The 50 Best Songs of 2009
As part of PopMatters’ 20th anniversary, we are revisiting classic features. Travel back in time a decade ago to 2009, when indie rock was in its full ascendency,and hear the songs that soundtracked the era.
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Hope Is Big: An Interview with Deer Tick
A long break for the band yielded not one but two albums: one all-acoustic and one all-electric. Deer Tick are back, baby.
Deer Tick’s Acoustic Clusterfolk Newport After Party Previews ‘Vol. 1’
Deer Tick performed the entirety of the acoustic album (one of a pair of forthcoming releases) and have announced a fall tour.
Newport Folk Festival 2017 Hit All the Right Notes
A great weekend at Newport includes watching talented, diverse performers, participating in a protest song sing-along and maybe a lobster roll.
The Summer of Love Lives on at the High Sierra Music Festival
Four days and nights of near-utopian peace and musical harmony that comes just about as close as modern times can to approximating the “San Francisco scene” of the 1960s.