Dan Deacon + John Maus

Hudson River Park’s River Rocks series presents a sharp pairing of avant-pop Clark Kents: two dudes whose nerdy academic backgrounds haven’t stopped them from earning honorary degrees in DIY party-rocking. After spending his spring ensconced in the classical realm—including a Carnegie Hall appearance as part of the American Mavericks series—Deacon’s sure to be up for some of his patented audience-marshaling escapades, egged on by Maus’s frenetic, synth-fueled tantrums.