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QRO's spotlight goes dark whenever it passes over A Place To Bury Strangers.

Name: A Place To Bury Strangers

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

Members: Oliver Ackerman, Dion Lunadon, Jonathan 'Jono MOFO' Smith (former), Jason 'Jay Space' Weilmeister

Albums: Red EP (2006), Blue EP (2006), Green EP (2006), A Place to Bury Strangers (2007), In Your Heart EP (2009), Exploding Head (2007), Ego Death EP (2010), Onwards To the Wall EP (2012), Worship (upcoming, 6/26/12)

If the band were an animal, they'd be: the thing that goes more than just bump in the night

Or if they were a food, they'd be: whatever grows above that Place

What about a piece of furniture?: the cellar door

Okay, how about something to wear?: black t-shirt

A Place To Bury StrangersRelated Articles:

Review of A Place To Bury Strangers

Photo gallery from South Street Seaport in New York, NY on June 27th, 2008

Review as part of CMJ Day Five at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on October 25th, 2008

Photo gallery from Music Hall of Williamsburg

Review as part of Siren Music Festival on Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY on July 18th, 2009

Photo gallery from Siren

Live review from Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, OR on October 18th, 2009

Photo gallery from Doug Fir Lounge

Review of Exploding Head

Interview with Ackerman & Lunadon in 2010

Photo gallery from Doug Fir Lounge on March 14th, 2010

Photo gallery from Respectable Street in West Palm Beach, FL on October 30th, 2010

Photo gallery from Terminal 5 in New York, NY on August 8th, 2011

Review of Onwards To the Wall EP

Photo gallery from Bluebird in Bloomingotn, IN on March 22nd, 2012

Photo gallery from Terminal 5 on March 28th, 2012

Live review from Melkweg in Amsterdam, Netherlands on May 6th, 2012

Photo gallery from Melkweg

Review as part of Grinderman 2 RMX

Interview with Lunadon in 2012

Photo gallery from Cargo from London, U.K. on May 8th, 2012

Tour dates:

5/11/12 - Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. - King Tuts 
5/12/12 - Newcastle, England, U.K. - Cluny 
5/13/12 - Leeds, UK - Cockpit 
6/2/12 - Austin, TX -  29th Street Ballroom*
6/3/12 - El Paso, TX - Low Brow*
6/4/12 - Houston, TX - Rhythm Room*
6/5/12 - San Diego, CA - Casbah*
6/6/12 - Visalia, CA - Cellar Door*
6/7/12 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex*
6/8/12 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill*
6/9/12 - Chico, CA - Cafe Coda*
6/10/12 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir*
6/11/12 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile*
6/12/12 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Biltmore Cabaret*
6/24/12 - Atlantic City, NJ - Orion
 
* w/ This Will Destroy You

 

MP3 Stream: "Missing You"
  

 

MP3 Stream: "Exploding Head"
 

 

MP3 Stream: "So Far Away"
  

 

MP3 Stream: "Worm Tamer (A Place To Bury Strangers Remix of Grinderman)"
 


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