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By Erik Maza and The Baltimore Sun | December 13, 2011
Dan Deacon, Celebration and Matmos are playing the Ottobar Friday. The show was posted on the Ottobar's website in late October , but Friends Records' tumblr clarified Monday that the show would mark the debut of a new Dan Deacon ensemble. Deacon will now be performing alongside Denny Bowen ( Double Dagger 's former drummer), Dave Jacober (of Dope Body), Chester Gwazda (who produced "Bromst"), and Jordan Casey. Deacon's promoting several re-releases: "Meetle Mice," "Silly Hat vs. Eagle Hat," and "Spiderman of the Rings.
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By Wesley Case | March 22, 2011
This clip from last month's Head 2 Head Transmodern Festival is mostly typical Dan Deacon live fare — sped-up, indistinguishable vocals, sweaty kids participating in a dance-off, enough energy to make a bull's heart stop. But it's also sweet in an unexpected way: Deacon, perhaps our city's most famous connection to Francis Ford Coppola , debuts a new song (which momentarily sounded like an AT&T ad) for his girlfriend Stefani. When it's over, he explains he began writing the song on her last birthday but never finished until a couple days ago. A song that took a year to write?
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By Erik Maza and The Baltimore Sun | September 20, 2011
Another day, another Wale concert. The Washington rapper, who just opened for Lupe Fiasco at Merriweather, and who'll perform at Morgan State's homecoming next month, announced a third regional date for this Fall. He'll perform at the Fillmore Silver Spring October 22. Tickets, at $31, go on sale Friday. Also doubling up on shows is Sting. This guy, who's out plugging a new 25th anniversary greatest hits collection, was scheduled to perform October 29 at DAR Constitution Hall.
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By Erik Maza and The Baltimore Sun | October 27, 2011
Erykah Badu will perform at Rams Head Live December 2 , it was announced Wednesday. Consider that an early Christmas present. Badu puts on an exceptional show, clever, iconoclastic, a blast . She's promoting her two-part album, "New Amerikah," whose second half was released in Spring of last year. You might have seen " Window Seat " already, give the tender "Out of my Mind" a try. Tickets, at $75, go on sale Friday. Also December 2, J. Roddy Walston and the Business, fresh from a bunch of festival dates, like All Good in West Virginia , will perform at the Ottobar.
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By Rashod D. Ollison and Rashod D. Ollison,rashod.ollison@baltsun.com | April 2, 2009
By the time Dan Deacon released Spiderman of the Rings, his 2007 national critical breakthrough, he had already established himself as a manic performer. His reputation stretched well beyond his base in Baltimore. The success of the album, which garnered kudos from Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, brought on more opportunities to tour. Soon, thousands of artsy hipster types across the country filled Deacon's shows, where he often shunned the stage, turning his performances into goofy participatory events.
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By Erik Maza, The Baltimore Sun | January 12, 2011
Francis Ford Coppola must be listening to Baltimore electronic music at his California vineyard. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker of the "Godfather" movies tapped local musician Dan Deacon to score his upcoming movie, "Twixt Now and Sunrise," which stars Val Kilmer and Elle Fanning. Deacon, who was classically trained at the State University of New York at Purchase, is now better known for founding the artists' collective Wham City in Baltimore and making hyperkinetic dance music.