those dudes are rad as fuck. they have a venue in NYC called Death By Audio that they live at. I guess the main dude funded the band during their early years by making boutique analog guitar pedals. hope to catch them live some day
I saw them at coachella in '09 and they were loud and rambunctious as fuck. The main dude smashed his guitar mid-song during a noise freakout jam thing then plugged another one in and went back into the song. Not usually into the whole "smashing all our instruments for kicks" bit but I thought that was pretty funny. I believe the cure went on right after their set and I remember my ears were ringing the entire time.
If you guys like A Place to Bury Strangers you should also check out Skywave
Band from the '90s founded by the same guy, their music is pretty much identical.