Video: A Place To Bury Strangers - "Dead Beat"

You may have noticed A Place To Bury Strangers has been getting a lot of attention lately. Pitchfork gave their new album a glowing review and has been featuring the band pretty regularly since. So, of course, the blogging community at large started to really take notice. Really, it was about time. We've been following the band for a few years now and are excited to have them playing at our first ever official CMJ Music Marathon showcase on Saturday at The Delancey. Here's what we wrote about them when they played a [...]

Having experienced A Place To Bury Strangers ' live show a number of times over the years, we were admittedly a little nervous about shooting them live. We just weren't sure if their volume and video projection would translate well to tape in the still-somewhat-geurilla way we've been shooting bands. Maybe we got lucky? This first song is called "Gimme Acid" and sounds a little bit like three guys slowly tearing the world apart. It's not on any of the DIY EP's we have of the band, so we weren't previously as familiar with it as some [...]