Thanks for tuning in to Public Education. We on indie1031.com every Sunday from 6-8 pm PST. If you were listening, then you were a witness to the Facebook marriage of Danny and myself. The first day of marriage is good and the beatings are sparse.
Reaching Quiet – At Home Costume: The Vowels
Blockhead – Which One Of Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer RENMINBI – Portland
Black Lips – The Drop I Hold feat. GZA
regal – Family of Bears Active Child – Wilderness
Fol Chen – In the Flesh
Papercuts – White are the Waves
I Am The Dot – Glacial Age feat. Boneless
Gza /Salvador Santana/Dan Deacon – Unity
U-God – Train Trussle Meho Plaza – The Beach
Groove Armada – Shameless (feat. Bryan Ferry)
Superhumanoids – Dangerous Strangers
Candy Claws – Lantern Fish
The Ruby Suns – Tane Mahuta
We’re emitting get well soon vibes your way Dan. Hope they get to you asap.
“about a week ago i started to feel a rather uncomfortable pain in the back of my left leg. at first it was only present when i was sitting but as time went on it started to get more and more painful when standing and eventually it hurt at all times, even when laying down. on wednesday evening the pain had come to a peak and it was impossible to bear and it was frightening, since i had no idea why this was happening. everyone i told about it said it sounded like bad Sciatica. anyway, it sucked major dick. i went to see a massage therapist and an acupuncturist. i tried booking an appointment with a chiropractor but none were available in Northampton, MA on short notice. the massage and acupuncture offered relief but within hours the pain came back and to a level i hadn’t reached yet. i bit the bullet and went to the ER, not knowing where else to go. they gave me some pain killers which helped to bring down the level of the throb. it was a bummer way to end a really awesome tour. everything was going really well and it was one of the most fun tours i had been on. i’m sure my back/leg will be back to normal soon after getting it properly checked out, working it out and getting some much needed rest. hopefully the 5 shows will be rescheduled ASAP.
i’ve been touring pretty nonstop for a long time now and that’s going to change. before spiderman of the rings came out i was taking much better care of my body and i wasn’t touring as much. i need to focus more on my health, which will lead to a clearer mind and a more focused music. i’m excited about the future and the various paths that are being presented ahead of me. i’m not sure what the future will bring but hopefully i’ll see you there.”
This past weekend saw the Bay at it’s best — and by best I mean it was like being cuddled up between two gigantic breasts and peacefully bounced to sleep, all the while looking up at this face that was far beyond any sort of physical beauty.
In case you don’t already know: Dan Deacon will take your idea of live music, light it on fire, and throw it out into the unexpected void beyond to fend for itself. Don’t walk into the show expecting anything because most likely whatever you would have expected will just be utterly trampled and ripped to shreds by the end of the night. And I mean that in the best way possible- just be a willing captive.
To make up for his cancellation at FYF Fest, Dan played the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock last Friday, October 17th along with Moses Campbell and Nuclear Power Pants. I almost gave in to my lazy side and didn’t go (Eagle Rock is no easy drive from the westside), but I just had these nagging feelings telling me if I didn’t go I would have the worst regrets. So off I went to probably the most incredible show I’ve been to this fall.
Another great week of new music. Check out those new WAVVES and HEALTH tracks at the top after the jump and don’t forget to download the artists for the party at Junction Block this Friday.
So as it turns out, Dan will be heading out to LA a little early. He’s supposed to come through in October but will be stopping through to support our state parks at FYF Fest. You can check out all his original dates here.
Check out out his new music video for “Paddling Ghost” after the jump featuring a Double Dee puppet!
Supp NY! This weekend is an outstanding practice in music that we love, so lets not get around to all that’s going on but clue you in on where we’ll be.
Saturday starts with a free performance of M. Ward, Mike Watt and Nels Cline at the Central Park Summerstage (gates open at 7) and rounds out with an APW afterparty featuring Tokyo Police Club and LA Riots. Flyer here, free with RSVP here. However, these events are repeatable which is why I’m going to be spending a chunk of my Saturday witnessing Merce Cunningham’s final piece, a site-specific work for Rockefeller Park in Lower Manhattan, as part of the River to River fest. The performance will take place at 6pm on Saturday, and again at 2 and 6pm on Sunday. Maybe hit up all three? More info here. A family movement workshop will also take place on both Saturday and Sunday at 4pm.
On Sunday JellyNYC boasts one of the most stellar shows of the summer at the Williamsburg Waterfront – a Round Robin with Dan Deacon (solo set), No Age, Deerhunter and probably some special guests. Lets just cross our fingers that this one doesn’t get rained out. Gates open at 3!
