Experimental indie-rock group Deerhoof is currently touring to celebrate 31 years as a band, playing fresh setlists each night that pull from across the entire decades-long span of its discography. Deerhoof formed in 1994 in San Francisco, beginning as the improvisational bass and harmonica solo project of Rob Fisk. Greg Saunier was added on drums soon after, then bassist and singer Satomi Matsuzaki, who joined just a week after moving to the U.S. from Japan despite having no prior band experience. Fisk eventually left the band in 1999, replaced by John Dieterich, and guitarist Ed Rodríguez rounded out the current lineup in 2008. While the focus of the tour is the band’s anniversary, it is also in support of Deerhoof’s newest record, Noble and Godlike in Ruin, which Pitchfork calls its “most abrasive album to date,” complete with everything from “mangled, fractured grooves” to “anarchic free-jazz squawk.” Joining Deerhoof in Athens are local punk bands Mr. [Redacted] and Bad Kill.
WHO: Deerhoof
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m. (doors), 8 p.m. (show)
WHERE: 40 Watt Club
HOW MUCH: $19 (adv.), $21
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