Dan Deacon

Dan Deacon Takes the Party Outside Great American Music Hall, 10/23/12

Dan Deacon Height With Friends Chester Endersby Gwazda Alan Resnick Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 Great American Music Hall Better than: Girl Talk; every party I attended between the ages of 7 and 15. There are only a handful of live shows today that get singled out as truly unique experiences, nights yo ... More >>

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Top Five Concerts To See in San Francisco This Week

First Aid Kit @ The Fillmore, Wednesday, Oct. 17 If First Aid Kit's music is proof, Stockholm must be much closer to the American South than any maps have had us believe. In "Emmylou," off January's The Lion's Roar, Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg pay perfect homage to a bevy of America ... More >>

The Video Game-Inspired Music of S.F.'s J-Pop Summit: A Chiptune Off the Old Block

If you play games, you've probably built some strong associations around the music of games. Maybe you recognize a passing Pandora jam from the latest Madden. Maybe you catch yourself humming the Super Mario Bros. theme at your desk at work -- hell, you at least know the tune. Even that goddamn Angr ... More >>

Seeing David Byrne and St. Vincent This Fall Will Be Really Expensive. Here Are Four Smarter Ways to Spend Your Live Music Money

Everyone has their own most anticipated album of the fall, but it's safe to say there's lots interest in Love This Giant, the David Byrne/St. Vincent collaboration. When an official announcement came this summer (LP due out in September) with a downloadable single ("Who") that didn't suck, the stake ... More >>

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

Indie on Top: Noise Pop Celebrates 20 Years of Independent Music

Have Cake, Will Travel: If Fail Were a TV Show About Cakes

Not your best choice, even at 4 a.m.​Each week we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with televised cooking. This week: Have Cake, Will Travel, a half-hour show about reaching for the bottom, Fridays at 4 a.m. on the Food Network. Dear Food Network, So it's four in the morning, ... More >>

Bassnectar Fans Are Nearly Naked and Totally Insane (Photos)

Christopher Victorio​ Bassnectar Wolfgang Gartner Dan Deacon Big Gigantic Low RIDERz September 17, 2011 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Bassnectar, the Santa Cruz-based beatmonger whose given name is Lorin Ashton, turned Bill Graham Civic Auditorium into a "Bass Center" this past Saturday. Fans ... More >>

Tune-Yards, Citay, Among DIY Artists Who Celebrate Our Band Could Be Your Life Anniversary: Listen

​ Local DIY acts tUnE-yArDs and Citay joined up with other indie acts at the Bowery Ballroom on Sunday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of indie/punk bible Our Band Could Be Your Life. In order to give a proper homage to the revered tome, and the bands that inspired it, each artist covered so ... More >>

Neutral Milk Hotel Members Will Get Wacky for Elephant 6 Show

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

In Print: the Forward Leanings of Baths, Eskmo, and oOoOO, Plus the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise

Baths' Will Wiesenfeld​From SF Weekly's latest print music section:You're Okay, Computer: Consider Baths, the stage name of 21-year-old bedroom producer Will Wiesenfeld, who uses a laptop and various other tools to make beat music, with vocals, that is melancholic and complex and beautiful. A sudd ... More >>

Bay Music Links: Britney Spears in S.F., Prince Fan Gets Beat Up, Lil B in XXL, and More

Wait. Britney ... telephone? We're confused. Anyway, she's coming to S.F. next month.​Britney Spears will perform live on Good Morning America from the Castro the day her new album is released. [SF Examiner]Man beaten up by crowd after catching Prince's guitar in Oakland. [ABC 7]How the Thee Oh Se ... More >>

This Is Noise Pop: What Not to Miss at S.F.'s Signature Indie Music Fest

Dan Deacon on Big Ideas, Being Intrigued By Weirdos, and What He's Doing with Francis Ford Coppola

​Dan Deacon can drop some knowledge. The enterprising electronica composer -- who drops his clusterfucking soundscapes at this week's Noise Pop Festival -- recently gave a reporter a very coherent verbal essay on the state of the music biz and the nature of pop music. An academic's experimentalis ... More >>

Nothing Else Matters: Noise Pop 2011 Lineup Includes How To Dress Well

Noise Pop has revealed the first wave of its festival lineup for 2011, not only coming out of the gate with Yo La Tengo, Ted Leo, Dan Deacon, Wavves, and Best Coast, but also playing a part in bringing the the lo-fi, R&B-minded How To Dress Well out to San Francisco for his first local appearanc ... More >>

Tectonic Youth: Eight Songs For Today's Supposed Earthquake

Man, Gwar really tore this place up​What better way to close out National Preparedness Month than by getting all paranoid about the possibly apocryphal 7.0 earthquake that may or may not tear up Los Angeles today? Not like anything awesome was gonna happen in October anyway.Everything will probabl ... More >>

That's My Jam! Future Islands' "Tin Man"

​I first heard about Future Islands the old fashioned way: through the Internet. The three-piece Baltimore outfit--who are part of the same art/music collective as Dan Deacon, Wham City!--has been blowing up music blogs lately as writers anticipate the release of its newest full-length album, ... More >>

Mexican Music Fest Roundup: MtyMx Festival of Arts & Music

Gretchen Robinette ​MtyMx All Ages Festival of Arts & Music March 20-22 2010 Monterrey, Mexico NY buzz show-promoter Todd P's MtyMx All Ages Festival of Arts & Music, a three-day event in Monterrey, Mexico was scheduled to feature over 80 bands on two stages on the Autocinema Las Tor ... More >>

Thee Oh Sees to Play Todd P's Mexico Music Fest

There's been a bit of a buzz about the music festival tastemaking New York promoter Todd P. has planned down in Monterrey, Mexico, right around SXSW. This week Pitchfork announced that south of the border showcase, called MtyMx All Ages Festival of Art and Music, is gonna happen, with local garage ... More >>

Treasure Island Music Festival, Day One

It takes an iron will and a penchant for risk to submit to the risky calculus of the day-long music festival. In the weeks leading up to the Treasure Island Music Festival, there was no doubt that the lineup would yield something for just about any modern music fan from dreaded dubstep nodders to ho ... More >>

Just Tweet It

Wallpaper.’s Eric Frederic is an unstoppable viral music producer. But can the incessant songwriting, video blogging, and booty tweeting make him a star?

Wallpaper. and Das Racist get the dancefloor munchies

Dan Deacon brings a human element to spastic jams

Electronic acts trade laptops for live bands

The Teenagers: Scarlett Johansson songs make baby bands famous

Coachella 2008 Lineup Announced

Cook Kids, Cornelius, Cat Power and Om Make the SF Music Stream -- 01.16.07

Technicolor Schwarzenegger: Dan Deacon's new eyeball-scrambling DVD

Macworld, White Walls, And DJ Chad Muska - Your Monday Morning Hangover

Macworld, White Walls, And DJ Chad Muska - Your Monday Morning Hangover

Macworld, White Walls, And DJ Chad Muska - Your Monday Morning Hangover

Girl Talk Says Journey Is Big As They've Ever Been: Damn Right

Shearwater, Bebel Gilberto, Dan Deacon -- Plugged In: ASD's Live Music Picks, June 20

Last Night: Dan Deacon at Bottom of the Hill

Steely Dan

Wham City kingpin's fantastic electronic fireworks show