Posts Tagged ‘cmj’
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
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It’s rare that the hyperbole of an album’s press release is outdone by the plaudits of reviewers, but the fevered accolades cawing from such luminaries as Pitchfork for this debut from Brooklyners A Place To Bury Strangers makes their own PR seem almost indifferent.
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A Place To Bury Strangers @ Bowery Ballroom - I can’t get enough of them, so dark, so good, love. I see them every time they come to NY.
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
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I’m hearing a lot of fuzzed-out takes on proto-shoegaze come out of there these days. “I Know I’ll See You” by A Place To Bury Strangers does, in a lot of ways, take me back to shithole venues from the era — particularly the bass sound, which reminds me of something specific that I can’t put my finger on. The guitars are a fusion between midperiod Jesus & Mary Chain and midperiod My Bloody Valentine, the latter’s breakthrough point
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Crystal Antlers were a hard act to follow, though Brooklyn trio A Place to Bury Strangers mostly succeeded, with lead guitarist/singer Oliver Ackermann doing his best to out-shine Johnny Bell in the showmanship department.
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
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After witnessing the My Bloody Valentine reunion at ATP NY last month, I can’t watch a band like A Place to Bury Strangers the same way ever again. Through no fault of their own, nothing that they do could possibly live up to the gale force of MBV
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So you know when Keane are talking up their new 80s-inspired direction and the economy is starting, wearingly, to resemble that of twenty years ago, it’s probably time to find a new buzzword. But here, with one last, distorted, noise-drenched salute to the past, are A Place To Bury Strangers and their debut LP, finally being released in Britain after first receiving limited release in the U.S. over a year ago.
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
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One things you need to know about A Place To Bury Strangers: they’re incredibly loud. Even with industrial-strength earplugs in, this Brooklyn trio has blown every band out of the water with a new twist on shoegazy rock—delightfully as melodic as noisy. After opening for the Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Jesus And Mary Chain, as well as releasing the critically acclaimed self-title album last year, this band is worthy of the spotlight for this show on the last night of their headlining spring tour. With All the Saints, Little Jakie, Marnie Stern, Vivian Girls, and Lord T & Elois
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The loudest band in New York is coming back to Philly for a show at Johnny Brenda’s. Bring your earplugs as A Place to Bury Strangers takes the stage. Joining them is Philly’s own psychedelic garage rock artists The Cobbs. Take the pop sensibilties of The Kinks and throw in Brian Jonestown Massacre with some psyche guitar and viola, The Cobbs. And a new album is in the works, so expect some fresh material.
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Oh, but there’s more to life than books, you know, but not much more, not much more: A Place To Bury Strangers, this generation’s living answer to the Jesus & Mary Chain AND drugs, are gonna make your ears bleed ecstacy at Johnny Brenda’s. It’s just going to happen.
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Dubbed “New York’s loudest band”, their debut UK shows this May were some of the most thrilling showcases of paranoia-seething guitar abuse these shores have seen since the heyday of their obvious heroes the Reid brothers. While much of the American nu-gaze school is starting to sound tired, APTBS lift themselves above the herd of Spacemen 3 worshippers by virtue of the rancorous ferocity of their sound – less dream pop than nightmare rock.
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Obama Ads & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-01
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Obama Ads-
HELP GET THIS ON THE AIR -Local Voices for Obama - Kyle Snodgrass - Jasp…
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HELP GET THIS ON THE AIR -Local Voices for Obama - Commander Dalton
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[PRES] Obama: Rearview Mirror
nice advert
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in the shadowplay: Bela Lugosi’s Dead
A Place to Bury Strangers was the last band of the night and the band that I was most looking forward to seeing at CMJ. Their performance certainly did not disappoint!
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Oceanographer’s Choice: CMJ Review
All of these were followed by A Place to Bury Strangers, who put on the loudest show I’ve ever seen
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PLAYBACK:stl - SEE THE LIGHT - CMJ Music Marathon | 10.21-25.08
A couple of the more notable acts I caught included the always worth it Semi Precious Weapons and A Place to Bury Strangers.
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Washington Square News - Brits, beards, and beats in CMJ memories
The shadows dance behind them, and as if in response, the audience begins to thrash for the first time in the evening. The shadows, the band and the audience all move together.
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A Place to Bury Strangers
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