician and we all know he has many, many more tricks up in those sweaty sleeves. Taste some of the new juice tomorrow night when he and Diplo hit Sonar. This night will be full of ridiculous, senseless shenanigans, and you might be going for free (contest is over).
Marlena Shaw - California Soul Diplo Rmx (from Verve Remix 4)
November 30, 2007
Dan Deacon's Sexy Animal Dreams From The Road
Homey has been touring almost non-stop since 2004, so its not surprising that strange things might happen along the way. Things that maybe shouldn't be shared in an interview with NPR-syndicated Love and Radio, such as having a lucid moonlit encounter with man's BFF. Cover your dog's ears.
Dan Deacon Interview - Love and Radio
Dan Deacon - Two Friends (like when Pitfall freezes up on your 'tari)
Our only guess is maybe the dog was wearing Canis.
November 12, 2007
This Week: Baltimore Bands Invade Baltimore!
Bmore artists playing local shows over the next seven days include, but are not limited to: Dan Deacon, Videohippos, Ponytail, Monarch, Thrushes, Ecstatic Sunshine, Jones, Shields, Height, Double Dagger, Thank You, Tall Grass, Television Hill and The Heavycoats. Here's a super quick rundown:
Dan Deacon - Snake Mistakes
Videohippos - Kool Shades
Height - Bad Weather
Shields - Boom
Jones - Too Dope
Ecstatic Sunshine - Little Big Dipper
The Tall Grass - Ring and Ring
Ram Ones (Dan Deacon and Connor Kizer) - Portals
Also at The Talking Head:
Saturday 11/17 - Thrushes and Bang! Bang!
Thrushes - Into The Woods
Win Guest Passes To This Show
At The Ottobar:
Tuesday 11/13 - VHS or Beta, Moving Units, The Heavycoats
The Heavycoats - Sea Song (link from Instrumental Analysis)
Wednesday 11/14 - Melt Banana, Hex Machine, Double Dagger, The Jons
Double Dagger - The Psychic
Monday 11/19 - Black Dice, Pissed Jeans, Ponytail and WZT Hearts
Ponytail - Lion Down
At Lo-Fi Social Club:
Monday 11/19 - Monarch, Oppenheimer
Monarch - Please Concrete
So which ones are you going to? All of them? And you ate a whole wheel of cheese?
October 1, 2007
Throw Yer Diamondz In The Sky
With the constant spaghetti stream of Day-Glo Play-Doh being squeezed out of Baltimore recently (see: any video from Dan Deacon, Jimmy Joe Roche or of course the Video Hippos) we sat down with one of the many local artists whose work is saturated in buckets of neon paint and awkward moments from 80s bob digi pop culture.
Bmore artist Meredith Moore is most recently known for the fabulous Videohippos spot Narwhals (below) and for probably the most blinged out music video of all time, Diamondz, featuring a Crystal-laced composition by Wham City chief Dan Deacon. And there's lava aplenty in both videos, which we respect.
A quick volley and serve:
BT: How did you arrive in Baltimore doing rad video art?
MM: I was born and raised in Oklahoma, and early on I discovered the richness of creating things/worlds/on your own terms. In high schoolI I yearned for more than just getting stoned and painting self-portraits. I applied to art school and picked Baltimore because they offered me the most in scholarships. I had never been to the East Coast. Culture shock! Good for me!
I started MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) as a painting major, and was super bored with it a year later. I took a video class on a whim and fell in love. I love the accessibility of the medium - we all grew up on television and movies - AND its 4 dimensional - working with time. Making an experience. I am very in to experiences. Very awesome.
BT: How did you hook up with Videohippos and Dan Deacon?
MM: I had two video classes with the drummer, Kevin O'Meara, but we only eyed each other from afar until the last class when he asked if he could use my video (monster trucks and puppets) for a song. This lead to us becoming partners in crime (and love) and i went on a week long tour with Videohippos and Dan Deacon down to Florida where i encountered the amazing films of Jimmy Joe Roche and the man himself. After that i was hooked on Wham City, Kevin, Snake Mistakes, and audio/visual orgasms. Best times ever.
BT: How do you get hamiltons?
MM: I'm a door girl at shows, I film and edit the Ed Schrader Show sometimes, and i hawk shit and do some basic hustling. (ha!) I just got a job at Whole Foods that pays the bills but doesn't zap me of all my time and energy and allows me to not worry about money and focus on new projects - i'm too young and smart (22) to begin some sort of mediocre career.
BT: We agree. Stay on the hustle. So what's next?
