sorry, one dude
― Mackro Mackro, Friday, 18 January 2008 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm thinking about going to his show 2nite with the schwartzenegger vid. Anyone seen this?
― Cosmo Vitelli, Friday, 18 January 2008 01:57 (sixteen years ago) link
wait, what is the genre name for it?
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 18 January 2008 01:57 (sixteen years ago) link
future shock
― Mackro Mackro, Friday, 18 January 2008 04:14 (sixteen years ago) link
wtf, i thought i read most of his press and i've never even heard that phrase before, but google says you're right, bunch of other references. some stupid bullshit, but for what it's worth, there are a ton of guys in Baltimore working more or less the same aesthetic, not just him and one or two other dudes.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 18 January 2008 05:40 (sixteen years ago) link
new album - "Bromst" - does ilx have an opinion on this guy?
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
stinks
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
^here, here.
― the who cares (okamax), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
A Baltimore musician helping to revitalize and reinvent his city's music scene
http://wtfdetroit.com/forums/images/smilies/bullshit.gif
― eman, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 21:44 (fifteen years ago) link
No love for Bromst? I think it's excellent, a huge leap forward from Spiderman of the Rings.
― Chris in Belfast, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
chris in belfast, wats the craic? so to speak... aaron from belfast
― a raggamuffin is a type of cat (a-bomb), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, how's it going Aaron? Do you read AU by any chance? I interviewed Dan Deacon for the new issue, look out for it next week.
― Chris in Belfast, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 23:48 (fifteen years ago) link
yez indeed man, always. gotsta stay in the loop haha. Im runnin nites in the su at the art college, starting up on march 19th, called ataxia, its gonna be a rite mashup haha. ur more than welcome mate
― a raggamuffin is a type of cat (a-bomb), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 00:49 (fifteen years ago) link
No way does this stink! It's really, really good! It's like a whacky turned Animal Collective/Panda Bear on LSD, most importantly adding a much needed overdose injection of Steve Reich-like minimalism. The chant-like toddler music somehow always seems to flow/derail into Reichian symbiotics and minimalistic terrain.
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:38 (fifteen years ago) link
reichian symbiotics?
― welcome little swetty (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry, what I meant is Reichian esthetic
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i though you meant the small steve reichs that attach themselves to the gills of sharks
― welcome little swetty (contenderizer), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Well, there's that as well, obviously
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i look forward to going to his show and not dancing
― 6335, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link
It's like a whacky turned Animal Collective
yeah i had this thought too. i didnt like the animal collective-like direction he took in some songs...it's really not an aesthetic i can stomach too often.
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 25 February 2009 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
ya after listening a few times it feels like something that will polarize roughly along the same lines as MPP. Personally I love the way he vomits out these rainbow-colored chants.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 09:00 (fifteen years ago) link
this album has too many cunting songs on it
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 27 February 2009 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Ohhhh come now. These criticisms are way nitpicky.
― Tourtiere (Owen Pallett), Friday, 27 February 2009 07:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i liked it... yeah i made the Animal Collective connection too - very similar in texture to Merriweather Post Pavilion. It is a really good album, but it's very very long and I can't imagine listening to it all the way through more than twice for that reason. One track at a time is enough really.
― the next grozart, Friday, 27 February 2009 09:01 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 27 February 2009 09:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Parts of this make me think he has a great album in him
(this isn't it)
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Why is this dude even still around?
― mehlt, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 01:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Pitchfork
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
This is kinda the worst music of the past fifteen years of 'indie.' What a bunch of bullshit.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 11:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Look at his wacky clothes and silly glasses!
― Lemurian commode (gnarly sceptre), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 11:49 (fifteen years ago) link
downloading Bromst now, sounds interesting...
