Death by Audio

Future Islands' share BadBadNotGood rework of "Seasons" ++ more pics from DbA farewell

Future Islands‘s “Seasons” topped NME’s Tracks of 2014 list and will likely be on others before best-of list season is over. The band just released a “reinterpretation” of the song by avant-jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD, who turn it into a ’70s-style soul/funk jam…

Lightning Bolt, A Place to Bury Strangers, JEFF & Grooms played Death by Audio's final show (pics / video)

When Lightning Bolt‘s set ended at around 2 AM Saturday night (11/22), the floor of Death by Audio was littered with beer cans and ripped-up issues of Vice magazine…

Death by Audio, RIP (Lightning Bolt, A Place to Bury Strangers, JEFF the Brotherhood & Grooms were the last bands to play)

Brooklyn DIY showspace Death by Audio closed out its seven-year existence on Saturday (11/22) with headliners Lightning Bolt, old pals JEFF the Brotherhood, as well as A Place to Bury Strangers and Grooms…

METZ, Protomartyr, Nots, and Sleepies were the "top secret" bands at Death by Audio's second-to-last night (pics, video); no hints for tonight's last-ever DbA show

It is cliche and hyperbole to say a band destroyed a place, but it’s a very apt word for what Toronto’s METZ did to Death by Audio last night as the venue’s “Top Secret…

Death by Audio has two shows left -- tonight's lineup clue is up

We’re down to the last two shows ever at Death by Audio. We’ve come off a week featuring Future Islands, Thee Oh Sees (twice!), Ty Segall, Les Savy Fav and more…

Thee Oh Sees were DbA's secret guests again, plus Natural Child, Jack Name & Skimask (pics, video)

John Dwyer said Thee Oh Sees would be at Death by Audio for two nights and Thursday (11/20) was indeed night 2 for the DbA regulars. Their set seemed a little better last night than Wednesday, though neither show was missing any energy…

Greg Saunier & Brian Chippendale release LP & documentary; three shows left at DbA (tonight's lineup clues are posted)

There’s just three shows left at Death by Audio. Last night’s “Top Secret!” headliners were Thee Oh Sees and main man John Dwyer said onstage, “We’re here for two nights…

Grooms releasing 'Comb the Feelings Through Your Hair' in February (stream a track)

Brooklyn’s Grooms underwent a radical lineup change last year with singer/guitarist Travis Johnson remaining as the only original member…

Thee Oh Sees said "We're here for 2 nights" last night at DbA; Dope Body, Roomrunner, Guerilla Toss & Junkyard played too

Anybody that knows Thee Oh Sees, Williamsburg DIY space Death by Audio and their history together pretty much assumed that the band would be playing one of the two nights they had off between NYC shows at Bowery Ballroom and Warsaw — which coincided with the last week of DbA…

Future Islands were the "top secret" headliners, Tim Harrington sang "NY I Love You" w/ The Immaculates, and more at Death by Audio's fifth-to-last night (pics, setlist, video)

“I’m only here because I heard Fugazi were playing,” joked Future Islands frontman Samuel T. Herring at the beginning of their last-ever show at Death by Audio where they were the night’s “top secret” special guests…
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