Deer Tick is meant to be a traveling band and country is just traveling music. Let’s cross out the labels they’ve been stamped with—freak-folk, alt-country, indie rock, and the like. Let the music (and John McCauley) do the talking. This interview by Ilyse Kaplan.
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DEER TICK: ENJOY EVERY SANDWICH
April 27th, 2010 · No Comments
MIXTAPE: LESLIE AND THE BADGERS
September 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments
ramon felix Download: L.A. RECORD mixtape by Leslie and the Badgers [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Leslie and the Badgers are currently in residency at the Echo every Monday night, and L.A. RECORD will be sponsoring their final night on Sept. 28 with Sian Alice Group, Paperplanes and Best Coast. Bassist Ben Reddell [...]
STEVE WYNN: YOU CAN’T THROW A WHISKEY BOTTLE AT ME!
July 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The Dream Syndicate found whatever was in Sister Lovers and Tonight’s The Night still breathing in L.A. in 1984 and used it to make Medicine Show, still a nervous and wild local classic. Guitarist-singer Steve Wynn will perform the album in its entirety tonight with his band the Miracle 3. He speaks now from a quiet park in New York. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
ART BRUT: ALL OUR SONGS ARE TRUE
June 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Raw, confessional, witty and most elegantly tuneful for a mess of one-take dementia helmed by none other than Black Francis, Art Brut’s Art Brut vs. Satan sports frontman (and adopted quasi-Angeleno) Eddie Argos’ leanest and canniest songwriting yet. The dirty little secret behind ‘The Replacements’ awaits a less sympathetic journo. This interview by Ron Garmon.
