Deerhoof??

"Criminals of the Dream" is greattt

Probably the best thing they've done since Offend Maggie imo. But like all Deerhoof albums there are a few standouts and a few tracks that I don't strongly dislike but could happily live without.

The Balter/Saunier thing is pretty great.

new single is bliss

https://famousclass.bandcamp.com/album/i-thought-we-were-friends

Yeah we talked about it some on Rolling Indie Pop Rock last summer, and I'm still digging it:

Just finished my first listen to Deerhoof's The Magic. 15 tracks in 40' 29", and I know I haven't taken it all in, but plenty instant gratification---"Plastic Thrills" could've been the fitting title track---and I love the drumming throughout.

― dow, Saturday, June 25, 2016 2:11 PM (three months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, ive never been a huge Deerhoof guy but i thought that new one sounded great...for the band's fans, is this their most "accessible"? or no?

― alpine static, Saturday, June 25, 2016

i saw them in berlin a while ago and i didn't appreciate the concert. very repetitive noisy short tracks which felt like sketches not like complete songs. the dynamic japanese singer with all her gestures towards the audience was quite funny. if these people master their instruments they were very successful in hiding it.

Surprised to hear that. Saunier is a great drummer

I'm surprised too. I've seen them 2 or 3 times and they're always really on point and excellent players

Just discovered that Saunier and Satomi are married

was kinda thrown by the new vocals (Ed Rodriguez?), on a few tracks on The Magic... makes their music sound more generic somehow.

or it's the songs themselves (structure, riffage etc.) that sounded generic.. on those songs where Ed (?) sings

Just discovered that Saunier and Satomi are married

― calstars, Friday, October 21, 2016 3:59 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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Many of these tracks have classic rock nods, def. But it's not a bad thing. They do it rly well.

"Criminals of the Dream" is greattt
― calstars, Monday, July 4, 2016 8:19 PM (three months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

My favorite 🌟🌟🌟

lol at anyone being surprised by alex in mainhattan's incredibly poor judgement re: music quality

new album is excellent, I play a track or two every week on my radio show since it's in rotation

https://youtu.be/1Q2g3Fo2A7k

Life is Suffering - i keep coming back to this track

still think this album holds up

still haven't given it (The Magic) a thorough listen/rinsing. Breakup Song still holds up w/its high energy and novel hooks throughout--it's super concise, and it bangs. they've quite an impressive run of albums. i read somewhere that they recorded The Runners Four live, w/minimal post-production (additional layering etc.).. can anyone confirm that?

https://youtu.be/mJLLW8Ye7tI

Deerhoof - Mirror Monster (Official Video)

beautiful track and video

new single rules

Thank god they're playing dh at the bar

https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/mountain-moves-3

their best album since friend opportunity imo

Damn, that's high praise!

Just got my copy the other day, listened to it 3-4 times yesterday. Listening now... it's not as immediate as The Magic, which I thought was their best record in years, but it's really, really great, and already growing on me. The guest features are really something else though - never thought I would hear Jenn Wasner or Laetitia Sadier on a Deerhoof record, but of course it makes perfect sense now. I think for the past couple years they've generally been on a roll that's so far matching what they did at the height of their rock powers in the mid-00s. I bought the Joyful Noise wooden box collection thing or whatever, and I've been getting LPs and tapes in the mail as part of it: side-projects, different configurations, covers, experiments. All really great stuff. We should do another album poll in a month or two, last one was in 2009 and Reveille won (????????).

It's certainly their most pointedly political record ever. Reading the lyrics is a bit shocking.

man, this record really is something else. just stunning. i am so glad this band exists and continues to make work this good

Excited to hear this!

Agree - seems very consistent and "melodically interesting" fwiw

Greg and Satomi are the fleetwood and macVie of today

staples singers cover is nice. march each and every day

closing with a cover of Small Axe is really sweet

I don't dislike this album but it seems uncharacteristically straightforward and un-wacky for them!

what did you think of The Magic? I thought that was a turning point for them - straightforward like you said, but the songwriting is so strong & they've really mastered their studio process. "Criminals of the Dream," "Acceptance Speech," and "Debut" are all excellent. If anything I thought some of their early '10s albums were too wacky/contrived.

It felt like a return to, like, Apple 'O type stuff. I liked it! It was still wacky but less wacky than some of the prior ones. I think the the last one I deeply loved was La Isla Bonita

Listened to this interview with Greg recently:
https://soundcloud.com/thewanderingwolf/124-greg-saunier-deerhoof

Cool to know that he's still recording the band on essentially the same gear as the older albums and that he doesn't feel like he knows what he's doing, very relatable.

sweet, thanks for sharing that - i love his interviews

new album seems extremely good especially "farewell" symphony and o ye saddle babes

a little deerhoof goes a long way for me, but I've liked a little of it at a time for so long now, and it makes me happy to know that they're always out there doing that deerhoof thing, making that deerhoof music, apparently selling enough of it to those crazy deerhoof lifers to keep that deerhoof music machine well oiled and properly maintained and year after year pumping out that quality deerhoof music product for the kids

got the record in the mail yesterday

xp I think that a lot too, actually. I really really like them a lot, I wouldn't say they're my FAVORITE band, but they are possibly the band I have the greatest amount of respect and admiration for

but sadly I think this new album is their first ever where I'm just like.... eh

Maybe the just-announced live album w/ Wadada Leo Smith will relight the fire!

Damn I'm in like a minute in and ready to cry

great news, i loved the 2016 release. band i like most that i haven't managed to see live yet

Amazing live band. Possibly they release albums a bit too often, they never go away long enough that you wonder what happened to them. And maybe they should record in a recording studio some times.

lost touch with them a little in recent years but it's always comforting to know they are out there

they have a totally original voice musically how many bands can claim that?

one of those bands that's underrated bc they've been around a long time, kind of stick to the same sound, and put out an album every year or so, but they obviously rule. i don't listen to everything they put out but every time i do i'm like wow there are some great jams on here

this album is really good

Greg Saunier is a great producer though, every record he touches sounds great. I mean Deerhoof gets pretty baroque, it's not like they've been slumming it with garage rock for 15+ years.

If there's one thing that bothers me most about music fans and critics in particular is that bands like Deerhoof, that stick around and consistently put out good or great albums, are neglected and even slighted for DOING EXACTLY THAT. and it always happens, you will miss them when they are gone! it's just buying into a narrative or career arc rock fantasy that is so long dead. Xiu Xiu get treated the same way and it sucks.

live streaming new covers album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmCbec2CA34

current track is a mashup of knight rider theme with satomi reading bits from raymond scott jingles + flourishes from indeterminate mauricio kagel scores > 'electric avenue' & two seconds of gary numan's 'cars' segueing immediately into beach boys' 'wonderful' juxtaposed with oliveros & evidently, in a few seconds, 'rainbow connection'