Dan Deacon explosion
Press coverage usually comes in spurts. Right now, the music press is fixated on at least one member of the Baltimore arts and cultural collective Wham City: electro-composer Dan Deacon.
Deacon has recently made the New York Times, Spin, Rolling Stone, the LA Times and the front page of YouTube. Finally! He's one of the most colorful musicians (and crazy dancers) in the city.
At last check, the music video for "The Crystal Cat" had topped more than 185,000 views. It's off his most recent album, Spiderman of the Rings. Deacon, who is classically trained, once told me he tries to make music that he thinks he would have liked as a 5-year-old. This video is by fellow Wham City member Jimmy Joe Roche.
Warning: This video could potentially induce seizures, as demonstrated here.
I've been The Baltimore Sun's nightlife and local entertainment reporter for a couple years, and it's surprising how much the scene has grown in that time. Most of Baltimore's bars and clubs are unpretentious places with fairly cheap drinks and plenty of character. I like dancing and think this city needs more clubs, but nothing beats having a cold, locally brewed beer with friends in a comfortably full corner bar.
