Dan Deacon

Photos: Arcade Fire @ the United Center (Chicago), 08/26/14

Arcade Fire casted their reflection on Chicago's United Center Tuesday evening.

Better than dating: Adult Swim’s Singles Program returns

Adult Swim's summer Singles Program is back, and it's bringing you 15 weeks of (good) free music.

Cannibalism, butcher knives, and rock music with Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks

Avey Tare of Animal Collective is heading out on a mini-tour with a three-piece, collectively dubbed Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,…

Dessa, Dan Deacon, Sharon Van Etten, Brokeback to play Chicago’s free downtown concert series

Chicago has announced the artists for its free summer concert series in Millennium Park, Downtown Sound and Loops and Variations.…

So you like parties, boats, comedy, and music…all in one place?

The Atlantic Ocean Comedy & Music Festival has been announced for Sept. 13-16. With comedians and musicians including Marc Maron,…

Interview: Dan Deacon on the importance (or lack thereof) of formal music education

Dan Deacon, electronic music auteur and one-man dance party who has a degree in being a one-man dance party, thinks…

ALARM’s 50 Favorite Albums of 2012

Another year, another torrential downpour of albums across our desks. As always, we encountered way too much amazing music, from…

Review: Matmos’s The Ganzfeld EP

As a collection of songs, The Ganzfeld EP requires a unique brand of curiosity. Hear a sample of how experimental…

Review: Dan Deacon’s America

Split into halves, Dan Deacon’s America is part adventurous noise pop and part string-infused electro masterpiece. Its four-part closer is…

Contest: Win two three-day passes to Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival

ALARM is giving away two pairs of three-day passes to the electronically inclined North Coast Music Festival here in Chicago,…

ALARM Magazine is back! Download free July/August issue for iPad

ALARM Magazine is back! Get a free iPad download of our July/August issue, featuring Omar Rodriguez Lopez of The Mars…

Dan Deacon returns with America this August

Quirky dance composer Dan Deacon will release America, his first album in three years, on 8/28 via Domino. Listen to…