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Tonight in the City of Angels, a crew of weirdos from San Francisco will make sure every Margaret in the joint comes away appalled. Indeed, tonight Deerhoof kick off their fall tour in support of their latest disc Offend Maggie. Deerhoof fans who like it digital, note that the set made its way to iTunes a little earlier this week. It's due in stores October 6 in the UK from ATP Recordings, in Australia on Spunk, and in Japan on P-Vine, and October 7 in the U.S. and Europe from Kill Rock Stars.

Speaking of which, Deerhoof had promised to donate a portion of the proceeds from the digital sales of the album to a charity of their fans' choosing. The votes are in, and Doctors Without Borders will be the ones receiving your dough.

And then, um, there's this. For whatever reason, Deerhoof thought it might be nifty to give away a magnet along with the purchase of Offend Maggie. But perhaps because magnets and stores that sell electronic doodads don't always mix, you'll either have to pick up your magnet along with your copy of Offend Maggie at the upcoming shows, or yank the UPC from the disc and bring it along with you. The magnet looks like this:



Kind of can't believe I just wrote a whole paragraph about that.

The band's new line of t-shirts, designed by Offend Maggie cover artist Tomoo Gokita, fare a little better in the "visually interesting" department, as you can see here:




And if you wanna get your fix in, you'll need to Hoof it to these shows down below, as we're told there will be no spring Deerhoof tour.

Deerhoof:

10-03 Los Angeles - Avalon *              
10-04 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *            
10-06 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^!           
10-07 Seattle, WA - Neumo's ^!                 
10-09 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge ^!
10-11 Denver, CO - Bluebird ^!             
10-13 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown ^%        
10-14 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue ^%         
10-15 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall ^%         
10-16 Bloomington, IN - Buskirk Chumley Theater ^%             
10-17 Chicago, IL - Metro ^#               
10-18 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom ^#                     
10-21 New York, NY- Spiegeltent
10-22 New York, NY - Irving Plaza ^#
10-23 Cambridge, MA - Middle East ^#          
10-24 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street ^#                
10-25 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom ^#                 
10-26 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ^#                    
10-28 Carrboro, NC  - Cat's Cradle ^#                
10-29 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle ^#                  
10-30 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge ^#               
10-31 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club ^#               
11-01 Orlando, FL - The Social ^#                
11-02 Tampa, FL - Crowbar ^#                    
11-05 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues ^#               
11-06 Houston, TX - Numbers ^#                    
11-07 Dallas, TX - Granada ^@             
11-08 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest                   
11-10 El Paso, TX - Club 101 ^+
11-12 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress ^+        
11-13 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse ^+
12-02 London, England - University of London Union
12-03 Berlin, Germany - Lido
12-05 Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
12-06 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
12-08 Rennes, France - Antipode
12-10 Lyon, France - Grrrnd Zero
12-11 Paris, France - Trabendo (Sonic Protest Festival)
12-12 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Winter Edition
12-13 Madrid, Spain - Primavera Sound Winter Edition

* with Okay, Happy Hollows
^ with Experimental Dental School
! with Coconut       
% with Au
# with Flying
@ with Hawnay Troof
+ with KIT