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OCDJ & Dan Deacon

WFMU DJ (listen), and member of the Baltimore scene that brought us the likes of Dan Deacon, Ecstatic Sunshine and The Deathset --> OCDJ is playing NYC this weekend - at least three times, and doing a set next week at Citysol as well.

OCDJ in NYC
Sat July 7 @ Asterisk Art Space, Brooklyn (FREE)
Sun July 8 @ McCarren Pool, Brooklyn w/ Dan Deacon & The Octopus Project (FREE)
Sun July 8 @ Death by Audio, Brooklyn w/ Dan Deacon
Sat July 14 @ Citysol, Manhattan w/ Les Savy Fav, Land of Talk, Besnard Lakes, O'Death, Budos Band, Frankpollis, etc (FREE)

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DOWNLOAD: Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat (MP3)

Further confirmation that Summer has started - the first free show at McCarren Pool in Williamsburg happens this Sunday (June 24) with Superchunk, Oakley Hall and +/-. Then just two weeks after that comes the one with The Octopus Project, Erase Errata, and Dan Deacon. That same night Dan is then playing a 2nd show in Brooklyn - @ Death By Audio - a venue located on 49 South 2nd - with OCDJ who is also DJing at McCarren Pool that day AND who is playing Citysol after Les Savy Fav.

Then Dan is coming back to NYC again in September - that time with Girl Talk, and that time at Webster Hall, and that time on a super-power-hip-tag-team tour, that, like Pitchfork said, is crazy-something like the pairing of Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem (except really Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem is kind of a little bit better because they don't just hit buttons and jump around - NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT - not to mention they'll be doing all that button pushing at Webster Hall - WHICH COULD BE OK - I mean both tours will be good in their own way I think...).

All tour dates below....

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DOWNLOAD: Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends (MP3)

I'm excited to finally get to announce the kick-ass FREE show I've been working on for months with the fine people at Solar One. Thanks also to everyone who got in touch and volunteered their band and/or time for this cause.

I told you to save the date, and here's why:

Brooklyn Vegan & Solar One present Citysol....
A FREE SHOW on SATURDAY JULY 14 (1pm-10pm) in NYC w/
* LES SAVY FAV (!!)
* Land Of Talk (previously announced)
* O'Death (yeah)
* The Besnard Lakes (previously announced)
* These Are Powers (ex-Liars)
* The Budos Band (funky)
* Frankpollis (starring Jackson)
* plus a very special performance from OCDJ (Dance Party until the solar goes out!)

@ Solar One at Stuyvesant Cove Park - located along the East River between 18th and 23rd Streets. Solar One sits in the north end of the park, near the 23rd Street entrance and the Gulf Gas station.

We're also co-sponsoring the free Menomena/Beat the Devil show at the Seaport the day before, and hosting an opening night party the night before that with DRAGONS OF ZYNTH, DJ Mistakes (bicycle-powered turntablism), and Brightside.

Some interesting facts about the show on the 14th:

• It is the same weekend as the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago - more reason to stay home.
• It is outside (please don't rain, please don't rain).
• It is one day before the free 'Ponderosa Stomp' show at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn
• The bands will be performing on a solar + biodiesel powered stage.
• It is one week before the free Siren Festival in Coney Island
• There will be art installations to look at, and a "green product marketplace" for you to buy stuff at.
• It will rock.

All festival details below.......

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