If You Miss Death By Audio, Start Your Own Fucking Show Space Will Help
Ah, remember the Williamsburg of yore? Aka, two years ago when there were still plenty of DIY music venues thriving in the looming shadow of the waterfront’s new condos? Now, that shadow is occupied by the infamous VICE offices, a complex of laptops and coldbrew that sprawls across Kent Avenue. If I sound bitter, I’m not, at all–having a major corporation in place of beloved music venues is totally fine with me. Gentrification, progress, the inevitable slog the city, etc. But, just in case you are a little pissed off about losing gems like Glasslands (the venue that made me a music writer), 285 Kent or Death By Audio, the latter has released a compilation that should help alleviate some of your sadness.