Pitchfork

Since the tragic death of Wesley Willis, the indie world has longed for some uninhibited, outsider, music-making type to melt our hearts with bizarre referential antics and drive us completely batty with relentless childlike sonics-- and that somebody is upon us.

Dan Deacon is his name. He's just signed to Carpark, he has an LP called Spiderman of the Rings out May 8 (and some reissues as well), and he's out there right now, terrorizing the status quo with his own bonkers brand of electronic pop.

Deacon has tacked a whole mess of dates onto his tour since we last reported, including a couple with similarly spastic Girl Talk, and quite a few with road warriors ADULT. and Parts & Labor. Catch him before he's the next Death Cab for Cutie.

Deacon preaches:

03-30 Richmond, IN - Earlham College *
03-31 Chicago, IL - Shape Shoppe
04-01 Cincinnati, OH - Skull Lab
04-02 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College
04-06 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar #
04-13 Jacksonville, FL - TSI ^%
04-14 Orlando, FL - Back Booth ^%
04-17 New Orleans, LA - House of Blue ^%
04-18 Houston, TX - Mink ^%
04-19 San Antonio, TX - Rock Bottom ^%
04-20 Austin, TX - Emo's ^%
04-21 Denton, TX - Hailey's ^%
04-27 Baltimore, MD - Floristree Space
05-03 Brooklyn, NY - Raven's Den
05-04 Providence, RI - The Living Room #
05-10 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
05-11 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
05-12 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
05-25 Greensboro, NC - Two Art Chicks
05-26 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
05-27 Asheville, NC - Harvest Records
05-28 Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light
05-29 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Café
05-30 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
05-31 Savannah, GA - The Jinx
06-01 Jacksonville, FL - TSI
06-02 Orlando, FL - Back Booth
06-04 Tampa, FL - New World Brewery
06-06 Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar
06-07 Hattiesburg, MS - Thristy Hippo
06-09 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
06-10 Houston, TX - Mink
06-12 Austin, TX - Emo's
06-13 Dallas, TX - The Cavern
06-21 Sacramento, CA - Fool's Foundation

* with Video Hippos
# with Girl Talk
^ with ADULT.
% with Parts & Labor