Next month marks the 20th anniversary of DFA Records' first two releases, which were The Rapture’s “House of Jealous Lovers” and The Juan MacLean’s “By the Time I Get to Venus." And that calls for one big indie-sleaze celebration. The label took to Instagram and shared news of a party presented by Carhartt at Brooklyn's Knockdown Center on March 26.
"Anniversaries, schmaniversaries," the post reads. "But given everything we’ve all collectively been through, this feels like a plausible excuse to throw a party. So that’s what we’re doing. It’s kind of a return to the bad-idea, over-ambitious DFA parties of yore, with 3 rooms full of DJs and bands, label family, friends old and new, fellow travelers, plus ones who wish they were at some other party, and all of you wonderful people who have supported us throughout the years."
The lineup includes James Murphy, Black Dice, The Juan MacLean, Nancy Whang, Museum of Love, and Tyler Pope. Tickets for the event will go on sale this Friday, February 18.
And some advice from the label if you plan on attending: "Pace yourselves. Bring a buddy. Don’t fight the current. Blow a whistle and signal to the lifeguard. Hold my hair."
