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Earlier this year Oliver had told us that it was likely that their lease on the space currently occupied by the venue Death by Audio and his pedal company – named Death By Audio before there was the venue and before they moved into their current space – would probably not be renewed. The lease is not being renewed – the inevitable gentrification in Williamsburg the primary reason – and the venue is closing. Here are several reports from various news sources. The pedal company will continue  but the location is not set.

• Death by Audio dying • The Brooklyn Paper – “”Another scrappy Williamsburg music venue is closing its doors.
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• The Impact : A Literal Death by Audio – one person’s reminiscences about the music venue Death By Audio
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• Death by Audio to Close in November – NYTimes.com – The announcement in the NY Times that Death By Audio, the venue, will be closing
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• this aggression will not stand » Death By Audio will be closing in November – The official announcement that Death by Audio, the venue, will be closing
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• Brooklyn’s Death By Audio Closing In November – Stereogum – A article about the closing of the venue Death by Audio
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• Ben Wallers Says ‘Goodbye’ to Death By Audio, More Surprises in Store – “As we first heard back in September, Death By Audio, one of the last remaining DIY venues on the Williamsburg waterfront, will close in just over a month. Yesterday, Wilber told us DBA’s last show will be on November 22. ”
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• With the Coming Closing of Death By Audio, Many NYC DIYs Are Going Legit | Village Voice – Commentary on the closing of Death By Audio venue and the DIY music scene in Brooklyn
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• Vice Media the Driving Force Behind Underground Venue Closures | Billboard – “Vice Media is behind the closure of Williamsburg venues Death by Audio and likely Glasslands, Billboard has learned.”
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• No One Wants To Say It, But Vice Is Displacing Brooklyn Institutions – “There—in print!—is confirmation that, yes, Vice is the reason why Death By Audio (and now Glasslands) is being forced to move. Of course, that second paragraph neatly summarizes the tension here: all Conner had to do was get the building’s owners to “terminate the existing leases, empty the properties and create a full space the right size for Vice.”
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Some links to other postings about Death by Audio are

• Death By Audio pedal links
• Death by Audio, Interview and Story
• Death By Audio, a recording space for A Place to Bury Strangers
• The Death by Audio Workbench & Interview of Oliver