Deerhoof has spent the last 30 years playing with creative tension, says drummer Greg Saunier. The often experimental, always interesting indie rock band<\/a> has been on a constant search for how to balance vocalist and bassist Satomi Matsuzaki\u2019s soft, direct voice with the loud, angular instruments around her.<\/p>\n \u201cI think this is common in human relationships. The very thing that attracts you to someone else can also be the thing that repels you,\u201d Saunier says from his home in Tucson, Arizona. \u201cI think [Matsuzaki] was drawn to Deerhoof in the first place because we were so chaotic and had such a tendency to overplay in every way.\u201d<\/p>\n Deerhoof this fall is heading out on<\/a> its \u201c31 Flavours Tour\u201d to mark the band\u2019s 31st year. They stop in New Orleans for a show Thursday, Oct. 2<\/a>, at Music Box Village. New Orleans musician Jess Joy<\/a>, who has worked with Saunier over the years and recorded her latest album, \u201cWon\u2019t Be Kicked Out the Garden,\u201d at his home studio, will open the concert at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n Saunier co-founded the noise punk project Deerhoof in San Francisco in 1994 with guitarist Rob Fisk, who left the band before 2000. Matsuzaki joined the band in 1995, only a week after moving to San Francisco from Japan. Guitarist John Dieterich followed in 1999, and guitarist Ed Rodriguez joined in 2008.<\/p>\n Over the course of its 31 years, Deerhoof has released 20 well-received, full-length albums<\/a>, including its latest \u201cNoble and Godlike in Ruin.\u201d On this tour, Saunier says, they\u2019re playing newer material as well as digging back into the band\u2019s extensive catalogue.<\/p>\n