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 05:27 (fifteen years ago) link
check out "snookered." it sounds like early solo eno, almost like dd convinced him to guest
― kamerad, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 05:37 (fifteen years ago) link
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― mehlt, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
ha, such total bullshit
― kamerad, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
thought Bromst was interesting but perhaps a little stiff
saw him live with his new 12 piece band on saturday night -- do not miss the live show. 3 drummers = if it wasn't on par with the Boredoms '99 shows when they were playing VCN, that's the only other concert that came to mind on the way home -- that good.
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:54 (fifteen years ago) link
(haven't heard Spiderman / never saw his iPod-era live shows which I imagine were easier to dislike -- this too, still exhaustingly day-glo, but with a 12 piece band, there's real energy)
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 00:15 (fifteen years ago) link
live only imo
― uptown churl, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 05:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I really like this album!
I can see what people mean with the MPP comparisons but I'd say it's more like Panda Bear X Battles X Trans Am.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I've never been all that enamored with this dude, but "Surprise Stefani" is incredible.
― sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Thursday, 2 July 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
This guy was such an asshole at Primavera. Threatening to stop the gig cos the crowd, who were predominantly Spanish surpisingly enough, couldn't follow his directions and wouldn't join in with his wacky antics. How about playing some music dude?
― Number None, Friday, 3 July 2009 00:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I listened to one of his shows that NPR streamed and at least 40% of it was him giving these ridiculous instructions to the crowd. The 30 minutes of actual music he played were pretty good though. Love his albums.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
This is kinda the worst music of the past fifteen years of 'indie.'
nahhh
― umadeus grozart (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
i saw him 3-4 years ago and thought he was super annoying and that the format of his shows is idiotic, came around to his records later but continue to be mystified that he's known as a good live act
― returnofthaghmac (some dude), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
This has turned out to be one of my favourite albums of the year, surprisingly. Between this and Fool's Gold I feel hella indie.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 06:13 (fourteen years ago) link
man i wish i'd seen him with the band
q.: listening to this thing of his on spotify, now, 'meetle mice': does anyone know anything about it? because it is not anything like what i would have expected
― thomp, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
of him in 2007, i mean. this last track was either six minutes of free improv or a convincing simulacra thereof.
saw him in 2008 during one of those "round robin" tour shows . . . he was decent iirc but the bands he played with were mostly O_O iirc
also, the audience O_O
― ksh, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
one band was drums, bass, and singer iirc and all i remember is the dude repeatedly saying "WE'RE BUILDING A GHOST TOWN"
current track sounds like trying to write an arrangement of other parts to an analogue synth where the oscillator's on random output
― thomp, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
not sure if i was a fan; put bromst on instead
― thomp, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
^eugh, new material!
i wonder how much new stuff he's doing in the basketball arenas and enormodomes he's opening for arcade fire in
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 27 March 2014 17:49 (ten years ago) link
by new do you mean, newer than America?
― frogbs, Thursday, 27 March 2014 17:50 (ten years ago) link
he's definitely playing some stuff from the upcoming album
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 27 March 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
i've been waiting 5 months for that correction
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 28 March 2014 02:06 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBVd-7tJb8o
new disc out Feb 2015very excited since America is starting to make a run for my favorite disc of this decade thus far
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
wasn't as into the song in that video, but obv it was just a minute worth. and i've not enjoyed the singles released prior to the albums... i think his stuff comes across better when he has time to stretch things out. esp like the song 'lots' i didn't think was v representative of america really
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
excellent hour+ interview with dan https://soundcloud.com/height-zone-world/episode-24-dan-deacon-all-of-the-satans-of-every-religion
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Monday, 12 January 2015 03:55 (nine years ago) link
ah cool, Height's interviews on there have been really good so far
― un chill goon (some dude), Monday, 12 January 2015 10:54 (nine years ago) link
that was a really fun listen, love dan's laugh
― flopson, Monday, 12 January 2015 13:27 (nine years ago) link
gliss riffer is amazing. like steve reich dj rashad with that signature deac' euphoric build. completely love it
― flopson, Sunday, 22 February 2015 04:38 (nine years ago) link
agreed, i'm really happy his sense of humor is more apparent than on the super serious (but great) America. that one chord progression he overuses in the sig deac euph build is only on one song, too, i think. masterfully crafted but with the spirit of pizza horse or lion with a sharks head or totally boner eat shit.
