Love commercials that haunt all of your waking moments and only become funny after someone else starts complaining about them too. Also love "mashups" of annoying commercials and commercially successful annoying movies. Original version of the song below in case you want to be an ass (ringtones, office pages, etc.).
The Fixx - Saved By Zero (from Reach the Beach)
The Death Set - Superzero (from Worldwide)
via have you seen this
You heard about it a few months back, and this weekend the Bmore Round Robin is all up in our NYC kitchen. Here's the rub:
Friday's Eyes Night includes Beach House, Jana Hunter, Wzt Hearts, Nautical Almanac, Lexie Mountain Boys, and more, and puts the focus on "a mixture of folk, noise, theatrics, improvisation-- music that is spiritual, dreamy etc."
Saturday's Feet Night brings music that you dance, thrash, or otherwise move around to and includes the Death Set, Double Dagger, Videohippos, Future Islands, Adventure and Deacon himself.
10/17 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge - EYES NIGHT
10/18 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge - FEET NIGHT
BUY NYC TICKETS NOW (only 15 bucks for both nights, top that)
Download a rad Round Robin Comp CD for free here.
Fresh samples:
Adventure - Wild Wild Ride
Smart Growth - Extreme Ballin'
The Death Set -Moving Forward
Double Dagger - We Are The Ones
Future Islands - Old Friend
Height - Mother Earth (Theme from Showbeast)
Jana Hunter - Paint A Babe
Beach House - Gila
Dan Deacon - Wham City
Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez - Mostly A Friend
And a message from Transportation Dept Mgr/folkstress Jana Hunter:
"For those of you interested in attending the Round Robin performances, there is this definite opportunity to get in sans paid ticket. We need oil to power our school bus. Bring us oil, get in free. Here are the details.
Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) is the stuff that restaurants have used in their fryers. Most restaurants discard this stuff in barrels or incredibly disgusting dumpsters somewhere near their trash dumpsters. If you ask them about it, most of them are more than happy to give this to you, given that they normally have to pay a company to haul it away for them.
We ask that you bring at least 10 gallons (this is not hard to find; decent-sized restaurants throw out avg 50 gallons/week) in order to secure a guest spot, but write me regardless if you are interested in this super deal. Write me, I will write you back, we will get it figured out."
posters via Post Typography
Hit us up if you want a guest spot +1 for The Death Set at Sonar next Tuesday 6/17 with Matt and Kim, Monotix and Team Robespierre.
Jill from Switchburn provides video of the boys in Austin covering Nirvana's "Territorial Pissings," shot and played back from three angles simultaneously to show Johnny and team's foaming fury. Watch full size here.
The Death Set - Impossible (Etan Rmx)
Nirvana - Territorial Pissings (from Nevermind, obvs)
Open this post for upcoming shows/beats and let us know what else you're up to.
Win free tickets from Aural States
Thrushes - Into The Woods
Boys Lie - In Your Eyes
TaxLo Muxtape
Bonde Do Role - Melo Do Tabacco (XXXChange remix)
The Death Set - Impossible (Etan remix)
DJ Sega - Action News
The Old Haunts - Volatile
Future Islands - Nu Autobahn
From the Hot Mess Social Club courtesy of Josh Sisk. Want The Death Set to perform a show in your closet? Simply pre-order their first full LP Worldwide and drop a line.
The Death Set - Negative Thinking
Matt & Kim - Yea Yeah
The The Death Set's Johnny Siera waxes with UK-based Fact Magazine about moving to Bmore, signing to Ninja Tune, and new album Worldwide which hits stores soon. A few excerpts:
Was there ever a specific desire to move to Baltimore, given its musical legacy?
Definitely not, I’d never heard of it! It was bizarre; before moving there I knew nothing about it, but when I first came down I saw… Well, there’s this building called the Copycat – I actually just moved out of it – and it’s an art display house place. I was still living in Brooklyn and I came down for a show; it was Dan Deacon and a band called Ecstatic Sunshine. And the kids were just going fucking bonkers; it was honestly like nothing I’d seen in my entire life – not in Australia, not in Europe, and not in New York. I was blown away; Dan was making everyone lie on the floor and jump up when the song starts. And compared to the typical cross-armed responses we’d got in the previous places we’d been to, it was really inspiring.
How far done is the new album?
The new record has been done for ages; the reason for the delay is that Counter, from Ninja Tunes just bought out the record, as I’m sure you’re aware. It’s finished; it’s coming out probably March or April, which gives us some time to prepare and promo for it. We’ve got a seven inch coming out in Europe and the UK, and that will be the prelude to the full album. So yeah, really soon!
