Here's something sad: "The Rock," the new song from Providence scraggle-rock traditionalists Deer Tick, has nothing to do with the movie star and occasional professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson.…   Read Story »

The latest edition of AV Club's Undercover series features Deer Tick covering Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta," which fits vocalist John McCauley like a glove. "I loved that song as a kid, when it…   Read Story »

Last night, Providence roots-rockers Deer Tick showed up on the Late Show With David Letterman, bringing a full horn section and their best prom clothes with them. They played "Main Street," a track…   Read Story »

This past weekend Larmer Tree Gardens, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, hosted the fifth annual End Of The Road Festival. This year's lineup continued the festival's peripheral deviation from its folk,…   Read Story »

Four years into my Coachella career and I've never experienced an Indio spring so mild. It's a gift from the gods meaning Brooklynites like Scott and I can wear jeans all weekend, a blessing with the…   Read Story »

Deer Tick announced their third album, The Black Dirt Sessions, yesterday and sent out this taste from the record. Singer John McCauley, who's always sounded far too old for his age, and though his…   Read Story »

There was dust, rain, then mud. There was Eddie Vedder, sitting in with Kings Of Leon and calling Perry Farrell up onstage with Pearl Jam during a reportedly monstrous, festival headlining two-hour…   Read Story »

While we were rocking the Catskills, enjoying what Wayne Coyne said was "the greatest collection of underground music ever assembled," dozens of other great indie bands (and a few hip-hop luminaries)…   Read Story »

We already knew his iPod included Interpol, Feist, and Cat Power and that he hung out with Nano's favorite daughter on SNL. Well, NBC's prime time anchor Brian Williams continues intermingling Apple…   Read Story »