The 15 Best Electropop Albums of 2020
The electropop universe was vast in 2020 with brilliant newish acts emerging, and experimentalists pushing the music forward. Meanwhile, a few legends returned to show us all how it's really done.
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Dan Deacon – “Fell Into the Ocean” (Singles Going Steady)
On "Fell Into the Ocean", Baltimore electropop producer Dan Deacon teaches us that you can make anything a fortune cookie if you try hard enough.
Dan Deacon Creates Shimmering, Welcoming Electropop on ‘Mystic Familiar’
Mystic Familiar keeps Dan Deacon's signature musical appeal while utilizing a few new tools. The album delivers on the camaraderie and musicianship you expect from the Baltimore producer.
The 10 Best Electronic Albums of 2009
Revisiting our best electronic albums from 2009, we find these records have stood the test of time.
The 60 Best Albums of 2009
PopMatters turns 20 years old this October and we're beginning to celebrate our history by taking you back in time a decade ago. Obama was in the White House and the musical times were very good indeed. Revisit 2009 through its best albums.
Dan Deacon: Rat Film
For an artist like Dan Deacon so intensely involved with constant maximalism at the expense of almost all other endeavors, this is a left turn.
Maximalism, Not Nihilism: Electronic Composer Dan Deacon on the Necessity of Creating
Dan Deacon talks with PopMatters about the 10th anniversary of Spiderman of the Rings, Ultimate Reality, and his original soundtrack for Rat Film.
Matmos: Ultimate Care II
If there is a pair of artists out there who can "play" a washing machine, it's Matmos.
Learning to Relax: An Interview with Dan Deacon
The world's most popular Wham City wonk who transcended his viral video notoriety to make transcendent pop music loves Less Than Jake. He also has a stress addiction, and his new album Gliss Riffer all stems from, of all things, a mixtape.
Dan Deacon: Gliss Riffer
Gliss Riffer is by far Deacon's most successful and accessible full-length thus far, but it's just shy of being a masterpiece.