Greg Saunier Archives

Deerhoof’s New Record is the Antidote For All Our Troubles

Music

By Eric Slick | October 27, 2021

Deerhoof’s New Record is the Antidote For All Our Troubles

Eric Slick (Dr. Dog) on the magic of Actually, You Can.

Woodstock ’99, or How To Do a USA in Late Capitalism

Music

By Greg Saunier | August 10, 2021

Woodstock ’99, or How To Do a USA in Late Capitalism

Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) on late capitalism, Limp Bizkit, and the polarizing new doc.

Palberta and Deerhoof, At Their Bests

Music

By Palberta | January 21, 2021

Palberta and Deerhoof, At Their Bests

The two bands on how personal dynamic is what makes a good band — plus Teletubbies, surgery, and much more.

Deerhoof Talks with Wadada Leo Smith on the Talkhouse Podcast

Podcast

By Talkhouse Podcast | September 17, 2020

Deerhoof Talks with Wadada Leo Smith on the Talkhouse Podcast

They discuss the magic of collaboration, improvisation, and other matters of cosmic music philosophy.

The Way We Get By: Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier on Voivod’s Angel Rat

Music

By Greg Saunier | March 23, 2020

The Way We Get By: Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier on Voivod’s Angel Rat

Stream Saunier's gentle rendition of the thrash metal band's presciently apocalytic 1991 album.

Al Kooper (Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, etc.) Talks Finding New Music

Music

By Al Kooper | November 8, 2014

Al Kooper (Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, etc.) Talks Finding New Music

How the septuagenarian rock legend finds new music — and one of his discoveries.

Eleanor Friedberger (the Fiery Furnaces) Talks Yusuf’s Tell ‘Em I’m Gone

Music

By Eleanor Friedberger | November 7, 2014

Eleanor Friedberger (the Fiery Furnaces) Talks Yusuf’s Tell ‘Em I’m Gone

The new album by The Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens is, wonderfully enough, of a piece with his earliest work.

David Byrne Talks Barry Manilow’s My Dream Duets

Music

By David Byrne | November 4, 2014

David Byrne Talks Barry Manilow’s My Dream Duets

The author of How Music Works explains how Barry Manilow's new album is emblematic of the way we live now.

Steven Drozd (the Flaming Lips, Electric Würms) Talks Dirty Beaches’ Stateless

Music

By Steven Drozd | November 3, 2014

Steven Drozd (the Flaming Lips, Electric Würms) Talks Dirty Beaches’ Stateless

Dirty Beaches’ literally timeless music makes Mr. Drozd want to be under the influence of some things he used to love to be under the influence of.

Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) Talks the Rolling Stones’ “Doom and Gloom”

Music

By Greg Saunier | April 15, 2013

Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) Talks the Rolling Stones’ “Doom and Gloom”

When we first meet our hero, his maracas are too loud and his guitar is a rectangle. His journey is already complete and his balls are pre-expanded...