The Paste Holiday Sampler: 13 Free Christmas MP3s
As much as I love the old hymns, I'm always happy to discover new holiday music, from the sacred to the profane. So we've collected a dozen brand new holiday tunes to add to your December mix. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesDelta Spirit, Dawes and Deer Tick Form Supergroup
Seems like all the cool kids are forming supergroups these days. Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, Deer Tick’s John McCauley and Delta Spirit’s Matthew Vasquez are the latest, joining forces for a new band called Middle Brother.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeer Tick Releases Digital Christmas Single
Deer Tick will spread the holiday cheer this year with the release of its two-song Christmas single, Holy Shit, It’s Christmas!.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDeer Tick Drops 7-inch Split with Jonny Corndawg, Announces Tour
The Rhode Island rockers of Deer Tick will band with longtime tour buddies Jonny Corndawg to release a 7-inch split as part of the Partisan Records Co. 7" series.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAuctioned Deer Tick Bus to Help Houston Bands Tour
A few weeks ago, Deer Tick auctioned off its tour bus to benefit Oxfam’s Pakistani flood relief efforts. Now, auction winner (and frequent Paste photographer) Mark C. Austin is using his newly-acquired vehicle to benefit up-and-coming bands.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Giving BackOur Favorite Daytrotter Portraits
If you, like us, are a big fan of Daytrotter... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesMountain Man Touring with Jonsi, Deer Tick
All-girl folk trio Mountain Man has announced fall tour dates in support of their debut album, Made the Harbor. The record has gained them a growing fan base, several nods from critics as well as the attention of Jonsi, for whom they will be opening most of the tour.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCatching Up With... Deer Tick
"If we had more time in the studio..." read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesDeer Tick: The Black Dirt Sessions Review
Intimations of mortality After two albums of wily, adolescent country, Rhode Island’s Deer Tick hits adulthood—and all the heartbreak and fear of mortality that comes with it—hard on these ragged, shadowy ballads. John McCauley III’s fiberglass croak couldn’t sound further from Neil Young’s whimper, but The Black Dirt Sessions is this band’s After the Goldrush, stuffed with devastating songs laid bare by weathered, redemption-seeking renegades. In the brooding “Twenty Miles,” McCauley howls, “If you’ve lost your way, I’m seeing you through” with my-time-here-is-limited angst; crawling piano dirge “Goodbye, Dear Friend” is hauntingly intimate (“You carry on … in the unmade... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsTen June Albums Worth Checking Out
Ah, June. It's the month that kicks off summer, the month where music festivals start popping up like weeds... read more
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