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A Place to Bury Strangers Play Former Funeral Home
By Charlie | March 16, 2010
The term “waking the dead” came to mind many times last night. On one hand you have The Woods, a building that began life as a funeral parlor. Now, the venue in southeast Portland is home to more inviting ambiance. A small bar along the side, antique chairs lining the walls, and an upright piano on the small stage that once held pine boxes. On the other hand, last night The Woods played host to the loudest band in NYC, A Place to Bury Strangers.
Without the bother of openers or a cover, and at an early hour ( they went on about 6:30), this was an intimate follow up to the previous night’s sold out show at Doug Fir. The trio of guitarist/vocalist Oliver Ackermann, drummer Jay Space, and bassist Jono Mofo create dark and drowning in reverb post-punk and shoegaze, often conjuring up acts like Joy Division and Jesus and Mary Chain. On record they sound straight out of 1979, but on stage those pedals and effects, designed by Ackermann himself, give rise to a deafening brilliance.
Last night’s show started out sonically bearable enough. I wondered, would the somber surroundings convince the band not to blast the doors off this time? Yet, slowly and steadily, the three turned it up and up until amps were raised in triumph over a stage laid to ruins. If this sounds a little over dramatic, just see for yourself.
A Place To Bury Strangers @ The WoodsA great time was had by all. Even me.
photo and video by H-Dawg
March 17th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
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March 18th, 2010 at 11:06 am
That video is nuts. Sure wish a band like that would play a place like that in Santa Rosa. Odds? 5:1? 10:1? maaaybe 20:1…
March 21st, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Wheres the cute butt picture???
March 29th, 2010 at 8:23 am
Nice, but Jono MOFO is not touring with the band this time around. Their replacement bassist is from New Zealand… I wrote down his name for reporting purposes but someone seems to have made off with my notepad. Arg.