Live Review: Deer Tick and Delta Spirit @ 9:30 Club — 11/19/21

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Americana, California, Deer Tick, Delta Spirit, Rhode Island.

Deer Tick performs at 9:30 Club on Nov. 19, 2021. (Photo by Casey Vock)

The Friend Ship tour, featuring indie rock bands Deer Tick and Delta Spirit, recently rolled into the 9:30 Club for an early split set. Each band performed an hour-long set before they took the stage together for an encore.

Fronted by John McCauley, Deer Tick hails from Province Rhode Island, and includes guitarist Ian O’Neil and half-brothers Christopher and Dennis Ryan, of neighboring Pawtucket, on drums and bass. The band’s unusual name comes from an experience McCauley, a lifelong outdoorsman, had while hiking in Indiana, when he found one of the titular pests on his scalp.

Live Review: Daughters @ 9:30 Club — 12/18/19

Posted on December 23, 2019 by paivi in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Daughters, hardcore punk, noise rock, Rhode Island.

Alexis Marshall fronts Daughters at 9:30 Club on Dec. 18, 2019. (Photos by Paivi Salonen; Words by Mickey McCarter)

Opening with “The Reason They Hate Me” from a new album at 9:30 Club recently, Daughters’ frontman Alexis Marshall slowly began to reveal why he occasionally draws comparisons to Nick Cave. The slim singer swayed to the front of the stage in a suit to conjure energy from an audience ready to dance.

Although the vocals of that opening number were rather growling in a way sympathetic to hardcore, Alexis quickly became much more measured and select with his words and pacing by the time of “City Song,” the third number in the set.

Preview: Daughters and Health @ 9:30 Club, 12/18/19

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged 9:30 Club, California, Daughers, experimental rock, HEALTH, Los Angeles, noise rock, Rhode Island.

Health (Photo by Faith Crawford)

A whole lot of noise is coming to 9:30 Club on Wednesday, Dec. 18 — a whole lotta noise *rock* that is. Noise rockers Daughters and Health share a bill for us to get all contemplative yet dancey just a week before Christmas.

Live Review: The Low Anthem @ Jammin’ Java — 11/21/19

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged Americana, folk, Jammin' Java, Rhode Island, The Low Anthem.

The Low Anthem (Photo courtesy Blind Ambition Management)

Haunting. Spectral. These are a few words that describe the folk-Americana of The Low Anthem, who appeared at Jammin’ Java recently. Following a switch to the Joyful Noise label, TLA has released a limited-edition vinyl pressing of their 2008 album, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. They played the entire record, described as a “very sciencey gospel” album, along with some newer material.

Live Review: Deer Tick @ Wolf Trap — 6/20/19

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Matt Ruppert in Live Review and tagged Americana, Deer Tick, Rhode Island, Wolf Trap.

Deer Tick performs at The Charm City Bluegrass Festival in April 2019. (Photo by Matt Ruppert)

In so many ways, Deer Tick is the quintessential modern American band. Started sometime in the mid-2000s and officially releasing War Elephant in 2007, theirs is a sound born of something many of us can find familiar: as at home on a small stage in the corner of a bar/coffeehouse, in a party club, or on a big stage in the middle of a national park.

Live Review: Daughters @ Black Cat — 2/17/19

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Andy Jillson in Live Review and tagged Black Cat, Daughters, noise rock, Rhode Island.

Daughters perform at Black Cat on Feb. 17, 2019. (Photo by Andy Jillson)

Daughters’ show at DC’s Black Cat recently was nothing short of amazing. Watching Daughters perform live is equal parts beautiful and disturbing.