Sharon Van Etten, The Shins, Diamond Rugs and More Added to SXSW Lineup
Creating even more of a buzz around the event, the latest additions to SXSW 2012 include Sharon Wan Etten, The Shins, Best Coast, Japandroids, Caveman, Deerhoof, Diamond Rugs, Matthew Dear and many more. read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to Deerhoof and David Bazan's Collaboration
Deerhoof released a song from another collaborative split 7” series. This time around, the San Francisco-based trio called upon David Bazan of Pedro the Lion fame for a release called DeerBazan. read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhoof to Release Limited Edition 7-Inch with David Bazan
San Francisco-based experimental rock trio Deerhoof has recently begun a new series of collaborations in which a special guest artist sings his or her original lyrics over instrumental versions of Deerhoof songs, with each end result being released as an exclusive 7-inch record limited to 2,000 copies. read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhoof Releases Free Live Album
Deerhoof, who released their excellent album Deerhoof vs. Evil early this year, released a free downloadable live album today on the website. All of the songs are from their recent tour, named after their newest album and still continuing. As a band known for their energetic live presence, this is what fans have been anticipating for quite some time now. Did we mention it was free? read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhoof Release Single with Jeff Tweedy and Sons
If you haven’t been keeping up with the experimental rockers of Deerhoof, their latest project has them enlisting various artists to sing over instrumental versions of songs from their last LP, Deerhoof vs. Evil. Past collaborations have included Busdriver and Xiu Xiu, but this latest entry features some quality father-son bonding.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsExplosions in The Sky, Deerhoof Head Pygmalion 2011 Lineup
While Lollapalooza and Pitchfork dominate all the festival headlines in the great state of Illinois, there’s a whole bunch of other notable festivals worth checking out —including Champaign-Urbana’s very own Pygmalion Music Festival. The four-day event, which will take place for its seventh year on Sept. 21-24, will feature the likes of Explosions in the Sky, Braid, Toro Y Moi, Deerhoof, Japandroids, Xiu Xiu, Starfucker, Owen and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeerhoof Photos - Seattle, WA
Photos by Chona Kasinger read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsDeerhoof: Deerhoof vs. Evil
Deerhoof never ceases to amaze. The band strikes a near-perfect balance between oddball accessibility and brazenly challenging their listeners to accept new and jarring sounds. The key word here is balance, between opposing forces: the past and the future, the human and the mechanical, the male and the female, the composed and the improvised, the crystalline and the obscured, the assonant and the dissonant. So it’s funny, and a bit ironic, that the band named its new album Deerhoof vs. Evil, as if its sound was merely a stand-in for the powers of “good,” when really it’s a much more all-encompassing blend of Yang and Yin. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsMisra Records Relaunches, Releases 15 Free Tracks
Venerable indie-rock imprint Misra Records has announced that it is now under the management of Misra partner and Southeast Engine drummer Leo DeLuca. In honor of the relaunch, Misra is offering its Misra Legacy Compilation Volume I, featuring songs hand-picked by members of Deer Tick, Drive By Truckers, Deerhoof and more.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsCatching Up With... Deerhoof
“The four of us are so different from each other, our backgrounds and our musical taste, it’s almost a joke that we’re in the same band...” read more
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