Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Sayard Egan Deer Tick's John Joseph McCauley III as Johnny Rotten... At Brooklyn Bowl's Halloween party, Deer Tick ditched their other costume ideas for a night as the Sex Pistols. The night's semi-surprise opener was Dead Confederate, who.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — According to eMusic, the above picture is John McCauley of Deer Tick as a California Raisin for Halloween. They also collected pictures from Bon Iver, Black Mountain, Dawes, The Black Lips, and many others. This year Deer Tick is... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 11-05 Durham, NC - Troika Fest Kickoff 11-06 Middletown, CT - Wesleyan University11-07 Bronxville, NY - Sarah Lawrence College11-13 Paris, France - Point Ephemere *11-14 Evreux, France - Abordage *11-15 London, England - Scala ^11-17 Lille, France - ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Lots of holiday shows going on sale, including one more Halloween show at Brooklyn Bowl that has Deer Tick dressing up as and playing the songs of The Sex Pistols. Weird. Also Matisyahu’s Festival of Light Hannukah shows on sale, as well as a few N... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-22 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom # 10-23 Providence, RI - Lupo’s # 10-24 Boston, MA - Harper’s Ferry # 11-04 Troy, NY - Revolution Hall 11-05 Wallingford, CT - The Space 11-06 Newport, RI - Newport Blues Cafe 11-07 Northampton, MA -... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 11-04 Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall *11-05 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *11-06 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club *11-07 Bowling Green, OH - The Clazel Theater *11-08 Rochester, NY - Harro East Ballroom *11-10 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre #11-11 Tarrytown, NY - ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Partisan Records sampler (ZIP) Deer Tick @ Prospect Park in August (more by Chris La Putt) This Halloween Deer Tick will be performing at Brooklyn Bowl and like you (presumably) they'll be going in costume - the band will... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ben Nichols (Lucero) @ Maxwell's (more by Tim Griffin) Seeing that Lucero was about to be in town with a big show at Webster Hall on Saturday night (10/17), and that Chris Denny (last seen on stage with Deer Tick... more info

Rolling Stone — There was a tie for Most Significant Special Effect on Day Two of the Austin City Limits Festival. The first contender was Austin’s own Ghostland Observatory, whose agitated dance music took a back seat to a breathtaking light show. The stage shot ... more info

Instrumental Analysis — What? Oh why yes, I still do, in fact, do these. Lets get to it then shall we.Starfucker - MedicinePhoenix - LisztomaniaAkron/Family - The RiverJohn Vanderslice - Sunken Union BoatDeer Tick - EasyThe Thermals - Now We Can SeeApostle of Hustle - Soul... more info