sweet.

Fuck.

they were so incredible at spectrum in sydney last time!

Can you buy tickets now? Sounds like a good Christmas present.

holy poo!

woot

If only they were coming back for Golden Plains.

Oh well. This is very exciting.

sweet!

Blake - you and I need to talk...

what??

It's on the Channel V website.

Like a proper announcement.

prepares for noon showdown

festival? tour? details?

from Channel V music news...

""The Great Escape is back with even more acts to keep you entertained this Easter. Leading the next wave is exciting jam band John Butler Trio, sure to blow festival folk away with some improvised riffing, huge vibes and organic beats.

Little Birdy will be bringing the Perthian rock, straight from Hollywood, their new record. Seattle band, The Cops will be on hand for a bit of classic punk rock action and Melbourne act The Temper Trap will be gracing the stage.

Sydney's Bliss n Eso add a bit of skip hop flavour and Darren Hanlon, Holly Throsby, Angus & Julia Stone, Deerhoof, Stick Figures, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bodello, Ooh La La and Operator Please round out an expanding bill for what is shaping up to be one killer Easter festival. "

Oooo - that's great news. I was out of town last time they toured. I'm especially digging the new record too so that's even better!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSNESSTOTHEMAX

start chanting

hoof hoof hoof hoof hoof hoof hoof

'Leading the next wave is exciting jam band John Butler Trio, sure to blow festival folk away with some improvised riffing, huge vibes and organic beats.'

the hoof'd better be playing some friggin' side shows.

seattle band, the cops?

John Butler trio

a jam band....HAHAHAHA!!

next time I see him at St Andrews market I'm gonna laugh so hard.

You gonna come see Deerhoof this time, Angelic?

would love too!

So they're good live, aye? My mate's are supporting them on Tuesday night and having never listened to them I'm not sure whether to go or not. It's going to take a canny trek to get there.

GO!

90 minute bus trip, followed by 15 minute walk...then 30 minute Metro trip...then 10 minute walk...all straight from when I finish work...then gotta hope another mate can put me up in Newcastle for the night...

Ended up stopping over in a hostel...it was worth it though, they were great live!

Photos from the Sunderland gig here

Haha, nice drummers face shots of Greg there.

They're borrowing the drummer from Maximo Park or something...

greg is awesome

I found this mildly amusing:

Deerhoof have posted a diary on their past 2 years, including their support shows for Radiohead in 2006. Apart from the earlier Radiohead mentions in interviews with JunkMedia and NME, the band tell more about their experiences of touring with Radiohead on their site.

Here are some bits and pieces (something you might have read before, and some new bits…)

[…] But again all nerves dissolved when upon entering the theater, Colin Greenwood immediately comes up and wants to take our picture, treating us like old friends. Thom walks onstage for their soundcheck, spots us, and intones into the mic, “Welcome members of Deerhoof!” Even with years of buildup and knowing there was no way they could live up to the legend, Radiohead were so much better than even my highest expectation, that my whole outlook on the world had to be immediately revised. But what people might not know is how they are in person. All five of them, and everyone in their enormous crew, were all so sweet to us, and such jokers. Colin kept posting pictures of us on dead air space, and he’d imitate Satomi’s dance during their show. Phil brought us cupcakes. Jonny brought us champagne, if we played well. Thom would watch us from the side of the stage. Ed asked us how we got our guitar tone, he wanted to steal it. If one of John’s pedals got busted (a frequent occurrence), someone from their crew would immediately offer to help.

[…] Jonny offered to play his ondes martinot on our album, but then said no when we made him a cd of our rough mixes, saying it already sounded done. We were flattered, but didn’t really agree, and while we spent our days traveling and playing concerts, we spent our late nights sitting at the computer trying to figure out what was wrong with our stupid songs. Like I mentioned before, we had long A-B’d our rough mixes with Radiohead albums. The only comparison more crushing than that would have to be mixing your album in a hotel room directly after a Radiohead concert.

HEY guys, care to help out a newcomer and direct me to the best of Deerhoof? I want to buy a couple of their better albums. Thanks!

every time i see this thread bumped my heart leaps out of my chest.

adam - they're all pretty damn good. i'd start with apple o' and milkman, however.

Halfbird is my favourite. Always gets my excited.

yeah me too nish, there should be a generic Deerhoof thread.

So... I'm guessing you've all downloaded the new mp3 album, then?

I'd buy Reveille, Apple O, Milkman, Runners Four and Friend Opportunity all at once. They're all as good as each other.

I think there is a Deerhoof box on the KillRockStars website which enables you to buy a number of these albums together at a reasonable price.

Yeah, I;'m gonn a DL the album, but thought I'd jump onto Amazon and show them some credit card love as well... Might also check out KRS website as well. It's always nice to dip in a toe first though. Thanks guys!

Guess what? A legitimate reason to bump this fred!! And sorry, I was wrong: Offend Maggie is as great as any of their other releases. Of course!!

From their website Q&A:

Nov 07, shane asked:
are you touring in australia any time soon??

Answer:
There are plans to go to Australia very soon, hopefully around February. Keep an eye on our dates! Things will be added over the next few months. Everyone really wants to get back to Australia, it's like a dream vacation getting to play there!

yeah, they'll be back! someone should organise some warehouse craziness again like that first tour.

go Deerhoof!

They can play at my Dad's house. NO INDUSTRY, FANS ONLY.

BRING ON THE 'HOOF!!!!!!!!!!!