There’s this video of Baltimore outsider electronic composer Dan Deacon performing on WSAV, Savannah, Ga.’s NBC affiliate. On a morning news program, Deacon’s standing behind a table covered with ...

Dan Deacon has just released a new song, “Change Yourself,” which he originally wrote for the Adult Swim series Off the Air. Explains Dan: Sometime in late 2015 a good friend and long time ...

Boardroom sits down with the Task composer to unpack his path from Pitchfork’s Best New Music to shaping one of the year’s standout shows. Now, collaboration is a key part of his work. He's one of the ...

Don’t confuse this post with coverage of the 2008 Bang on a Can Marathon. In no way are we trying to say Dan Deacon is more important than anyone else that played during the twelve hour concert. It’s ...

The Baltimore Orioles caught some fans by surprise during a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by electronic musician Dan Deacon. Perhaps the folks at Camden Yards should have given those ...

Dan Deacon does not fear death—on the enigmatic songwriter’s first single off his forthcoming record, Mystic Familiar, Deacon greets it with wonder. “Sat by a Tree” looks at the inherent beauty of ...

Dan Deacon released a new album, Mystic Familiar, at the end of January 2020, less than two months before the pandemic took hold and put a stop to all concerts and festivals. This fall Deacon will ...

The first night of Dan Deacon’s first lengthy U.S. tour in about three years got off to a shaky start last night at the Beachland Ballroom. Deacon, an electronica artist out of Baltimore, began the 90 ...

A crowd at a live show usually plays a certain role. Audience members are in the dark, staring 20 degrees up at the musician. Those closer to the front say that they can feel it more if their chests ...

If you’re going to see Dan Deacon at ArtsRiot in Burlington this Friday, April 18, don’t forget to turn your phone … on? In what is either a stroke of technological evil genius or fallout from the ...

We live! We die! We live again! There's something remarkably pointed about the War Boys' rallying cry from Mad Max: Fury Road. Their goal was Valhalla, sat at the table of a megalomaniac hopped up on ...

Musician Dan Deacon is an experimental music guru who is revered as a voice of unbridled abandon and creativity. His live shows are full of childlike energy, as he allows the audience to crowd as ...