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Deerhoof: Love-Lore
by Troy Dostert
"Where, in short, are the flying cars?" So asked David Graeber in 2012, in a widely-circulated essay entitled Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit." Graeber, an anthropologist of a decidedly unconventional bent, dedicated much of his academic career to challenging preconceived wisdom concerning the allegedly unlimited potential of capitalist economics and its attendant innovations to guarantee an ever-brighter future for the planet. His essay is quoted at some length during Deerhoof's Love-Lore, a delightfully bizarre yet somehow ...
read moreDeerhoof and Wadada Leo Smith: To Be Surrounded By Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough
by Troy Dostert
When it comes to combining the anarchic spirit of punk rock with whip-smart musicianship and a penchant for unbelievably catchy grooves, few bands come close to Deerhoof. Since the 1990s, the group has been cherished by indie rock cognoscenti, and they've also earned the respect of a large swath of the non-rock community as well, working with an astonishing range of artists, from Questlove to Matana Roberts to Anthony Braxton. And on their latest release, it's Wadada Leo Smith who ...
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