Deer Tick

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Pretty Pimpin’ – Kurt Vile

2. French Exit – The Antlers

3. Slow Motion – PHOX

4. Demons – The National

5. Dojo Rising – Cloud Control

6. Comrade – Volcano Choir

7. 1000 Black Birds – Tyler Ramsey

8. Street Joy – White Denim

9. One Million Lovers – The Growlers

10. Twenty Miles – Deer Tick

11. Hot Blur – How Sad

12. Be Brave – The Strange Boys

13. West Coast- FIDLAR

14. Times Square – Destroyer

15. Blame It On The Tetons – Modest Mouse

16. Fal Creek Boys Choir – James Blake

17. Aquariam – Nosaj Thing

18. A New Error – Moderat

19. Morning Side – Four Tet

2o. The Broads – Minotaur Shock

Deer Tick shares new acoustic track “Grandfather Song”

Amazon Music will be sharing playlists of new material called Amazon Acoustics on July 31st. Even though many of the 3o tracks will be covers such as The District’s taking on David Bowie’s “Ashes to Ashes” or Surfer Blood’s rendition of OutKast’s “Hey Ya,” the playlist will also include a handful of originals. Amazon shared one of the originals today, Deer Tick’s “Grandfather Song.”

John McCauley, the band’s frontman, told Entertainment Weekly that “Grandfather Song” was demoeed during the sessions for the band’s album Negativity from 2013. “It didn’t wind up on the record,” he said, “so I decided to revisit it recently and I finished the song in my spare time at home in Nashville.” Listen to it below.

Amazon is set to release one more track from Amazon Acoustics before it is officially released and they are allowing fans to vote. The choices are The Griswolds’ cover of Maroon 5’s “Sugar,” Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” covered by Joshua Radin, or Peter Matthew Bauer’s cover of St. Vincent’s “Prince Johnny.”  Voting will hapen on Amazon Music’s Facebook page and will only be on for 24 hours.

Sour Patch Kids opens home for musicians in Brooklyn

Brand sponsors have been intertwining themselves with band, especially shown in U2’s most recent partnership with Apple. The latest in corporate sponsorships is Sour Patch Kids with a four bedroom house that shelters touring indie rock bands.

The candy brand opened the Brooklyn Patch, a home in the Clinton Hill neighborhood where bands can stay while touring.

The Mondelez marketing director Farrah Bezner says the company’s “target consumer” is music-loving teenagers, and this house is part of a new strategy. “We wanted to be able to contribute, you have to break culture to make culture,” Bezner explains. As part of the deal with the company, while staying at the four-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom house will be requested to content that can be shared on Sour Patch’s social networks.

Magic Man and Deer Tick are among several bands who have already signed up to stay at the Brooklyn Patch.

Deer Tick Plans to Cover Classic Albums in Full

In December, Rhode Island based Deer Tick will be celebrating 10 years of being a band. With five studio albums under their belt, the anniversary is impressive due to the fact that the majority of the band members are in their twenties.

To commemorate the occasion, the band announced a six-night residency at the Brooklyn Bowl. During five of the nights, the band will cover classic album in full, and be joined by special guests.

Starting on December 26th, during the first night of the residency, the band will perform their own 2007 album, War Elephant, in its entirety before covering NRBQ’s Tiddlywinks. Deer Tick will thenLou Reed’s Transformer, The Beatles’ Meet The Beatles, Devo’s Q: Are We Not Men?, and Elvis Costello’s My Aim Is True, in that order. The band with include some of their own songs throughout each show. The final night, on New Year’s Eve, will have a set made up of fan-requested songs.

Presale starts tomorrow (9/10) and with the code DEERTICK10 used at checkout. Regular tickets will available Friday, September 12th at noon.

Deer Tick 2014 Tour Dates:
09/17 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
09/19 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
09/20 – Hartford, CT @ Infinity Hall Hartford
09/25 – Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar + Grill
09/27 – Marfa, TX @ El Cosmico Festival
12/26 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl
12/27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl
12/28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl
12/29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl
12/30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl
12/31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl

Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Girl From the North Country – Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash

2. Love Song to a Stranger – Joan Baez

3. Candyman – Grateful Dead

4. I And Love And You –  The Avett Brothers

5. 1904 -The Tallest Man on Earth

6. Daydreaming – Middle Brother

7. Empty House – Delta Spirit

8. When My Time Comes – Dawes

9. Just Friends – Deer Tick

10. Marathon – Heartless Bastards

11. No Tomorrows – The Cave Singers

12. So Long – Fruit Bats

13. Silver Clouds – Bowerbirds

14. Older Brother – Pepper Rabbit

15. Power Hungry Animals – The Apache Relay

16. To Travels and Trunks –  Hey Marseilles

17. Darden Road – Beta Radio

18. Coming ‘Round to Get You – Farewell Milwaukee

19. Hope Of A Lifetime – The Milk Carton Kids

20. Your Rocky Spine – Great Lake Swimmers

Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist