Death Set In Another Commercial

The Death Set scored another big commercial, this time it's for the Xbox game Sunset Overdrive. Brooklyn bands are all fucking over the place right now. In the old days I would have cried sell out but this is the modern era and you gotta get paid wherever the fuck you can if you want to be a career musician so good for them - good for all of them!

The Death Set Have A New Video, "DZ Deathrays"

The Mess Up - DZ Deathrays (The Death Set Rmx) from The Death Set on Vimeo.

Today: Rock Yard w/ Cerebral Ballzy, Death Set, So So Glos & More

Jelly NYC brings the party back to North Brooklyn with a free show this afternoon at The Morgan. The Death Set, So So Glos, Cerebral Ballzy, Japanther, The Growlers and CSC Funk Band are playing. That, my friends, is awesome!

The Death Set Have A New Video, "We Are Going Anywhere Man"

The Death Set have a new video and it's pretty rad. Here's the story about the making of the video.

We wanted to throw a party on our roof so we invited our friends and a bunch of party ingredients. It all worked until we made too much ruckas and apparently knocked “art” off the wall of the douche bag downstairs. Now this guy’s “art” was his “Transformers the Movie” poster and of course threatened to sue and asked if I had “music video insurance”. And of course I have insurance right? Health insurance, dental insurance, music video insurance, insurance on deez nuts and but, all of the above pffff. Just like one of the causes of the economic crisis, hell I got insurance for my insurance… Anyways so we just took the party to our tiny ass apartment and had a time. Reminds me of that game we played as kids where you spin around till you blackout.

Get The New Death Set Album, Michel Poiccard

The Death Set have a new album out entitled Michel Poiccard and it's available for download. 

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Death Set Tour Documentary

The Death Set - The Adventures of Quanni Cannonz from The Death Set on Vimeo.

New Death Set Video, "Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap"

Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap

The Death Set recorded this handy dandy instructional video for the unofficial handshake of Brooklyn bands like Ninjasonik and Cerebral Ballzy (who make cameos in the video).

The Death Set Release New Mixtape, Release Party Tomorrow (Free, Open Bar)

The Death Set have released a new mixtape called Artificially Sweetened. You can download it from the Mishka blog. There's also going to be a release party tomorrow at The Cove. The party is free and has two 30 min open bars plus $3 Jameson shots and $3 beer all night!

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Mishka NYC: Death Set Mixtape

New Track From The Death Set w/ Diplo

The Death Set recently teamed up with Diplo on a new track called "Yo David Chase! You P.O.V. Shot Me In The Head". Check it out on that fork site.

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Superfest: 24 Hour Party (Brooklyn)

Superchief.tv is throwing a 24-hour rager to celebrate the launch of their new website. They got Brooklyn's finest to show up and perform, including Japanther, Ninjasonik, Deathset, Team Robespierre, Cerebral Ballzy and a bunch more. Plus Dirty Finger, Murdertronics, Roofeeo, Morsy and like 20 other kids DJing. It all starts at 4am on Saturday and goes until 4am on Sunday, non-fucking-stop! There will be a pancake breakfast at sunrise and BBQ served up at 2pm to keep you strong. You'll need the strength for sure. Think you can hang the full 24-hours? I don't stand a chance but luckily I live 5 minutes away. Oh, and all this for $10!

RSVP:

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Today: Bikes In The Kitchen 5-Year Anniversary @ JellyNYC Rock Yard

This already started, so hurry!

Tonight: Death Set, Hussle Club @ Lit; Ninjasonik @ The Shank

Lotsa good parties tonight but if you're looking for some crazy shows then here's where it's at. First it's Death Set and Hussle Club downstairs at Lit. Then late night Ninjasonik destroys shit at the massive warehouse space formerly known as The Shank. Get hype! You'll need all the energy you can muster.

Details Here

No flyer for Ninjasonik/Shank Party. Click here for details.

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Shoot The Lazer - Ninjasonik w/ Snakes Say Hiss

 Ninjasonik - Shoot The Lazer 

Today: Adam Walker Benefit @ The Woods

This looks amazing. Starts in an hour, be there. 

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Adam Walker Benefit

Knife Fight Happened 2/4

On Thursday we trekked out to the middle of god damn nowhere for one of the better parties of 2010 so far. 171 Lombardy is out there to say the least but the beauty of it is anything goes. No neighbors wining about noise and no coppers driving by spooking the kids. And that's a good thing, for the most part.

We showed up early to take advantage of the free Colt 45 (which didn't last very long). It was probably 9:45 and the place was empty but that was fine by us. Every 15 minutes or so a burst of people would arrive, which makes sense since a shuttle bus was running every 15 minutes from Lorimer.

