January 25, 2011 - Try to count the number of identifiable musical styles layered and abutting one another on the opening number of Deerhoof's 11th album, yet another chapter in this San Francisco outfit's desire to marry the comfortable and the chaotic.
October 17, 2008 - The only thing even remotely offensive about Deerhoof's latest studio set, "Offend Maggie," might be the album's cover art. Created by Japanese surrealist Tomoo Gokita, the shirtless, faceless man portrayed in the image prompts an ooky shudder, a macabre dance of the mundane not unlike watching Michael Jackson walk around Disneyland with a face mask and surgical gloves.
July 30, 2008 - Artsy indie rockers Deerhoof have lined up a headlining tour this fall to coincide with the forthcoming release of the band's next studio album, "Offend Maggie."
September 12, 2007 - Indie rockers Deerhoof set out for a quick headlining tour this fall, with the band continuing to support its most recent full-length effort, January's "Friend Opportunity."
January 23, 2007 - Deerhoof takes the components of your favorite music--the riffs, the beats, the melodies, the sheer pleasure of the human spirit in full cry--and rearranges the audio furniture into something new and unusual.
December 21, 2006 - Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Deerhoof and Silversun Pickups are among the acts named to perform during the Feb. 10 Plug Independent Music Awards show in New York.
December 5, 2006 - Indie-rockers Deerhoof have put the finishing touches on their latest album, "Friend Opportunity," and will launch a major US tour immediately after the set's Jan. 23 release.
September 20, 2006 - Indie-rock sibling duo The Fiery Furnaces will head back out on the road in October fora little more than two weeks of newly scheduled dates in support of their recent "Bitter Tea" album.
April 24, 2006 - The Flaming Lips have mapped out a summer full of festival appearances and headlining gigs supported by a few big names as the band continues to support its recently released "At War With the Mystics."
December 6, 2005 - Having just completed a tour of the U.S. Southwest, San Francisco noise-pop ensemble Deerhoof is set to return to the road again in support of its new album, "The Runners Four.
Try to count the number of identifiable musical styles layered and abutting one another on the opening number of Deerhoof's 11th album, yet another chapter in this San Francisco outfit's desire to marry the comfortable and the chaotic. 
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