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  Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog Slam Free Culture on Art-Grinder 'Masters of the Internet'

  March 25, 2013 – Now that Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have soured on free culture, and David Lowery stays steady ranting at college kids, it's time the notoriously underpaid world of the avant-garde jumps into the fray. Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, the art-rocking power trio from one of SPIN's fave guitarists, is set to release their second album, Your Turn, on April 30 via Northern Spy. …
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  Watch Sean Lennon-Deerhoof Offshoot Mystical Weapons' Resplendent 'Mechanical Mammoth' Video

  November 27, 2012 – Sean Lennon may have some kind of obsession with prehistoric beasts: besides his band Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, he has a new song out called "Mechanical Mammoths" with his other outfit, Mystical Weapons. Lennon and Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier formed the instrumental psych duo after meeting at a Plastic Ono Band show, which precipitated Saunier and Lennon improvising as an opener for Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger in San Francisco. …
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  10 Albums You Can Hear Now: Cat Power, Animal Collective, Crypts, More!

  August 30, 2012 – Teh Internetz are rife with previewable music this week. For your ease of unpaid listening, we've rounded up the 10 records you've gotta hear now, even though they aren't out yet. You don't want to be caught at the proverbial water cooler trying to talk about 2 Chainz or Swans, do you? Those albums are so (literally) yesterday. Have fun clicking through the 103 songs we've amassed below. 1) Cat Power, Sun, out September 4 on Matador. …
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  Preview Deerhoof's 'Breakup Song' LP via 'The Jingletron'

  July 24, 2012 – It's been a good 18 months since San Fran noiseniks Deerhoof delivered one of their patently pop-addled weird-rock albums, so it should be clear to those keeping count (11 LPs in 15 years) that a new one is due any day now. As it turns out, Breakup Song is on the way, due out September 4 via Polyvinyl, and billed by the band as "Cuban-flavored party-noise-energy music." No idea what that would sound like? No problem. …
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  Deerhoof, 'Deerhoof vs. Evil' (Polyvinyl)

  January 25, 2011 – With an adversarial album title and lyrics sprinkled with wartime imagery, the 11th record from these Bay Area artistes seems inspired by global conflict. But the band's treatment of this weighty theme produces songs with titles like "Hey I Can," which features a verse with the words "I can," "love," and "fun" chirped by Satomi Matsuzaki ten or so times each. …
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  New Albums: Iron & Wine, Wanda Jackson + 19 More!

  January 25, 2011 – Here's our take on the best and worst albums available online and in record stores today: Iron & Wine, Kiss Each Other CleanMore Wine Please: Mild-mannered folkie is besotted with splashier canvas.Read Review Wanda Jackson, The Party Ain't OverQueen of Rockabilly lets young charge go hog wild. Read Review Destroyer, KaputtAllusive and elusive art rocker takes synth swoon.Read Review Deerhoof, Deerhoof vs. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week, October 6-13

  October 11, 2008 – As you get ready to celebrate Columbus Day, check out our scoop on Green Day's next full-length and Metallica's upcoming tour, and listen to exclusive new tunes from Manchester Orchestra, Minus the Bear, and others. Plus: Get more of the best from the past week:What We Learned... -- Green Day's next record: It looks like the boys have impeccable taste in producers. …
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  New Albums from Oasis, Deerhoof, the Pretenders, and More!

  October 7, 2008 – Here's a rundown of the albums available online and in record stores today: Oasis, Dig Out Your Soul Vote yes for Noel Gallagher as rock's benevolent despot.READ REVIEW Deerhoof, Offend Maggie The world's most lovably baffling art rockers -- still lovable, baffling. READ REVIEW Listen to "Offend Maggie" The Pretenders, Break Up the Concrete Rock's pissy goddess takes off the stilettos and gets her feet dirty. …
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  Deerhoof

  October 3, 2008 – What? Accuse Deerhoof of whatever you want -- just don't say they do the same thing twice. From the noise-blasted pop of 2002's breakthrough Reveille and the following year's Apple O', to the jagged minimalism of 2005's masterwork The Runners Four and the spaced-out orchestral grandeur of 2007's Friend Opportunity, the San Franciscan quartet have made a successful career out of musical left turns. …
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