Deerhoof were one of the few bands to make it onto ALL THREE of my year end favorites lists (Songs, Albums & Concerts). I don’t have a name for that hat trick (YANP-trick?) but it’s a prestigious club. So yeah, it’s no secret that I loved their 2012 album Breakup Song. Consider this video for [...]

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Louis CK – Word Recorded in 2010, Louis CK’s Word was used in bits and pieces in those cutaway comedy scenes in Louie. As such, it suffered a bit because you’ve probably heard some of this before. But it’s such strong material delivered by such a great performer that it’s hardly a detriment at all. [...]

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#35: The Head and the Heart @ Forecastle [Original Post] I’d heard a song or two by Head and the Heart going into their show at Forecastle, but I’ll admit that I was really just seeing them because there wasn’t a lot of competition for their time slot at Forecastle. But just like what happens [...]

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Another year, another great crop of songs. Some of you might be surprised to see a handful of radio smash hits on here, but I’d be lying to myself and you if I didn’t include them in a list of my favorite songs of 2012. There’s a Spotify playlist (with a few extra songs) to [...]

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I’ll admit that this was probably my least favorite songs on Deerhoof’s Breakup Song when I first heard it. But a couple spins later and I was loving it almost as hard as the rest. I’ve said it a million times here: Deerhoof’s Breakup Song is one of the best albums of the year. Go [...]

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The first 4:25 of this video is all about Deerhoof spending one day in the studio recording this song with producer Chris Shaw. I knew Deerhoof were pretty DIY, but they’ve apparently never worked with a producer or an engineer before. If you aren’t interested in all that, skip to this point in the video [...]

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Normally when a band puts out a new album, I’d like to hear just a handful of songs from it in their live show. When Deerhoof came to Cosmic Charlie’s for Boomslang I wanted to hear Breakup Song performed from start to finish — and I very nearly got my wish. We got a ton [...]

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The kind and generous man behind Funk It recorded Deerhoof’s entire Boomslang show this past Friday and has posted it to youtube. Above you’ll find the first part of the show. Watch the full show at his youtube page.

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I cannot for the life of me find what Cosby standup this is from, but I’m confident Ed’s solo video is revealing some Coz fandom. Just another bit of personality from this great group who’ve got a new album out this Tuesday Sept 4.

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