I’m sure your live shows allude to where you’re going, but what can someone who’s only heard the Rad Warehouses and To EPs expect from the new album?
It’s about – well, it is – twenty five minutes and eighteen tracks. It’s still hi-energy, up-tempo, spastic punk rock songs with electronic elements; it’s a little bit sparsed out with interludes and stuff, but it’s still pretty fast-paced. It’s 100% like the EPs, so you can expect more of the same. I’m excited dude, it’s been on my shoulders for a while so it’s nice to really get it out there…
Read the rest of the interview here. Thanks to Hannah for the heads up.
The Death Set - Intermission
The Death Set - Negative Thinking
Two local videos in a week? Bmore ≥ YouTube. Hear about their full-length debut hitting in April over at Covert Curiosity.
Surprise performances from MC Spank Rock = cash money lightning. In this quick clip Baltimore native Naeem Juwan helps get the baile kids from Bonde do Role ready for the show, then Marina spits some Portugese for us re: Daft Punk and Afrika Bambatta, then everyone sings about Dwight Schrute:
When it was all said and done the guests included Ponytail, Plastic Little, Spank Rock, Bonde do Role, and even dirty dancing cameos by Johnny from The Death Set. If you have a chance to see Plastic Little, do - homeys laid it down like a glass carpet even during sober hour. Spank stepped in for a few dick joke songs then dropped his own solo set with mad decent bongo players, following Baltimore municipal regulations by performing at least half of the set in the crowd. Thanks to Josh Sisk for the photos.
Marina stole the show (e nossos corações) with her sweaty trampoline bounce and a filthy lyrical assault. Pretty sure at one point she drilled Portugese derenger rounds over Europe's The Final Countdown, so. Plus there's just something about a feisty Brazilian bomber in black spandex, heavy eyeliner and a Slayer shirt that works for us on multiple levels. Props to the Taxlo folks and Emily Rabbit for keeping it solid steel, tonight they come back with Spank Rock DJs Devlin and Darko.
See more Flickr sets here and here.
Bonde do Role - Solta O Frango
Spank Rock - Rick Rubin (President Eutl remix feat. Page Rock)
Spank Rock Girls and Boys (Original)
Plastic Little - The Jump Off
You can preview and download the entire Plastic Little set here courtesy of Jeff Mewbourn aka the Baltimore Taper.
More Spank Rock
Buy Spank Rock, Bonde do Role, Plastic Little
Baltimore is known for its all-inclusive bootstrap DIY indie spirit - and with the number of startup artists, labels and legit/underground venues climbing faster than the city's body count (200+ this year, watch your back Detroit), we had plenty of gems to choose from for the first part of this series.
And yes, everyone that lives here wears neon fanny packs and likes to dance in sweaty sardine cans.
1. Among Wolves - Sleep and Dream
2. OCDJ - Pls Stp Th Hstl
3. Small Sur - Big Sur
4. Thrushes - Aidan Quinn
5. Brian Adam Ant - Holy Hell
6. Shields - Boom
7. Santa Dads - You Don't Know
8. The Death Set - Impossible (Dan Deacon Remix)
9. Ecstatic Sunshine - Little Big Dipper
10. Beach House - Master of None
11. Cex - Baltimore
12. Ponytail - Lion Down
13. The Oranges Band - If These Stars Are Struck
14. Double Dagger - The Psychic
15. Basshound - Aerodynamic (Daft Punk jam cover, live)
16. Video Hippos - Kool Shades
17. Dan Deacon - Wham City
18. Jakuta and Carl - 31 And Luving It
Wha:
Among Wolves provides the perfect Grizzly Beach Boy/House harmonies to start and end your days...OCDJ makes sounds on laptop, guitar, kalimba, euphonium, bangs drums, shakes things, cites Master Blaster as a major influence...Small Sur is instantly familiar fire circle hymns...Thrushes are murky shoeglazed pop masters...Brian Adam Ant is psychedilifolk that doesn't sound like Neutral Milk Hotel...Shields drops stuttery butter for fans of Prefuse and Madlib...we'll get to some of his counterparts including Jones and Height next...Santa Dads are beatboxing ukelele costume kidz...The Death Set are brilliant noise...Ecstatic Sunshine are superbad instruminimalists...you already know and love the mazzed out Beach House...Cex changes skins regularly around experimental laptop hop...Pontytail will bite your face...The Oranges Band define their sound as "rock" so...Double Dagger will bite your leg...Basshound are a jam band that occasionally covers Daft Punk for the kids at CBGB...everybody thinks it's crazy...Video Hippos and Dan Deacon are well-known Wham City clan types and Jakuta and Carl are electronic clap clap clap clap.
