[DID NOT ATTEND: June 10, 2026] Deer Tick / Jobi Riccio
There are three Deer bands on my radar. And I can never remember which one is which because I don’t really listen to them all that much.
There’s Deerhunter, the creation of Bradford Cox who played artpop and psych pop. I liked them a bit but never got really into them.
There’s Deerhoof, a wacky band from San Francisco featuring drummer Greg Saunier, bassist and singer Satomi Matsuzaki, and guitarists John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez. Matsuzaki has a high pitched and very distinctive style of singing I would like to see them live.
And then there’s Deer Tick. They’ve been around since 2004 and are the most conventional of the three. They fall into the Americana side of alt folk rock. I listened to a song to see if I wanted to go and realized I didn’t.
So, basically I really only need to pay attention to Deerhoof going forward.
Jobi Riccio is from Colorado. While posting about all of these singers that I’ve never heard of, I’m getting a real kick out of how intense and potentially insane all of the bios of these people are:
Jobi Riccio grew up surrounded by music and found inspiration in artists ranging from Sheryl Crow to Joni Mitchell. Sonically, Jobi’s music exists between worlds, melding the classic craftsmanship of her songwriting with modern indie-leaning production to forge a lush, expansive sound that feels traditional and experimental all at once.
I listened to a couple of songs and I have to say of all the young folk and folk adjacent women I’ve listened to recently, I like her the best. Her voice is big and powerful–not mumbly like so many other new singers. And she throws some interesting chord progressions into her songs. I’d happily see her if she opened for someone I liked. She veers toward country, but only slightly.
I also wonder if she was named for the character in Elf, since no one was every named Joby before that movie.
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