A.V. Club: Best of the Decade

Artist Deer Tick

Deer Tick’s by-the-book rockabilly is mostly notable for the band’s age (very young) and hometown (Providence, R.I.—not exactly the South). But what Deer Tick lacks in originality it more than makes up for with foot-stompin', hootin’ and hollerin’ energy, not to mention the gravel-smeared voice of baby-faced frontman John McCauley. A recent album, Born On Flag Day, reaffirmed the band’s disinterest in innovation, but it upped the ante considerably with regard to raising a ruckus. 

Updated 10/14/2009

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