MM: Well i just graduated, so now its all relatively up in the air....but me and my roommate Mark Brown (of are we not men dj status) are starting a video podcast called netdreams which i am very excited about. Also I'm working on the beginning of a super secret personal project, and later this year I'm going to be making a video for one of Dan Deacon's new songs (shhh).
Thanks Meredith. Now a few Bmore breaks:
Curtis Vodka - Diamonds & Cream
Dan Deacon - Snake Mistakes
Videohippos - Narwhals
Videohippos - Toothsub
More Meredith Moore, Dan Deacon, Videohippos, Jimmy Joe Roche
September 20, 2007
Girl Talk, Dan Deacon, White Williams at Church 9/18
Master of the Bmore indie electro universe Dan Deacon established a temporary Castle Greenskull at St. John's Church Tuesday night with White Williams and Girl Talk.
Someone stole Dan's glasses and later gave them back. White Williams did not have glasses so we gave him some. He also had two guitarists playing along with drum machines, a laptop, an array of vocal effects and a synthesizer. Girl Talk almost made us feel bad about being in church in the dark next to sweaty tenderonis and a giant inflatable spider.
Two samples from Williams' debut Smoke which drops Nov. 6 via Tigerbeat6:
White Williams - Headlights (via Crackers United)
White Williams - New Violence
This show was all ages!
July 22, 2007
Whartscape Pt. 6: Sweatin' To The Indies - Dan Deacon Vinyl Giveaway
All the watermelon, ice and cage fans in the world couldn't stop Saturday night's gig with Spank Rock, Dan Deacon, Video Hippos, The Death Set, Ponytail, Dirty Projectors and many more from being literally the sweatiest show of all time. Thanks to the folks at Wham City and Floristree for pulling this thing off.
As above (Video Hippos), so below (Jason Urick from WZT Hearts takes a nap with Dan Deacon wrapped in his CGI/security blanket). 
We have a couple autographed copies of Dan Deacon's Crystal Cat vinyl single - just leave us a comment with your email if you want one.
We'll pick the winners on Friday 7/27 (U.S. residents only). NOTE: We picked the winners already and they are shipshape and ginny. Thanks to everyone for entering.
Dan Deacon setlist:
1. Intro>Soundcheck
2. Crystal Cat
3. Paddeling Ghost
4. Woof Woof
5. Of The Mountains
6. Wham City
Big ups to Jeff's List of Shows for the audio. Jeff taped almost every band at Whartscape and is now feverishly spooling in an underground lair complete with lab coats, beakers, schematics et al. So check back later in the week for some Spank Rock.
Spank Rock - Live on KEXP
Dan Deacon - I Will Always Have Juice Today
Also thanks to Josh Sisk for some of the photos above, check the rest here.
July 20, 2007
Whartscape Pt. 5: Weekend Beats
What happens when you combine a couple fingers of Glenlivet, some cheese, spastic punksters Death Set and Ponytail, Dan Deacon and cooljerk rhymenasaurus MCs Spank Rock on the 1's & 2's? A chunky, tangy indie smoothie we guess. Set times for the weekend:
FRI NIGHT
with a special sneak performance by EAGLE AGER
8:00 = BLUE LEADER AND THE BLUE LEADERS (Temp Stage)
8:15 = WZT HEARTS (Main Stage)
8:35 = DINA KELBERMAN (Video Screen)
8:45 = CARS WILL BURN/MINCEMEAT OR TENSPEED/DAVE SMOLDEN (Floor)
9:05 = JONES JONES JONES (Temp Stage)
9:25 = ROBY NEWTON (Video Screen)
9:35 = SOFT CIRCLE (Main Stage)
9:55 = HAWNAY TROOF (Temp Stage)
10:15 = LEXIE MOUNTAIN BOYS (Floor)
10:35 = THANK YOU (Temp Stage)
10:55 = YUTAKA HOULETTE (Video Screen)
11:05 = GROWING (Main Stage)
11:35 = JIMMY ROCHE (Video Screen)
11:50 = CAR CLUTCH (Temp Stage)
12:10 = ECSTATIC SUNSHINE (Main Stage)
12:30 = GARRET DAVIS (Video Screen)
12:45 = HIGH PLACES (Temp Stage)
1:05 = CEX (Main Stage)
SAT DAY
hosted by ED SCHRADER
11:30 = EAGLE AGER
12 = ENJOY YOUR CANARY
12:30 = COCONUTS
1 = SNACKS
1:30 = ORION RIGEL DOMMISSE
2 = LIZZ KING
2:30 = SANTA DADS
3 = AIR WAVES
3:30 = PWRFL POWER
4 = FUTURE ISLANDS
4:30 = YUKON
5 = HUMAN HOST
5:30 = BLOOD BABY
6 = HEIGHT
6:30 = YEASAYER
7 = BEACH HOUSE 
SAT NIGHT
with dance performances by CLUB LIFESTYLE
9:30 = DEATHSET
10 = DOUBLE DAGGER
10:30 = VIDEO HIPPOS
11 = DIRTY PROJECTORS
11:30 = PONYTAIL
12 = XBXRX
12:30 = DAN DEACON
1 = SPANKROCK
The Saturday night show is completely sold out so if you didn't get tickets go see Battles and Deerhunter at the Ottobar instead, and we'll have pics and audio next week for your wistful viewing/listening. Scroll down for full coverage on Whartscape.
