They're changing some things but staying consistent sound-wise. They're still teetering between avant experimentation and a more out-and-out post-punk instrumental sound. The songs they've offered on their web site both offer a significant glimpse at the future of this band -- we're excited to hear more from them in 2010.
Death Is Not a Joyride Announce New Lineup, Play Free Week
Preview: Free Week at The Mohawk
Free Week at the Mohawk is featuring both the outside and inside stages will be packed with an army of bands. From psychedelic rock to turntabalism, the Mohawk should have you covered, and less money at the door means more for booze!
Gang Gang Dance at Mohawk Tonight
Gang Gang Dance Gang Gang Dance Gang Gang Dance Gang Gang Dance. We mean, when you can say something over and over like that and it seems like the kind of game that is both fun to play and incredibly (incredibly) annoying for anyone else within listening range, how can you possibly not be a part of the party?
Le Diamant Brut: Balkan Beat Box & Death is Not a Joyride
Listen to the beginning of “Masochism in the Trade” and try not to be mesmerized. The experimentally shrieking guitars and ghoulish keyboards make the air thick with a carnival vibe that quickly turns into an electro pop number fronted by a singer sounding something like a darker version of Gwen Stefani at times. Add in plenty of violin along with some viola, glockenspiel, mandolin and even a drum machine, and you’ve got a local group that’s easy to get wrapped up in, but hard to classify. You can dance until you drop dead from the consumption with this bleak, experimental, violin-rock.