By 10:30 or so there was a decent crowd but the free beer was long gone. Leaders went on soon after. I've never heard these dudes before but I was digging them. Imagine if Black Sabbath decided to play nothing but songs that sounded like "Planet Caravan" and that's kinda what we're talking about. My only complaint is they were a little too jammy and the vocals just didn't match the style of music at all.

After the set I hit the pisser and there was some broad from some porn site trying to get dudes to whip their dongers out. She was like lady Bronques or something. There was all types of random weird shit going on too, like the raving Viking.

Next up was Boogie Boarder who are always good fun. I was up front for the first song or two but then nature called, fucking swill beer. Honestly, I think I spent half of there set in line for the can so unfortunately I didn't really get to see all the action. By the time I got back out to the floor there was a pretty big crowd that I wasn't yet drunk enough to fight through so I hung back and worked on my sobriety.

After BB the Ballzy boys took the stage. Cerebral Ballzy always bring the ruckus but there was something in the air on Thursday and you could tell it was gonna get crazy before they even started. About 30 seconds before they started I turned to my homey Sean, who had never seen Ballzy, and I said "All hell is about to break loose." Almost immediately after this they burst into the first song and the floor fucking erupted in chaos. A massive pit opened up and everyone was bouncing around and having a fucking blast. I remember seeing my pals in the pit pushing around with big smiles on their faces and these are dudes that don't like thrash or hardcore at all. Ballzy fucking rule!

After Ballzy the Death Set were up. I hadn't seen these cats in a long time and was pretty stoked about it. Again, as with Ballzy, all hell broke loose. There were literally people swinging from the rafters. The ceilings had a series of pipes and other shit hanging down and people were fucking swinging from them, it was quite a site. The performance and the crowd were fucking cool but the music seemed way more electro then I remember Death Set being. Maybe I'm wrong, I was pretty drunk by then.

We drank a lot of beer and a lot of whisky by this point and were getting bored. Not that the party died down or anything but we had been there for many hours and were drunk and antsy. So we bailed before Japanther went on and headed to Boulevard Tavern where we made a new friend. Hi, Sweet Tits (or was it Sugar Tits?)! Anyway, the party was a fucking rager and 171 Lombardy is a killer place for a party. Now I just need to convince my pussy friends it's worth hiking out to the middle of nowhere.

More pics:

BSC Flickr

Tonight: Knife Fight w/ A Shit Ton Of Good Bands

If you're not familiar with the Brooklyn music scene but you're curious as to what all the fuss is about then come to this show. These bands (Death Set, Cerebral Ballzy, Japanther, Boogie Boarder, & Leaders) define the Brooklyn scene and this party defines the DIY craziness in all it's glory. What to expect? Expect sweaty drunk punks, cheap shitty beer, loud music, bloody noses, stink, holding it in, and leaving with an STD and wet clothes (beer, sweat, etc.). Yeah, I'd say that's a fair assessment. If you only go out once this winter you should make it this one.

The venue is in the middle of nowhere so take advantage of the free shuttle bus or ride your silly bike (not that bikes are silly, just yours). The shuttle details are on the Knife Fight website. Also, there's free booze for like 2 hours or something.

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Knife Fight

Party Alert: Knife Fight w/ Japanther, Ballzy, Death Set, Boogie Boarder, Leaders

Killer show this Thursday in Greenpoint with some of our favorites - Cerebral Ballzy, The Death Set, Boogie Boarder, Japanther, and Leaders. It's part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival. It's all going down at 171 Lombardy which is way the fuck out by the Kosciusko bridge but fret not young heathen - there's a shuttle bus. The next night the fight continues with dance party.

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Knife Fight

Video From The Todd P / Bikes In The Kitchen Show

It's nice that there's video from the later part of this show because I stumbled out drunk during the Juiceboxx set and never made it back.

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Goodbye Summer Show w/ So So Glos, Team Robes, DeathSet, Ninjasonik, Wild Yaks, & More!

If you're a fan of the current Brooklyn music scene then this might be the best show ever (flyer below). My only question is where's Boogie Boarder and Matt & Kim? Oh wait, there's "special guests" - OK, I get it. The show is $10, which isn't bad at all for an all day thing and it's at the Broadway Backyard.

**Update: According to MyOpenBar there's going to be some kind of free booze too.

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Tonight: So So Glos DJ @ Arrow, NinjaSonik & DeathSet DJ @ Beauty Bar

The Brooklyn boys are hitting the decks tonight. The So So Glos will be spinning at Arrow Bar tonight. The NinjaSonik, DeathSet, BikeInTheKitchen squad will be at Beauty Bar Brooklyn.