Death by Audio

Speedy Ortiz played a final Death by Audio show w/ Hunters, Palehound & the Death By Art exhibit (pics)

Speedy Ortiz came through NYC for two shows earlier this month on their tour with Ex Hex, and once the tour ended they returned on Tuesday (11/11) for one of the last-ever shows at the soon-to-close Death by Audio, the same place they played their album release show in 2013 for their debut LP Major Arcana…

Ted Leo was surprise guest at Screaming Females / PUJOL / Shellshag show at DbA (pics ++ more final shows announced)

As most people figured out ahead of time, Screaming Females were the “Special Guest” headliners at Death by Audio on Sudnay night (11/9)…

Yvette share new live video (watch), playing one of DbA's final shows w/ Big Ups, Ovlov and "super secret guest"

Yvette are a finely tuned postpunk engine whose industrial-strength noise already sounds like it was created in a machine shop. So it seems fitting they’d play in a auto garage amongst a bunch of classic Mustangs…

Texas duo Burnt Skull released debut LP (stream it), playing Boston Hassle Fest and DbA this weekend

Texas two-piece Burnt Skull sound pretty much like you’d expect them to with a name like that — punishing, relentless bile. Dustin Pilkington (who’s also in Total Abuse) and and Anthony Davis also make music together as Best Fwends, but this is decidedly nastier noise…

Memphis band Nots releasing debut album on Goner, touring, including two Brooklyn shows (dates, streams)

Memphis band Nots make blistering squall, indebted to DIY postpunk and the (Eddy) current Australian scene. Originally a project of Ex Cult’s Natalie Hoffmann (guitar) and Charlotte Watson (drums), the band has since added Alexandra Eastburn on synths and bassist Madison Farmer (of Toxie and Coasting who just played a reunion gig at Death by Audio)…

Parquet Courts were the secret guests at DbA on Monday (setlist), streaming Parkay Quarts LP, announce 2015 tour

Parquet Courts were the surprise guests at Death by Audio on Monday (11/3), playing with old friends Detroit’s Tyvek. “Parquet Courts would not exist without Tyvek, no doubt,” said PC’s Andrew Savage on stage that night…

Priests touring w/ Dismemberment Plan (including NYC) and Deerhoof, playing DbA w/ Future Punx & more (dates)

Priests @ DbA in April (more by Amanda Hatfield) DC band Priests, who released a new EP over the summer via Don Giovanni and their own Sister Polygon, are about to start a short tour…

Ty Segall announces '$INGLE$ 2' compilation (streams) -- will he play DbA on his way back from European tour?

Ty Segall @ Webster Hall in September (more by Ebru Yildiz) Ty Segall released the great double-length Manipulator earlier this year but for those who need more, you can look forward to $INGLE$ 2 which will be out via Drag City on November 18…

White Mice released a new song (stream), playing Death by Audio on Saturday w/ Doomsday Student, Child Bite & more

White Mice @ SXSW 2010 (more by Samantha Marble) Providence, RI’s weirdest theatrical slingers of doomy industrial noise, White Mice, released a new song on Halloween titled “Stinky n’ The Strain” which is a 10-minute gob of their brand of heavy…

Guerilla Toss releasing new EP (stream it), playing DbA's final week and Bard College before European tour

Boston’s Guerilla Toss certainly stay busy. They’re already released an album on NNA Tapes and an EP on Infinity Cat in the past year so far…
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