With temperatures soaring dangerously close to triple digits, Baltimore’s reigning electro-king, Dan Deacon, brought the pool to an absolute frenzy with a rousing (albeit short) set this afternoon @ Brooklyn’s McCarren Park.
With an iPod shuffle, mini-keyboard and myriad other beat-ready devices in tow, Dan’s unique dance/shout-friendly tunes generated the most smiles, cheers and dance-offs I’ve seen at a live gig in quite some time.
San Francisco-based trio, Erase Errata, took to the stage shortly after Dan Deacon somewhere in the neighborhood of 5pm. The post-punkers put on an impressive show, which – in all honesty – would have probably sounded even stronger if it had not been immediately following Dan’s positively mesmerizing set. Learn more about Erase Errata here at the band’s MySpace page.
DJing for the better part of the day was UK sensation, Mark Ronson. I am not extremely familiar with his recorded material but his back-to-back-to-back punch of Radiohead’s ‘Just’ + Amy Winehouse’s ‘You Know I’m No Good’ alongside Britney’s ‘Toxic’ scored himself some major points in my book today. Kudos!
The buzz is growing exponentially for reigning electro king, Baltimore-based Dan Deacon. Check out the clip below for ‘Crystal Cat’, from his blog-loved and critically acclaimed LP, Spiderman Of The Rings. Love, hate or confused? I think I fit into all those categories.
For more videos and random other tomfoolery, check out Dan Deacon on MySpace here.