Not like we have enough great stuff from Portland, OR (i.e. Menomena, the Decemberist, YACHT, etc.), I got the pleasure of coming across one of Obey Your Brain’s newer additions, What’s Up. At a first encounter in Austin’s SXSW, we got a little preview of this uncanny trio at an off-by thrift store show. There, they opened up for FMLY FRNDS dd/mm/yyyy and Reverse X-Rays plus more, but when they came on, Cameron and I got to groovin’. This is the experimental music that you so much need. It’s sort of the way you want to wake up in the morning and the way you want to live throughout the day. It keeps me up, like any upper cannot.
Being a short-lived band collectively (formed in early 2008), we see that they are already causing a riff in our music scene by joining a label alongside acts like WHY?, Dan Deacon, Dntel and more. The way they perform is also a sight to be seen. The bassist remains sturdy at his bass, while both the drummer and guitarist pull out arms from nowhere to play their synths. This only adds the best of textures to the sound, performing not only as a “rock group, but also a production entity.”
Lucky for us all, they’ve got a record on the way to debut titled Content Imagination which is due out on May 19th of this year. And here’s your sneak peak to the album!
Photos: Yours Truly (Forgive some blur, it ’twas my first time)
Dan Deacon likes to fuck with people; Dan Deacon likes to help people. The paradox lying in the previous statement might not carry weight anywhere else other than the psychosomatic world of sonic recreation that Deacon has on a leash. From one angle, the man toys with the crowd and has disregarded the contextual English language for the more fun phonetical fantasies, while from the other angle I’ve never witnessed such a communal experience – Deacon thrives on this, destroying all inhibitions and parting the sea of people like an electronic Moses – more on that later. On Wednesday April 22, the Troubadour hosted Baltimore natives Teeth Mountain, Future Islands, and Dan Deacon with his ensemble, giving the sold out crowd more than they could have ever hoped.
I just got this one in the mail from the mysterious Philip Seymour Hoffman and it really couldn’t have come at a more exciting time. By now I’m sure that most of you have picked up Dan Deacon’s Bromst and have probably either worn the vinyl out, scratched the CD from bringing it car to car or have burnt out your computer from too many repeated plays. Needless to say, the album is inspiring, captivating from start to finish and a beautiful display of what happens when you get together with your FRNDS. Wham City, FMLY has always been full of huge appreciators and we always will be.
Back to PSH, this anonymous character sent over an arrangement of four parts from three Dan Deacon tracks off of Bromst with added keyboards and vocals. The outcome isn’t necessarily a rework as we saw with PSH’s take on Meals for Children’s “Geebot,” but a new perspective on a fresh album that is worth checking out.
Thank You Come Again
Lady Bird Lake Trail
March 20, 3PM
w/ dead gaze, easyboy, mistlefinger, big whup + pizza!, white fang, jonesin', tempo no tempo, dream panther
FMLY Group Hug
Dominican Joe, 515 South Congress
March 20, 8pm
w/ MillionYoung, Truman Peyote, Michael Parallax, Wampire, Idiot Glee, I Am The Dot, Magic Man, Philip Seymour Hoffman fbook event
Los Angeles
FMLY RIDE
WESTSIDE and EASTSIDE
March 13th 2010
The Entrance Band, Insects vs. Robots, Rumspringa, Las Cafeteras, The Light Rays, 60-Watt Kid, DJDT, Hiking, Neon Navajo fbook event
Thank you, Come Again
March 13th 2010
Romulus, Gabriela Maia, Stellaluna, Little Smoke, Good News Reporting, Presstones, More TBA fbook event
Drawlings
McWorld
March 24th Evan Voytas, WAMPIRE, Battlehooch, Pizza! + Afterparty for Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) and The Hood Internet
McWorld
March 25th Fbook event
FMLY RIDE
April 3rd 2010
Dinowalrus, Tempo No Tempo
May 1
Santa Cruz
FMLY RIDE
April 3rd 2010
Pacific and Water
Boston
FMLY / Breakfast of Champs Fest
PPALMM's Chinatown Loft
April 16
New York
FMLY / Breakfast of Champs Fest
April 18
Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) & Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Knitting Factory
April 24 fbook event
IcyDemons, Truman Peyote, Trouble Books
Glasslands
May 2
San Francisco
Thank you Come Again
The Neighbors, Wes Leslie, Shaw, Maus Haus, Mistlefinger, Goliath the Giver
March 21st
Dolores Park f book event
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