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  How Dan Deacon Hijacks Your Phone for the Ultimate Party

  September 4, 2012 – Baltimore art-pop provocateur Dan Deacon is famous for getting his fans in on the show. He's decidedly anti-stage, preferring not only to orchestrate his maximalist electro-classical punk opuses from within the audience, but to lead said audience in all kinds of group activities ranging from synchronized gestures to feel-good gauntlets. …
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  Dan Deacon Previews 'America' with Exuberant 'Lots'

  May 31, 2012 – The animated image that plays behind Dan Deacon's new song "Lots" is of a flag rippling in the wind, set against a summery blue sky. What's on the flag is hard to make out, but it appears to be a landscape of sorts — purple mountains majesty, amber waves of grain, maybe? …
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  Dirty Projectors, St. Vincent Honor Azerrad's DIY Book

  May 23, 2011 – Last night at New York City's Bowery Ballroom, a host of indie faves, including Dirty Projectors, St. Vincent, and Titus Andronicus, helped music journalist (and SPIN contributor) Michael Azerrad celebrate the 10th anniversary of his book, Our Band Could Be Your Life, which chronicles the DIY bands who shaped American independent music scene as a whole from 1981 to 1991. …
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  Best & Worst Moments of SXSW 2011: Day Four

  March 20, 2011 – BEST BAND TO WATCH THROUGH A FENCE: PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEARTCheer Up Charlie's hit capacity for the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, but it wasn't a problem for those left out in the line. All that separated them from the crowd was a chain-link fence, so they stopped sweating the wait and spread out with beer cans in hand. The band seemed relieved to be playing something so endearingly informal. …
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  Best Photos from SXSW: Day 4

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  Arcade Fire, Em at Grammys, Queen Movie + More

  January 13, 2011 – Arcade Fire, Eminem, Cee Lo, and Katy Perry are all slated to perform at this year's Grammy Awards, airing February 13 on CBS. Lady Gaga has also been confirmed to perform, after the singer's backup dancer announced the news yesterday. More performers will be revealed soon. [Grammy.com] The biopic on Queen's Freddie Mercury, starring Sacha Baron Cohen, will begin filming later this year, with an expected Fall 2011 release date. …
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  The Wham City Collective Brings Its Crazy Genius

  November 12, 2010 – The dimly lit basement of Baltimore's Bell Foundry building is out ofan early '80s hardcore show. Pocked concrete walls tagged everywhereand with everything -- "kill cops," for example -- weird dark little alcoves of dust and foundation debris, a long steep bomb shelterstaircase, cheap beer and whiskey, and all underneath some kind oflabyrinthine ex-industrial building in a dark pocket of midtown Baltimore. …
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  Dan Deacon, Deerhunter, No Age Kick Off Round Robin Tour

  August 3, 2009 – As Dan Deacon, Deerhunter, and No Age stepped onstage for the first of two round robin sets at New York City's Brooklyn Bowl on Sunday night, one reverent concertgoer summed it up best. "Oh, man," she said to a friend. …
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  New Albums from Mastodon, Decemberists, and 12 More

  March 24, 2009 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Mastodon, Crack the SkyeSouthern metal brutalists invoke sweet oblivion. Read Review >> The Decemberists, The Hazards of LoveThe Decemberists go for baroque with showy foray into musical theater. Read Review >> Dan Deacon, BromstOff-the-grid scamp turns playfully serious composer. …
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  Dan Deacon Announces Spring Tour

  January 27, 2009 – After a successful trial run with his 15-piece band in Brooklyn, knob-twiddler extraordinaire Dan Deacon will hit the road this spring, taking his new ensemble on 36-date U.S. tour in support of his upcoming album, Bromst, out March 24 (Carpark). Deacon and his merry musicians begin the trek April 3 in Philadelphia, PA, and will hit venues across the country and in Canada before concluding May 17 in Washington, D.C. …
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