"Criminals of the Dream" is greattt
― calstars, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
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.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 18:34 (seven years ago) link
new single is bliss
https://famousclass.bandcamp.com/album/i-thought-we-were-friends
― calstars, Friday, 21 October 2016 00:43 (seven years ago) link
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
― dow, Friday, 21 October 2016 01:15 (seven years ago) link
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.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 21 October 2016 13:25 (seven years ago) link
Surprised to hear that. Saunier is a great drummer
― calstars, Friday, 21 October 2016 13:33 (seven years ago) link
I'm surprised too. I've seen them 2 or 3 times and they're always really on point and excellent players
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 21 October 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
Just discovered that Saunier and Satomi are married
― calstars, Friday, 21 October 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
was kinda thrown by the new vocals (Ed Rodriguez?), on a few tracks on The Magic... makes their music sound more generic somehow.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 21 October 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
or it's the songs themselves (structure, riffage etc.) that sounded generic.. on those songs where Ed (?) sings
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 21 October 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
― calstars, Friday, October 21, 2016 3:59 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
!
― flappy bird, Friday, 21 October 2016 20:25 (seven years ago) link
Many of these tracks have classic rock nods, def. But it's not a bad thing. They do it rly well.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Saturday, 22 October 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
"Criminals of the Dream" is greattt― calstars, Monday, July 4, 2016 8:19 PM (three months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
My favorite 🌟🌟🌟
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Saturday, 22 October 2016 01:51 (seven years ago) link
lol at anyone being surprised by alex in mainhattan's incredibly poor judgement re: music quality
― sleeve, Saturday, 22 October 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
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
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 22 October 2016 03:21 (seven years ago) link
still think this album holds up
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 22 October 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
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?
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 22 October 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/mJLLW8Ye7tI
Deerhoof - Mirror Monster (Official Video)
beautiful track and video
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 22 October 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link
new single rules
― flappy bird, Monday, 7 November 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
Thank god they're playing dh at the bar
― calstars, Tuesday, 8 November 2016 03:05 (seven years ago) link
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/mountain-moves-3
their best album since friend opportunity imo
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Friday, 1 September 2017 00:02 (six years ago) link
Damn, that's high praise!
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 1 September 2017 01:34 (six years ago) link
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 (????????).
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 September 2017 22:54 (six years ago) link
It's certainly their most pointedly political record ever. Reading the lyrics is a bit shocking.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 September 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link
man, this record really is something else. just stunning. i am so glad this band exists and continues to make work this good
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link
Excited to hear this!
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 7 September 2017 01:47 (six years ago) link
Agree - seems very consistent and "melodically interesting" fwiw
― calstars, Saturday, 9 September 2017 00:20 (six years ago) link
Greg and Satomi are the fleetwood and macVie of today
― calstars, Saturday, 9 September 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
staples singers cover is nice. march each and every day
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 10 September 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
closing with a cover of Small Axe is really sweet
― flappy bird, Sunday, 10 September 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
I don't dislike this album but it seems uncharacteristically straightforward and un-wacky for them!
― northwest pass-agg (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 00:25 (six years ago) link
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.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 00:38 (six years ago) link
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
― northwest pass-agg (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 00:53 (six years ago) link
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.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 14:25 (six years ago) link
sweet, thanks for sharing that - i love his interviews
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
new album seems extremely good especially "farewell" symphony and o ye saddle babes
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Friday, 29 May 2020 09:39 (three years ago) link
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
― the burrito that defined a generation, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:59 (three years ago) link
got the record in the mail yesterday
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 05:47 (three years ago) link
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
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 12:43 (three years ago) link
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!
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Thursday, 18 June 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
Damn I'm in like a minute in and ready to cry
― flappy bird, Thursday, 18 June 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
great news, i loved the 2016 release. band i like most that i haven't managed to see live yet
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 18 June 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
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.
― 29 facepalms, Thursday, 18 June 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
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?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 June 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
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
― na (NA), Thursday, 18 June 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
this album is really good
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 18 June 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
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.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 18 June 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
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'
― Milton Parker, Monday, 28 September 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link