One could argue that the music of Deerhoof is all about the details. If so, this video, one in a series by friends of the band, is well-suited to their aesthetic. Directed by Sara Magenheimer and Eben Portnoy of Flying, the clip for the Offend Maggie track depicts life under a microscope, and stars, per the YouTube notes, "A cast of non-actors i...

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...

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