Deerhunter, Times New Viking, Nite JewelThe LoftDecember 1, 2008Better than: Going to Vietnam, only to return with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. (Get it, movie buffs?)Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, with bells on. (Mikey Harris)With
the bitter cold, little advertising and a post-holiday Monday for a
booking date, the odds were stacked against this show before it even
began. But by the closing of Deerhunter's final song at last night's Loft performance, it's hard to remember
these were ever even fac
In 2008, independent rock returned to the underground, where it belongs. Given the grand catastrophe that is today's record industry, most major-label executives don't have the time or energy to convince music fans they might like something a little out of the ordinary. They're too busy recycling variations on what were once sure things while desperately searching for career exit strategies that don't involve tall buildings, open windows and running leaps. As a result, fringier artists have h
