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Jam of the Day | One Wolf – Backyard

Fresh off a tour with Speakers in Code faves, Deer Tick, One Wolf is garnering mucho atención with its gruff and gritty mix of punky-folk, reminiscent of the DT sound. One Wolf is not one note, however; the band bounces to and fro along the sound spectrum, sometimes rocking out in a gnarly way, sometimes … Read more

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Jam of the Day | Deer Tick – Twenty Miles

Last summer, I saw Deer Tick open for Jenny Lewis, and the then unknown-to-me band covered John Mellencamp’s “I Fought Authority” with the intensity of The Sex Pistols. I still don’t know if that was a sincere gesture or more of a kitschy move, but as a small town girl who grew up near many pink houses, … Read more

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Concert Review | Deer Tick at Off Broadway in Saint Louis

Photo by Katie Guymon “I’m terribly sorry for your loss.” These are the six words that concluded Deer Tick frontman John McCauley’s somber recognition of the late Dave Hagerty, vocalist/guitarist of the local Saint Louis band, Fattback. (Please read the touching obituary written by our friend, Christian Schaeffer, for A to Z, the music blog … Read more

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MP3 | Deer Tick – Piece by Piece, Frame by Frame

Hurrah for plum pudding! The dudes that rocked our worlds in concert at the beginning of the month have decided to share a new song with us and the world: “Piece by Piece, Frame by Frame.” Deer Tick released the track’s album, The Black Dirt Sessions, last June on Partisan. Yet, the hits just keep … Read more

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Deer Tick At Off Broadway (8/5) Giveaway

Off Broadway in St. Louis has quite a show for us next week as Deer Tick will be rocking the stage on Thursday, August 5th. We’re very excited for the show, but we’re even more excited that Off Broadway has given us 4 tickets to give away to 2 lucky winners! All you have to … Read more

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Members From Deer Tick, Delta Spirit, & Dawes to Debut at SXSW

Ooooh. This looks like fun. Although it’s another reminder that we won’t be at SXSW, which isn’t so fun. Here are the details from the press release: MG&V stands for McCauley, Goldsmith, and Vasquez…more specifically, John McCauley – frontman of Deer Tick, Taylor Goldsmith – frontman of Dawes and Matt Vasquez – frontman of Delta … Read more

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We Come Bearing Gifts | The 2010 Holiday Song Round Up

The Apache Relay We must take a quick pause from our Best of the 2010 reindeer games to round up a collection of new holiday songs. We posted the link to download the awesome Target Christmas album a few weeks ago, but here we offer a random assortment of thingamabobs, whatchamacallits, and widgets to boost … Read more

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The 20 Best Sad Bastard Songs of 2013

Whatever happened to the dude on Nathaniel Rateliffe’s cover for Falling Faster Than You Can Run, well, we predict many sad bastard nights in his future. Folks, you know the image above well, and it can’t be good. She gone. However, there is hope for him to recover! (Sad drum roll…) Like we did last … Read more