Dan Deacon: "Get Old" & "Okie Dokie"

I am not going to kid you with this one. The music of Dan Deacon is not that accessible - it is just really stinking weird. Now before you brush of this post and just move on to people.com or facebook you have to understand the context of this music - this music is made for a live club scene where dancing is involved. Weird dancing, but none the less dancing just the same. Mr. Deacon is releasing a new album next month which is far more accessible to most people than any of his previous works. Here is a great, be it redundant, track from this album entitled Bromst (don't bother looking it up it is a word he made up).

It sounds like a sound orgy for sure. It is exciting and vibrant material crafted from the cold software world of synthesizers, computers, and modulators. Here is a track of his new album, "Get Old."

Dan Deacon - "Get Old"

There is also another track off an older album of his which has caught my attention. It is entitled "Okie Dokie" and I have found it to be absolutely amazing. I'm not going to lie it blew my mind a little bit. No here is the thing. Below I have posted the music video for the song. There is also a really good live version you can find below it (way even better than the studio version in my opnion), however be for warned there is a string of expletives so offensive, so profane to some (ok, most) before the song begins that some of your grandmothers will roll over in their graves. I am not kidding you. If you do choose to listen to these songs - pump up the volume and dance!

Dan Deacon - "Okie Dokie"

(flip the High Quality Switch on this one)

LISTEN AT YOUR OWN RISK - (or fast forward to at least 0:20)

Dan Deacon - "Okie Dokie"

Hercules And Love Affair: "Time Will" & "Blind"

Here is a cool one. This bands debut album is pretty awesome. This song it ridiculously catchy to me. In a cool sort of sultry kinda way. This stuff really appeals to my discotech cravings. The vocals kinda remind me a bit of Morrissey - and I don't mean that in a bad way - The Smiths are awesome. I hope you like it. Great driving music.

Hercules And Love Affair - "Time Will"

Hercules And Love Affair - "Blind"

M83: "Don't Save Us From the Flames" & "We Own the Sky"

I heard this band few years ago and had since almost forgotten them. Recently I was once again reminded of them and I since been listening to them almost everyday. What is really cool about M83 is that their music feels like come straight out of the 80's and I mean that in a good way, not cheese 80's pop like Paula Abdul, but the good stuff. They have carried on the torch of 80's dream pop. This French band has been around since around 2001 and have produced a number of great songs since their conception. Here are a few of my favorites from one of their older albums, Before the Dawn Heals Us, and then their most recent one, Saturday = Youth. Instantly wicked.

M83 - "Don't Save Us From the Flames"
from the Album "Before the Dawn Heals Us"

M83 - "We Own the Sky" from the Album "Saterday = Youth"