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Monday, 23 February 2015 22:45 (nine years ago) link
"feel the lightning" is one of my favorite songs this year, sounds like Black Moth Super Rainbow.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 00:52 (nine years ago) link
he doesn't get enough credit for his song titles. "Learning to Relax" followed by "Take it to the Max" is hilarious. "Steely Blues" is great too, i remember for a long time he was impossible to find on youtube because of deacon blues
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 01:10 (nine years ago) link
^^ all the song titles on meetle mice back you up there
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 01:49 (nine years ago) link
that one chord progression he overuses in the sig deac euph build
lol true, the one in crystal cat that is also used on like half the songs on spiderman of the rings
take it to the max is awesome but... he could've taken it a little bit more to the max, imo
― flopson, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 01:56 (nine years ago) link
p4k not on his side with this one. it's a drag
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 03:01 (nine years ago) link
xp lol maximum groove
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 03:02 (nine years ago) link
i just thought the last 2 albums were a major snooze so this one's kind of back to the basics, super fun upbeat scannersheadexplode.gif zany dan d madness
― flopson, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
Bromst is his masterpiece imo
this is great b/c his prankster side is back tho
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
oh yeah, he's absolutely hilarious. he's a great stand-up/improv performer. the long interview i posted a bit upthread has so many amazing throwaway lines and bits and voices...the way he imitates the concert promoter from Texas trying to book the Sex Pistols ("um...I have a cohn-certe hall...") just LEVELS me
― when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
Awesome album, lovably weird & uplifting. Also, I continue to somehow strangely connect him to Eno ca. Taking Tiger Mountain.
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Friday, 13 March 2015 15:41 (nine years ago) link
it really is gorgeous. I don't think it's much like Spiderman really; more like an album of "True Thrush" in the way Bromst was an album of "Crystal Cat". I've been floored with it on every listen thus far, "Meme Generator" in particular is really neat. related note, I've come to realize that America is one of my favorite albums ever.
― frogbs, Friday, 17 April 2015 02:02 (nine years ago) link
Dan Deacon bashing Poptimism
http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/2015_artist_survey_dan_deacon/
― i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Thursday, 11 February 2016 14:40 (eight years ago) link
in a recent interview -
Mainstream pop music is increasingly embraced by indie rock musicians and listeners, as well as serious music critics. At this point, do you draw any distinctions between Top 40 pop and indie rock/pop? Are you comfortable with this shift?
The only part of the shift that feels weird is that so much of pop music and mainstream culture revolves around the ideals of capitalism and wealth fetish culture. I don't care how people want to arrange tones, rhythms, words, and textures but I do care when it works to perpetuate our fucked system and I feel lots of pop music does that without realizing it.
― i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Thursday, 11 February 2016 14:42 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGZ9ICeyiic
― flappy bird, Saturday, 18 February 2017 00:23 (seven years ago) link
Is "Bjork's House" like a space or...
― circa1916, Saturday, 18 February 2017 01:29 (seven years ago) link
I'm assuming that's a yes looking at the other videos in the channel.
― circa1916, Saturday, 18 February 2017 01:31 (seven years ago) link
Oh my Dan DeaconWe could make it together
― salthigh, Saturday, 18 February 2017 01:36 (seven years ago) link
Saw a good amount of DD this past year through connections between the people we were dating. Unsurprisingly a nice a fun guy.
