Louisville, Kentucky-born recording artist and writer, David Grubbs's eighth full-length solo recording A Guess at the Riddle was released in May 2004. Grubbs's other recent releases include Arborvitae, a duo with Loren Connors; the collection of songs Rickets & Scurvy; and Act Five, Scene One. Grubbs's upcoming projects include an album by the Wingdale Community Singers (a group with Rick Moody and Hannah Marcus) and a collaborative recording with the poet Susan Howe. Grubbs's work has been presented at the Centre Pompidou. He has also contributed music to films by Norman and Bruce Yonemoto, Braden King and Laura Moya, John Boskovich and Doug Aitken. David was guitarist and primary songwriter in the influential art-punk group Squirrel Bait and Bastro, which released two albums each.

David Grubbs was a founding member of the group Gastr del Sol. He has participated in the Red Krayola since 1993. He co-directed Dexter's Cigar, an acclaimed label (Arnold Dreyblatt, Henry Kaiser, Merzbow). At present Grubbs directs the Blue Chopsticks record label (Luc Ferrari, Derek Bailey and Noël Akchoté, Workshop, Van Oehlen, Mats Gustafsson).

Between 1997-99, Grubbs taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His criticism has appeared in Conjunctions, Bookforum, Texte zur Kunst, and Purple, and Süddeutsche Zeitung. He currently resides in Brooklyn, N.Y.