Who?In the mold of the Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, New York-based shoegazers A Place to Bury Strangers rustle up the most glorious noise imaginable. As willfully abrasive at it is inspired, the band's second album, Exploding Head, is no empty threat. And I care because?- It's intricate art. Their wall of sound is thick, but the overall sound is laden with more guitar nuance tha...
New York trio A Place To Bury Strangers have confirmed a few details about their forthcoming sophomore album and apparently it's going to be pretty insane. Entitled Exploding Head, the ten-track second LP from the band is due on October 20th via Mute Records and comes two years after their 2007 self-titled debut.
This past Saturday, A Place To Bury Strangers played Coney Island for the 2009 edition of the Village Voice Siren Music Festival. We skipped them, if only because we've seen they're shredded-head guitar noise rock half-a-dozen times before and seeing...
The Siren Music Festival looks to have finally finished assembling the lineup for the July 18 show, after adding Tiny Masters of Today, A Place To Bury Strangers, Thee Oh Sees, Justine D. and Deadheat DJs. For those of you who are new to this event, the festival is a one-day free show at Coney [...]
A Place To Bury Strangers "My Weakness" (New Video Premiere*)~Upcoming Tour Dates US:2-7 Worcester, MA - The Grind at Clark University3-5 New York, NY - Kimmel Center at NYU, New York, NYwith Ra Ra Riot, Marnie Stern & Apache Beat4-17 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CAUK/European Dates: 3-31 Dublin, Ireleand - Whelans4-1 Glasgow, UK - Stereo4-2 Manchester, UK - Ruby Lounge4-3 Le...
Brooklyn trio A Place To Bury are energetic to say the least! Their crushingly powerful shoegaze/rock has seen them clear to support Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and MGMT in recent years.
Who?In the mold of the Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, New York-based shoegazers A Place to Bury Strangers rustle up the most glorious noise imaginable. As willfully abrasive at it is inspired, the band's second album, Exploding Head, is no empty threat. And I care because?- It's intricate art. Their wall of sound is thick, but the overall sound is laden with more guitar nuance tha...
The second album from the noise rock innovators builds on the nightmarish sound of their debut with some help from Paul Simon’s recording engineer.In exchange for a stage and an audience, Brooklyn’s A Place to Bury Strangers will offer up the coldest frowns of any band in the world. But maybe these guys have a sense of humor after all? Yes, the title of the second album by the noisy trio, whom
When you name your album 'Exploding Head', you are setting a standard for everything that's about to happen. An album titled 'Quiet Serenity' isn't usually going to be filled with metal riffage and so of course an album with a title such as this one here isn't ever going to be an easy, breezy listen.
Siren Festival crowd two summers ago / Jalapeño The ninth annual Siren Music Festival has added more artists to its lineup: A Place to Bury Strangers, Thee Oh Sees, Tiny Masters of Today, Justine D, and DeadHeat DJs. The Siren Festival, presented by The Village Voice, is a free, all-day event on Coney Island set for Saturday, [...]
I knew when I left home yesterday, after extricating myself from the myriad conference calls that dot my schedule, that seeing A Place To Bury Strangers live could either completely satisfy, or prove a massive disappointment. There was no middle ground. I had heard too many good reports from faithful moggers whose word I trust.Being too excited to possibly wait, I left home at 4pm, hopped in th...
Who?In the mold of the Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, New York-based shoegazers A Place to Bury Strangers rustle up the most glorious noise imaginable. As willfully abrasive at it is inspired, the band's second album, Exploding Head, is no empty threat. And I care because?- It's intricate art. Their wall of sound is thick, but the overall sound is laden with more guitar nuance tha...
This cover demands immediate attention, and I will comply.In this corner: Oliver Ackermann and the merry noise merchants of A Place to Bury Strangers.In that corner: Jim and William Reid, the malevolent Scottish brothers behind proto-noise behemoths the Jesus and Mary Chain, and their song "Just Out of Reach". This happens to be a favorite JAMC song for the huge bass line and MASSIVE guitar rif...
From the YouTube site:From APTBS monster debut LP on Killer Pimp, here's the official video for "I Know I'll See You."The video was shot via webcam by Director Adam Grabarnick (adamgrabarnick.com) from his home in Los Angeles while the band were in their RV on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Ohio during their recent tour.The band was was parked at a Denny's in Delaware, Ohio prior to their show at Obe