photo by Uli Loskot
Dan Deacon is a sonic storm. Its hard to believe that some this music is created by just one man. This was our top live music pick for Amsterdam next month, until we found out from the venue that he would not have his full band for the Amsterdam gig. However he is a top pick none the less and will be playing with the full band in other venues on the tour. (there are full tour dates at the end of this posting)
Dan Deacon has been producing music for some time but it was not until 2007 that he released his first commercially distributed album “Spiderman of the Rings”, to much critical acclaim. He describes it as “dance music that isn’t really dance music “. We really loved this album and you can listen to some of the tracks from it on “The Jam selecta” player in the sidebar of this page. This year there is a new album called Bromst which was once again hailed by (most) of the critics and is a great follow up. It seems to be less laptop centric than the previous one and equally as infectious.
His live shows are famed for their crowd interaction. For the first time he is touring with a full band, in fact a 14 person ensemble, though only at selected venues. Anyways there’s no need to describe this with words when you can hear and see for yourself.
Crystal Cat
Live at Brooklyn Masonic Temple
Live @ Durrr
Tour Dates:
Tuesday 12 May 2009 - Higher Ground, Burlington VT, United States
Wednesday 13 May 2009 - The Middle East, Cambridge, Boston, United States
Thursday 14 May 2009 - RISD, Providence, RI, United States
Friday 15 May 2009 - Danbro Studios, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Saturday 16 May 2009 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, United States
Sunday 17 May 2009 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC, United States
Wednesday 27 May 2009 - Festival Villette Sonique at Parc de la Villette. Paris, France
Thursday 28 May 2009 - Primavera Sound 2009 at Parc del Fòrum. Barcelona, Spain
Saturday 30 May 2009 - SERRALVES EM FESTA!, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Tuesday 2 June 2009 - Club Academy, Manchester, United Kingdom
Wednesday 3 June 2009 - Andrew’s Lane, Dublin, Ireland
Friday 5 June 2009 - (with Wham City Ensemble) ULU, London, United Kingdom
Saturday 6 June 2009 - LA TERRA TREMA at La Brèche, Cherbourg-Octeville, France
Sunday 7 June 2009 - (with Ensemble) Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
Monday 8 June 2009 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Saturday 13 June 2009 - (with Ensemble) Sonar. Baltimore MD, United States
Thursday 6 August 2009 - Memorial Union, Madison, WI, United States
Friday 7 August 2009 - Lollapalooza Festival at Grant Park, Chicago IL, United States
