The Acorn Camps Out with Megafaun, Four Tet and Others, Prepares for Extensive Fall Tour.

Blood Red Shoes Announce U.S. Fall Tour, Play CMJ, Fire Like This Out October 5th On V2 Records/Nice Music Group.

Craig Wedren of Shudder To Think Confirms Inaugural One-Man Solo Tour with Greg Dulli This Fall

DD/MM/YYYY sign to Geoff Barrow’s Invada Records for Europe, announce tour with Women + Daytrotter Session.

Houses preps debut full length for Lefse, premieres music video & collaborates with Teen Daze.

Karen Elson Video for “The Truth Is In The Dirt” To Premiere on VanityFair.com from Midnight Tonight.

Dead confederate premiers video for “runfrom the gun”.

FYF Fest announces schedule, plus Back To School Special & Matador 21 raffle.

The Acorn go on tour, release remix record.

Motorifik’s Phil Kay Reveals Exclusive Detailed Tracklisting For Secret Things, Debut Side Project From Working For A Nuclear Free City‘s Phil Kay, Out November 9th On Modern Language Recordings.

Beats Antique Reveal Blind Threshold LP Details, Featuring Guest Artists John Popper, Lynx, Eva Salina, Out October 12th On Antique Records, On US Tour Now, Play 4 US Festivals This Fall! Austin City Limits, Earthdance, Decibel, & Harvest Fest.

Katie Costello Set To Release “The City In Me” EP.

Exit Calm to release brand new EP ‘Don’t Look Down’ on 4th October 2010.

Chocolate Genius Inc. Performs On WNYC NPR Soundcheck, Look Out For Studio 360 Performance With Kurt Anderson, Swansongs Out September 14th On One Little Indian, U.S. Tour To Come.

Dominant Legs share new MP3, live video, debut EP out now.

Miami horror releases surreal video for “I look to you” featuring Kimbra.

Pete Yorn launches new album with New York and LA headlining and appearance at Austin city limits festival

Deer Tick announces Fall tour dates, shares  new MP3

Cymbals Eat Guitars Extend US Dates With The Thermals, Premiere AV Club Live Video Covering Superchunk, Why There Are Mountains Out Now On Sister’s Den Records

Bjork: ‘The comet song’, available September 6th 2010

Starfucker signs to Polyvinyl, plans tour with the Octopus project and releases “Julius” single

Recorded late last year at Black Dirt Studios in upstate New York, The Black Dirt Sessions is a deeply personal record from Deer Tick and most especially from lead vocalist and songwriter John McCauley. It is the sound of a band coming into its own, finding its voice and pouring its collective heart out. The comparisons that have often been thrust upon McCauley by the press seem to fall away as his own voice comes through more clearly. On songs like “Goodbye, Dear Friend” and “Christ Jesus” which find McCauley alone at the piano, about as naked as you can possibly get on record. The Black Dirt version of “Christ Jesus,” which also appeared on War Elephant, manages to be even more devastating than the original.
Listen to 20 miles

Recorded late last year at Black Dirt Studios in upstate New York, The Black Dirt Sessions is a deeply personal record from Deer Tick and most especially from lead vocalist and songwriter John McCauley. It is the sound of a band coming into its own, finding its voice and pouring its collective heart out. The comparisons that have often been thrust upon McCauley by the press seem to fall away as his own voice comes through more clearly. On songs like “Goodbye, Dear Friend” and “Christ Jesus” which find McCauley alone at the piano, about as naked as you can possibly get on record. The Black Dirt version of “Christ Jesus,” which also appeared on War Elephant, manages to be even more devastating than the original.

DEER TICK ON THE ROAD:

02/27 – Northampton, MA Pearl St.

03/05 – Los Angeles, CA Natural History Museum

03/13 – Cincinatti, OH Fountain Square

03/15 Columbia, MO Mojo’s

03/17 – 03/20 Austin, TX SXSW

04/02 Providence, RI Jerky’s #

04/03 Providence, RI Firehouse 13 #

04/04 Portland, ME Space Gallery #

04/05 Montreal, QC Il Motore #

04/06 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern #

04/07 Detroit, MI Magic Stick #

04/08 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge #

04/09 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club #

04/10 Iowa City, IA The Mill #

04/11 Lawrence, KS Jackpot Music Hall #

04/12 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory

04/14 Phoenix, AZ The Trunkspace

04/16 Indio, CA Coachella

04/20 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom %

04/21 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret %

04/22 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern %

04/24 Santa Cruz, CA Crepe Place

04/25 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall *

04/27 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre *

04/28 Las Vegas, NV Beauty Bar

04/29 Santa Fe, NM Sante Fe Brewing Company *

04/30 Dallas, TX The Loft *

05/01 Austin, TX Emo’s *

05/02 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Studio *

05/03 Fayetteville, AR Majestic Lounge *

05/04 Little Rock, AR Sticky Fingerz

05/05 Birmingham, AL Workplay *

05/06 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom *

05/07 Louisville, KY Headliners *

05/08 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern

05/09 Ithaca, NY Castaway’s

05/10 Albany, NY Valentines

05/11 Boston, MA Paradise *

05/12 Boston, MA Paradise *

05/13 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory *

05/14 Washington, DC 9:30 Club *

05/15 New York, NY Terminal 5 *

* = w/ Dr. Dog

# = w/ Those Darlins

% = w/ Holy Sons

After finishing a US run with Neko Case late last year, Deer Tick completed a three week European tour – upon their return to the US on Dec. 13 the band entered the studio to put the finishing touches on its as-yet-untitled third album, which will be released in the first half of this year. The band’s first big show of 2010 will be in Los Angeles, as part of the First Fridays series at the Natural History Museum, then in April and May they’ll head out with Dr. Dog where they’ll hit the West Coast again, as well as Texas, the South and Northeast. The More Fuel For the Fire EP, which was previously an iTunes exclusive, is now available via all digital services.

About the new EP:

As the title would suggest, Deer Tick’s More Fuel for the Fire EP tops off an explosive 2009 for the band that released Rolling Stone’s “country-rock breakthrough of the year” nine months earlier. Taken mostly from a month-long recording session in upstate New York nicknamed “The Black Dirt Sessions”, More Fuel for the Fire features three new studio tracks as well as a live version of “Straight Into A Storm” (from Born on Flag Day) recorded in Charlotte, NC at the Visulite Theatre. The songs have become staples of Deer Tick’s live shows over the past year, and are already fan favorites-and that’s who this one’s for…

Fri-Mar-05 Los Angeles, CA Natural History Museum

Mar-17 – Mar-20 Austin, TX SXSW

Sun-Apr-25 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall *

Tue-Apr-27 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre *

Thu-Apr-29 Santa Fe, NM Sante Fe Brewing Company *

Fri-Apr-30 Dallas, TX The Loft *

Sat-May-01 Austin, TX Emo’s *

Sun-May-02 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Studio *

Mon-May-03 Fayetteville, AR Majestic Lounge *

Wed-May-05 Birmingham, AL Workplay *

Thu-May-06 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom *

Fri-May-07 Louisville, KY Headliners *

Tue-May-11 Boston, MA Paradise *

Wed-May-12 Boston, MA Paradise *

Thu-May-13 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory *

Fri-May-14 Washington, DC 9:30 Club *

Sat-May-15 New York, NY Terminal 5 *

* = w/ Dr. Dog