Photos by Ben Shapiro The big news, and ostensibly the big draw, for the show last Thursday at Brooklyn's Masonic Temple was Dan Deacon's headlining, public reinvention from banana-iPod-armed hipster…   Read Story »

Crayola's already discovered the childlike wonder of Animal Collective, so it's not surprising they chose the sounds of the hypercolorful, banana-iPod toting hipster cheerleader Dan Deacon for their…   Read Story »

Along with Apes & Androids and Wire, this weekend's barrage of live music in the city featured another year of the Bang On A Can marathon, stretching over twelve hours at the World Financial Center…   Read Story »

This image shuffling David Hughes-directed video for Dan Deacon's "Okie Dokie" does a good job shifting the energy of his live shows into a stream-of-conscious kaleidoscopic mindfuck. OK, instead of…   Read Story »

Dan Deacon lugged his duct-taped Casio electronics and Sally Jessy specs to NY's Whitney Museum of American Art this past Friday as part of the Whitney Live series, getting the kids to do the famed…   Read Story »

We saw a lot of concerts this year! You probably did too, if you're the sort to be checking music blogs on your downtime over holiday break, so let's all trade notes. Stereogum's Amrit Singh kicks…   Read Story »

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CMJ 2007 will be remembered for ... not a lot, sadly. And not just 'cause everybody was boozed up. Folks will probably hold on to how it was every bit as exhausting as years past but not every bit as…   Read Story »

With the help of Andrew, we've already uncovered what partying at CMJ's like for the fest folks parading around the Lower East Side; for the second and final installment of the Stereogum + Andrew…   Read Story »

At last night's Windish Showcase Dan Deacon got our sweaty selves hyped with group shouts of "Ethan Hawke!" and "Gattaca!" then screwed our minds with his signature strobes, green skull, and…   Read Story »