Bonde Do Role - Melo Do Tabacco XXXChange Remix
Spank Rock - Coke & Wet (unknown hott remix)
Spank Rock - Put That Pussy On Me (Diplo Tonite Remix)
The Death Set - Impossible (Dan Deacon Remix)
The Death Set - Collision
Devlin & Darko KZSU Radio Mix
Plus:
Tokyo Police Club - Swedes in Stockholm
Buy Your English Is Good from TPC's new Interweb hub. 2 EPs, 3 singles, one live album...are we ready for the LP fellas?
July 15, 2007
Whartscape Pt. 2: Mo' Artist Previews
Later in the week our new investigatory journalist Raven Baker will give you an even heartier helping of Whartscape - the origin and roots of its hideous name and the Wham City organizers behind all this nonsense - but today we'll crack into the long list of artists that call Bmore home and will, we assume, be simply rolling out of bed in their Umbros to perform this weekend. All illustrations courtesy of the talented folks at Baltimore production/record label Wildfire Wildfire.
Video Hippos won't know if you're warming up, starting to tap the feet. To gain the attention of the Kevin/Jim duo (with occasional function button twiddling from Wham fam member OCDJ) you must cause a real fit as they operate in a dark emergency room lit only by obscure cartoon noir. A big fat gask mask ensures drummer and animator Kevin O'Meara won't make himself sick with the beats, but you're on your own. Currently touring the neon green states with D. Deacon, and playing Saturday night at Floristree.
Buy their debut album Unbeast the Leash at the show.
Video Hippos - The List
Video Hippos - Kool Shades
We've all spent a few cloudless nights in vacant lots swigging NyQuil and using the B Heezy's witchy slide powers to seance mazzy stars, so, 'nuf said. They tour with Blonde Redhead in August so start perfecting your shoedaze now. Beach House plays Saturday afternoon at 120 North Ave. Buy their debut from Carpark.
Beach House - Apple Orchard
Beach House - Master of None
Beach House - Tokyo Witch
More:
Ponytail play Saturday night at Floristree. Not really our steez but you have to respect the yelling and the shouting and what not.
Ponytail - Lion Down
Ecstatic Sunshine play Friday night at Floristree. We're pretty sure they now make up one Voltron portion of The Death Set, so. Pretty solid choppin.
Ecstatic Sunshine - Little Big Dipper
You "may" have heard of Mr. Dan Deacon, who could eat Tang crystals and watch Rad with James Lipton as they both stare at the "classically trained composer with a Masters degree in electro-acoustic composition" nametag affixed to his ripe neon Daffy Duck tee. Get tickets to the Saturday night show, which also includes Spank Rock, at Wildfire Wildfire or Wham City before it sells out. Don't you want to be a part of the Flickr zone?
Dan Deacon - Wham City
Buy Spiderman of the Rings from Carpark.
May 31, 2007
Butter Team Weekend Beats Vol. 6
We're off to NY dirty for a multitude of shows (Bright Eyes, CSS and hopefully Coltrane Motion) but leave you with a few buttery beats with which to hit your respective streets.
Special Buttercast - Cansei De Ser Sexy Alala (Princess Superstar mix)>Acho Um Pouco Bom>Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex
Coltrane Motion - Ex-Girlfriend In A Coma
Whitey - Stay On The Outside
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye (Curtis Vodka edit)
Dan Deacon - Wham City (B-more resident, pictured)
Chemical Brothers - All Rights Reversed (feat. The Klaxons)
Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rosie
Buy Coltrane Motion's Songs About Music.
Pre-order the new Kitsune joint.
Buy Dan Deacon's Spiderman of the Rings.
Pre-order the Chem Bros' We Are The Night.
Buy some sweet ass slacks from Sansabelt World.
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