For a band that has always danced on the edge of chaos, Deerhoof remains astonishingly alive after 31 years. The US/Japanese quartet continues to create with the restless energy of a debut act, blending sugar-rush guitar riffs, sideways J-pop melodies, percussive mayhem, and bursts of noise into something unmistakably their own. Frontwoman Satomi Matsuzaki’s cool, clear voice cuts through the storm, playful, strange, and deeply human. Both joyful and uneasy, their music feels like a collision of optimism and anarchy, proof that Deerhoof’s defiant creativity only grows sharper with time.

Magasin is a quartet that thrives on the playful side of no wave, post-punk, and art pop. Founded in 2024 by Michiel Klein (guitars) and Lola Diaz Cantoni (vocals)—and completed by Milo Mooi Wilten (bass) and Daanie van den IJssel (guitar)—the band treats music like a physical craft: multilingual lyrics and layers of notes are folded in half and stapled at the seam.

The band’s debut single is built on sharp, rhythmic shapes, shifting from the tightly wound ‘Malentendido’ to the driving, mechanical pulse of ‘Re cuerdo’. Critics have praised their ability to wrap dissonant art-rock in a catchy pop package, nodding to the spirit of The Raincoats, Swell Maps, and Wire. Magasin doesn’t just play post-punk; they push through its boundaries and leave the edges brittle and broken, creating a sound that is as clever as it is infectious.