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The Little Death NYC

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“One of New York’s best-kept sultry secrets….top notch players and volcanic generosity…singer Laura Dawn’s staging and rocket-fuel is punk…and her powerhouse voice channels blues and gospel…she’s a riveting performer, her own blend of Tina Turner and Janis Joplin…Daron Murphy bends low with his guitar and to her right, Moby paces forwards and back with his bass. The sound is their own special cocktail of soul, punk, blues, rock, and just the right amount of drunk.” –Annie Nocenti, The Brooklyn Rail
"noirish-blues-rock meets Laura Dawn's sultry purr and the bald one's punk" Time Out NY
"The rock and soul outfit cranked out one hell of a performance...the kind of music played in old juke joints updated with some modern touches...soul searching lyrics about love and other catastrophes...Laura (Dawn)'s a powerhouse of a woman with a voice that makes you feel this big (take your thumb and index and put them close to each other)..You just don't mess around with her..." - MusicSnobbery.com
"Laura Dawn's pipes can damn near raise the dead. The full-throated vocalist... bends notes six ways to Sunday in Moby's rock band side-project, The Little Death NYC. Backed by swaggering House of Zep riffs, Dawn cuts loose over bluesy psychedelia."--Metromix.com
"Like the original Ike & Tina Turner Revue, minus the beatings. I love them." -John Waters on The Little Death nyc
"Move over Janis Joplin!" - David Lynch
The Little Death (nyc) is Aaron Brooks (drums), Laura Dawn (lead vocals), Daron Murphy (guitar, bass, & harmonica) and Moby (bass, guitar). Formed in 2007, their sound is like a drunken bar fight between John Lee Hooker and Kurt Weill or the desperate love-child of Big Mama Thornton and Robert Mitchum. Old blues, soul, and vintage psychedelia slamming behind songs about fucking and despair, blind joy and glorious dissolution, fronted by a white girl with a voice equal parts Bessie Smith and Dusty Springfield. Their packed live shows (featuring tight harmonies from backup singers Jamie Rae and Cherie Martorana, aka The Death Threats) are raucous and passionate--a punk-rock fueled blues revival for hungry souls.

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Member Since: 3/30/2007
Band Website: thelittledeathnyc.com
Band Members: The Little Death is:Laura Dawn on Vocals; Daron Murphy on Guitar, Bass and Harmonica; Aaron Brooks on Drums Moby on bass and guitarThe Death Threats are: Cherie Martorana and Jamie Rae on backing vocals
Influences: John Lee Hooker, Bettye LaVette, Junior Wells, Wanda Jackson, Etta Jones, the Ike and Tina Turner Review, Otis Redding, Sonny Boy Williamson, Curtis Mayfield, Little Walter, Sam Cooke, Dusty Springfield, Albert King, Solomon Burke, Hubert Sumlin, Terry Reid, broken and mended hearts, an ocean of regret and a sense of humor.
Sounds Like: The Little Death NYC.

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My Blog

re: In LA and NYC! New Shows!

Greetings and Salutations, The Little Death has 2 shows coming up:1. We are doing a special, one night only show in Hollywood, CA onFriday, FEBRUARY 27TH10pm@ The Dragonfly, 6510 Santa Monica Blvd, (...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:00:00 GMT

The Little Death: Beyond the Lower East Side

Hello Friends.October is here. And with Autumn's whisper beckoning, THE LITTLE DEATH shall ramble.Our first pilgrimage takes us to lovely HUDSON, NY and THE BLUE TSUNAMI: a huge RALLY FOR DEMOCRACY ca...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:46:00 GMT

September show in NYC!

Dear Friends,Summer ends. If that's not enough reason to listen to blues and indulge in booze, then surely the threat of a McCain presidency is (although we hear our potential VP Palin is good fun at...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:40:00 GMT

The Little Death get CHEAP

Friends, loved ones, enemies, woe-sharers and fellow lovers of the liquor,The Little Death, after 2 sold out shows at The Box, wanna get back to where they belong. Somewhere dark, dank, with the smel...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 08:46:00 GMT

The Little Death at THE BOX one more time.....

True believers.If you were there last time, then we need say no more If you weren't there last time, here's one last chance to experienceThe Cracked Society Revuea night of nasty blues, libidinous Eur...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:17:00 GMT

Review of our show at The Box from BlackBook magazine

’Last Night’ With Moby (And We’re Not Talking About the Album)http://www.blackbookmag.com/features/comments/last-nig ht-with-moby-and-were-not-talking-about-the-album/Moby. Hula Hoops...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:05:00 GMT

New Photos from the Cracked Society Revue at THE BOX

Hey all--we posted some new photos from our sold out Cracked Society Revue at The Box in NYC--If you missed it, you’re in luck--we’re gonna do it again. Details to come!-TLD
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:52:00 GMT

We made Neil Gaiman’s blog! cool.

Neil Gaiman blogged about our performance at the SXSW Lou Reed tributeplus you can watch a nice video of Moby with Lou Reed and The Little Deathcool!http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/03/coolth.html
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:14:00 GMT

The Little Death in NYC at The Box!

Friends,Moby, Laura Dawn, Daron Murphy, & Aaron Brooks, aka The Little Death, would like to invite you to join us for a very special night that we’ve created and curated just for you.Along with ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:51:00 GMT

The Little Death at SXSW in Austin, Texas!

Friends,we are indeed playing a free, albeit private show, sponsored by Gibson Guitars, at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TexasPlease email us at [email protected] if you'd like to be on the...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:50:00 GMT