Djo
Under the name Djo, American musician and actor Joe Keery leads a solo project at the intersection of psychedelic pop, indie rock and synthpop. Originally from Newburyport, Massachusetts, and having been part of Chicago’s independent rock scene with the band Post Animal, Djo began releasing his own tracks in 2019 with a series of singles that led to a debut album, Twenty Twenty, released the same year. That record established an aesthetic defined by analog keyboards, melodic bass lines and often-processed vocals, serving pop songs with relatively conventional structures but steeped in psych effects. In 2022, Djo returned with DECIDE, an album where synthpop and funk influences are more pronounced, with lyrics focused on identity, technology, memory and how fame reshapes the relationship to oneself and others. On stage, Djo adapts these compositions with a full band, reinforcing the rock dimension and the extended transitions between songs, in continuity with the codes of contemporary psych rock. Between Chicago’s alternative culture, the visibility gained through his acting career and studio work strongly oriented toward sound and textures, Djo thus occupies a singular place in the landscape of North American independent pop in the 2020s.
Upcoming events 1
Rock en Seine 2026
- from Wed, August 26 to Sun, August 30
- Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France
- sombr, Tyler, The Creator, Deftones, The Cure, Lorde, Djo, Ravyn Lenae, Lykke Li, The Black Keys, Franz Ferdinand, Kingfishr, Slowdive, Wet Leg, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Interpol, Wolf Alice, Turnstile, Lewis OfMan, Wilco, Clipse, AFI, Fcukers, Florence Road, CMAT, Love Spells, Biffy Clyro, Kurt Vile, Amyl and The Sniffers, LANDMVRKS, Black Country, New Road, Sekou, Noga Erez, Mannequin Pussy, Wednesday, Miki, Sparks, Jean Dawson, Ecca Vandal, Mogwai, Lambrini Girls, Novelists, Peaches, High Vis, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Bertrand Belin, Dry Cleaning, Hudson Freeman, Anna von Hausswolff, Magi Merlin, Kompromat, Sam Quealy, Tyler Ballgame, Changeline, TTSSFU, AMG, Dynamite Shakers, Bonne Nuit, Gwendoline, Küdeta, Maddy Street, billie, DITTER, Grandma's Ashes, Jessica93, Sarāb, Arthur Fu Bandini, La Flemme, Île de Garde, Gabriel Kröger, Mottomoda, Kurt Vile & the Violators
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