Last month, Deerhoof announced a wealth of new music they’ll be releasing this year, mostly via various side projects featuring the band members in various alternate configurations and accompanied by additional musicians. More
The candy-coated avant-rock greats Deerhoof are “artists in residence” for Joyful Noise Recordings this year, which means they’ll be releasing a variety of recordings on the label, all of which are available via a sort of subscription service. Today, they’ve dropped the first of the new music, in the form of a pair of split LPs from four different Deerhoof side projects.
Those projects are: Nervous Cop, which is comprised of all members of Deerhoof plus Andy Morin and veteran experimental drummer Zach Hill, both of Death Grips (Hill and Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier released a record under the…
Big Walnuts Yonder—a new band comprised of bassist/vocalist Mike Watt (Minutemen, the Stooges), guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco, Nels Cline Singers), drummer Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), and guitarist/vocalist Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos)—have announced their debut album. The self-titled album is out May 5 via Sargent House. The first offering from the release is a new song called “Raise the Drawbridges?”—find the track, tracklist, and cover art below.
The idea for Big Walnuts Yonder began in 2008 when Watt and Reinhart toured together in…