― circa1916, Saturday, 18 February 2017 01:46 (seven years ago) link
Forgot how much I liked this, really glad there's footage of it.
https://vimeo.com/19247287
― MaresNest, Saturday, 18 February 2017 10:04 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-BZduxT2h4
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 06:01 (seven years ago) link
saw him on this tour, probably the most fun show I've ever been to. Dan singled me out because I was wearing a bear hat, which in my state felt like appropriate attire for a Dan Deacon show
― frogbs, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 13:53 (seven years ago) link
cool! SPIDERMAN OF THE RINGS reissue w/ ULTIMATE REALITY on vinyl for the first time http://pitchfork.com/news/dan-deacon-announces-spiderman-of-the-rings-10-year-anniversary-reissue/?mbid=homepage-more-latest-and-video
Still have my white vinyl copy... somewhere... erghj i should look for that...
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
tour behind bromst was one of the best shows i've ever seen
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
me too. that whartscape video i posted upthread was one of the most exciting sets i've ever seen.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
first time I saw dan live was a month before Spiderman came out, he opened for Girl Talk at a 300 cap. bar and played on the floor. i was squished up against him and danced like crazy the whole time. probably saw him 20+ times in those 3 years. eager to see whatever he's working on now.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
just pulled up to the venue in his wacky oil-powered school bus they'd all been living/touring in and knew i was in for something special
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 21:12 (seven years ago) link
:)
full Whartscape 2009 set, necessary viewing for any fan: https://vimeo.com/5624665
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
gonna be a good boy and wait until my preorder arrives but word is the new one is very very good
― frogbs, Thursday, 16 January 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
Yep it really is, I think everyone who’s a fan is gonna be satisfied with this
― frogbs, Saturday, 1 February 2020 01:13 (four years ago) link
Just bought tickets for his tour. Not the biggest fan in the world but his is a show I've always wanted to see
― octobeard, Saturday, 1 February 2020 02:11 (four years ago) link
I think everyone who’s a fan is gonna be satisfied with this
yep, very satisfied. I could have done with a change of pace in the second half - the whole thing's pretty relentless - but all good really. I was puzzling over the second 'disc' of edits on Spotify. Then I realised: they're perfect for playlists.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 2 February 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link
does anyone else wish he would stop using the same chord progression on multiple songs on every album of his
half of this is good, half is a retread imo
― flappy bird, Sunday, 2 February 2020 22:26 (four years ago) link
I can see that - the "Jimmy Joe Roche"/"Get Older" progression shows up a couple times, though he's got such a unique sound that I give him a pass on that sort of thing
my one minor complaint is that its pretty stuffed, feels like one of those albums that could've hit the hour mark but tried to cram everything into a single LP. tbh I don't know if this is necessarily a bad thing. as much as I like Bromst I've definitely wished it was cut down a bit
Pitchfork gave this a 6.4 even though the review is pretty much entirely positive, minus a comment about the lyrics. pretty much what I expect outta them these days.
― frogbs, Monday, 3 February 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
ok I def hear that on "Sat By a Tree" now, it's like an AI-generated Dan Deacon single (something that probably only bothers me: there's a vocal part in it that sounds copped from TMBG's "Window")
rest of it sounds pretty fresh. I think "Arp" might be the best thing he's ever done so far. next to "USA" I guess.
― frogbs, Thursday, 2 April 2020 03:44 (four years ago) link
he has a new soundtrack album out, called Well Groomed, a movie about...I dunno, haircuts for dogs or something
I didn't really get into his other soundtracks but this one is pretty good in a "Dan Deacon lite" sorta way, lotta shimmery and very pretty bits in here, almost sounds like Harmonia
― frogbs, Friday, 28 August 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
this rules
― nxd, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 10:37 (four years ago) link
I've got his main albums on vinyl now and something that strikes me about the first 3 is they have bits which just overwhelm the speakers ("True Thrush" and "Get Older" are the two biggest offenders). normally I'd say they were just mastered lousy but I wonder if there's something inherent in Dan's music that vinyl can't handle. like it's too dense to be accurately etched into the wax. Gliss Riffer & Mystic Familiar don't have that problem.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 03:31 (two years ago) link