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O'Death: Outside

The biggest impediment in O’Death’s career is that they hail from Brooklyn instead of some backwoods holler somewhere in the Ozarks. Known for their sweaty, often shirtless live shows, the band mix mountain music with metal and punk, creating darkly atmospheric records that are both Thomas Hart Benton gothic and Hot Topic goth. But because they’re based in a hipster enclave, they’ve been called out as ersatz hillbillies—as if traditionally rural music couldn’t be made in an urban setting. Hell, Woody Guthrie lived in Brooklyn years before O’Death was born, Dylan and other earnest strummers practically reinvented folk music over...  read more

This Week's New Album Releases (4/19/11)

Each week we highlight notable album releases we care about. One of these six includes our favorite song of the year....  read more

Album Stream: O'Death - Outside

Last July, Appalachian folk rockers O'Death emerged from a one-year hiatus to perform at the Newport Folk Festival. Sparked by that return to the stage, the New York-based group carried on to create their third LP Outside.  read more

Newport Folk Festival 2010 Photos Ft. Avett Brothers, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Bird, Swell Season, More

Photos by Brian Lima...  read more

O'Death - New York, NY - The Music Hall of Williamsburg - 10/30/08

Photos taken at the Music Hall of Williamsburg by Sean Edgar...  read more

O'Death crushes out on R. Kelly, plays two Chicago shows this weekend

We were curious about what springs to mind when the New York City-based, Appalachian-tinged folk-punk rockers of O'Death think of Chicago. When we posed this query to the band, drummer David Rogers-Berry (who likes to beat his skins with chain links and other unusual noisemaking apparatuses) immediately took the baton and jotted down his five favorite R. Kelly-affiliated songs. Apparently, there's no irony here: He and the band claim mad, earnest love for the Chicago-based R&B superstar. ...  read more

O'Death announces new North American tour

Eternal tourers O’Death will be back on the road this fall for another slate of cross-country dates in support of the band’s third album, Broken Hymns, Limbs & Skin, due for release in North America on Oct. 28. The Brooklyn-based quintet touts a range of flamboyant influences grounded in Appalachian mountain music, with live shows variously accounted for as spooky and spiritual....  read more