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submitted by Nick Dec 11th 2008 12:00 am (stereogum.com)
As a "thank you" to fans for supporting their video-rich 10th album Offend Maggie, and as a promotional tie-in to get the word out to those who haven't, Deerhoof have made one of its tracks "My Purple Past" available as a lossless .wav file. (Come to think of it, Offend Maggie was shutout of the 2008 Gummys. Strange? Or not so strange?) The song was handpicked by Greg Saunier. Satomi created dog art for the moment (see above). Take a listen and see if your keen (dog) ears can pick up some new subtleties.
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submitted by Nick Oct 10th 2008 11:00 am (www.pitchforkmedia.com)
After steadily growing more accessible over the past few years, quintessential art-rock band Deerhoof have added a new guitarist and here take the songwriting tricks of their recent albums and apply them to a raw rock aesthetic.read more
As the release date of Deerhoof's tenth album approached, the band flooded us with Offend Maggie material. A week and change ago we talked about the fully realized post-sheet music "Fresh Born." Before that Satomi and Greg harmonized about phone calls and unrequited love on "Offend Maggie" and even earlier, the group showed us "The Tears And Mu...
Kind of a Day of the Dead feel to Clyde Petersen-directed animated this clip for Offend Maggie's "Chandelier Searchlight". There's some robot dude, lots of bones, skies filled with crows, and other assorted harbingers of doom. An mp3 of the track is also available.MP3:> Deerhoof: "Chandelier Searchlight"[from Offend Maggie; out now in the...
submitted by Nick Oct 3rd 2008 12:00 am (www.artistdirect.com)
Over the past decade, Deerhoof have established themselves as an inimitable voice in indie music without glomming onto a single aesthetic. Their albums are akin to a shed skin; each record preserves a snapshot of the band's sound while signifying that they've already outgrown it and moved onto
submitted by Nick Jul 29th 2008 07:00 pm (www.artistdirect.com)
Several sequencing changes later—including a scrapped two-act version—Deerhoof have finally determined the tracklisting for its new disc, Offend Maggie. Due out October 7 through Kill Rock


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