Deer Tick

Deer Tick brings its blend of indie rock, folk rock and alt‑country to Hollywood Theatre in Vancouver on October 5, 2026. Formed in the mid‑2000s in Providence, the band centers on singer and guitarist John McCauley, with Ian O’Neil, Christopher Ryan and Dennis Ryan shaping a sound that moves from bar‑room grit to hushed acoustic corners. Their catalog traces that line clearly: War Elephant (2007), Born on Flag Day (2009) and The Black Dirt Sessions (2010) set the tone, while Divine Providence (2011) and Negativity (2013) push between rough electric stomp and lean ballads. In 2017, the twin releases Deer Tick Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 split those sides in two, one rooted in folk, the other in full‑band rock. Since then, releases like Mayonnaise (2019), the live set Live from Fort Adams (2021) and Emotional Contracts (2023) have kept the group in motion. On stage, Deer Tick leans into narrative songwriting, ragged harmonies and McCauley’s sandpaper timbre, switching gears between quiet strums and charged riffs for a set that ranges across their catalog.