It's been 15 years since Bay Area drummer Greg Sauntier and bassist Rob Fisk recruited a Japanese film student to sing with their unorthodox rock group – though as Satomi Matsuzaki told Time Out earlier this year, they sounded more like a 'noise improvisation band' at the time. A decade and a half later – and with a few lineup reshuffles along the way – Deerhoof are practically indie royalty, though their slow rise to (low-level) fame hasn't come at the expense of their weirder elements: songs where nagging pop hooks chafe against weird rhythms and angular guitar parts, and videos like this...