Let us know who you dig.
What happens when you combine a couple fingers of Glenlivet, some cheese, spastic punksters Death Set and Ponytail, Dan Deacon and cooljerk rhymenasaurus MCs Spank Rock on the 1's & 2's? A chunky, tangy indie smoothie we guess. Set times for the weekend:
FRI NIGHT
with a special sneak performance by EAGLE AGER
8:00 = BLUE LEADER AND THE BLUE LEADERS (Temp Stage)
8:15 = WZT HEARTS (Main Stage)
8:35 = DINA KELBERMAN (Video Screen)
8:45 = CARS WILL BURN/MINCEMEAT OR TENSPEED/DAVE SMOLDEN (Floor)
9:05 = JONES JONES JONES (Temp Stage)
9:25 = ROBY NEWTON (Video Screen)
9:35 = SOFT CIRCLE (Main Stage)
9:55 = HAWNAY TROOF (Temp Stage)
10:15 = LEXIE MOUNTAIN BOYS (Floor)
10:35 = THANK YOU (Temp Stage)
10:55 = YUTAKA HOULETTE (Video Screen)
11:05 = GROWING (Main Stage)
11:35 = JIMMY ROCHE (Video Screen)
11:50 = CAR CLUTCH (Temp Stage)
12:10 = ECSTATIC SUNSHINE (Main Stage)
12:30 = GARRET DAVIS (Video Screen)
12:45 = HIGH PLACES (Temp Stage)
1:05 = CEX (Main Stage)
SAT DAY
hosted by ED SCHRADER
11:30 = EAGLE AGER
12 = ENJOY YOUR CANARY
12:30 = COCONUTS
1 = SNACKS
1:30 = ORION RIGEL DOMMISSE
2 = LIZZ KING
2:30 = SANTA DADS
3 = AIR WAVES
3:30 = PWRFL POWER
4 = FUTURE ISLANDS
4:30 = YUKON
5 = HUMAN HOST
5:30 = BLOOD BABY
6 = HEIGHT
6:30 = YEASAYER
7 = BEACH HOUSE
SAT NIGHT
with dance performances by CLUB LIFESTYLE
9:30 = DEATHSET
10 = DOUBLE DAGGER
10:30 = VIDEO HIPPOS
11 = DIRTY PROJECTORS
11:30 = PONYTAIL
12 = XBXRX
12:30 = DAN DEACON
1 = SPANKROCK
The Saturday night show is completely sold out so if you didn't get tickets go see Battles and Deerhunter at the Ottobar instead, and we'll have pics and audio next week for your wistful viewing/listening. Scroll down for full coverage on Whartscape.
Bonde Do Role - Melo Do Tabacco XXXChange Remix
Spank Rock - Coke & Wet (unknown hott remix)
Spank Rock - Put That Pussy On Me (Diplo Tonite Remix)
The Death Set - Impossible (Dan Deacon Remix)
The Death Set - Collision
Devlin & Darko KZSU Radio Mix
Plus:
Tokyo Police Club - Swedes in Stockholm
Buy Your English Is Good from TPC's new Interweb hub. 2 EPs, 3 singles, one live album...are we ready for the LP fellas?
Seems like a pretty intimidating group of lads, what with the name The Death Set and an aggressively pastel sneaker pallette, no? But they're pretty harmless unless you're allergic to buttery beats. The Baltimore-based (via Sydney/Brooklyn) crew will be jumping/sweating/yelling at Whartscape along with Dan Deacon, Spank Rock and a few other B-more hotshits.
Gerald accidently says the word of the day at a Death Set show, crowd erupts.
The Death Set - Impossible (Dan Deacon Remix)
"Rad Warehouses Bad Neighborhoods" was recorded right up the street from Butter Team HQ and debuts this week. Buy it at Morphius. Thanks to Covert Curiosity for the tip.
Another scary band we're listening to in dark rooms and darkrooms is Vampire Weekend thanks to Art Snob Solutions. Think white collar ghouls and Hansel's entourage sucking down very bloody marys on a Williamsburg rooftop.
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Network with them socially and hear more songs via Myspace, buy the EP, and then make up your own scary band names using this handy random band name generator.
Super bonus Vampire song:
Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - Vampires In Blue Dresses
