Well, it's a little later than last year but it's time again to turn the music down and put on your art-critic monocles and top hats. Yes, in a year where some heavy hitters came along with some high quality production, I did my best to highlight of few of the lesser known 'other' artists involved in completing the full album package. Just like the last two years ( 2009 , 2010 ), my discriminating eye is looking for quality in a holistic sense when it comes to album artwork. Essentially my main question is whether or not it [...]

5. The Death Set - I Miss You Beau Velasco If you're thinking that our list this year has been noticeably lacking in a particular instrument, you'd be correct. 2011 hasn't been a great year for guitars and little of the music we've listened to has centered around them. One album however which had face-melting frettery very much at it's core was The Death Set 's 'Michel Poiccard'. Our favourite song from the record was 'I Miss You Beau Velasco', a fitting tribute to former bandmate Beau who sadly died from an overdose in 2009. We all know [...]

Welcome to the end of the year. A time for reflection, for resolutions, for binge drinking, and for me telling you what was good in the TBE hood! Kicking things off are my 15 favorite covers spanning all genres and damn near all instruments. Guys! Girls! Guys singing girls' songs! Girls singing guys' songs! It's mayhem! Strap in, rock on, and let me know if I missed your favorite cover of the year. 15. ♫ Jimmy Cliff - Ruby Soho (Rancid cover) / Reggae legend + Punk legends = Legendary. 14. ♫ Sondre [...]

Holidays are so mainstream, no? Forget the commercialization of the fiasco, but the wholesome nature of it all is enough to make a person sick. After a holiday break with the fam, people tend to go back to normal life feeling much less badass, much more creatively stunted. You're getting soft. You need to get your edge back. Here, The Death Set's new video. Life is not about sweaters, PG movies, and the delight of a well-timed sale. It's about masks. Masks, motherfucker, masks.

if flash player doesn't show, click here to watch video LOUDER THAN WAR just blogged this , WIKILEAKS tweeted this, many people share it to support Wikileaks! LOUDER THAN WAR:" Atari Teenage Riot , Anonymous and WIKILEAKS have done EDIT 3 for BLACK FLAGS. The song is the toughest piece of industrial grind and lays down the band's anti corporate manifesto. This is a great use of video as the key statement with the song being [...]

Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the December 2010 Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: Young Bodies [...]

Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the December 2010 Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: Young Bodies [...]
The Mess Up - DZ Deathrays (The Death Set Rmx) from The Death Set on Vimeo.

Dance party on a Tuesday night! That's pretty gangsta, considering that it's a school night and all. Spank Rock, Big Freedia, Pictureplane, The Death Set and Franki Chan will take the stage over at the Summit Music Hall in downtown Denver and C=T wants to send a lucky reader to shake their can tonight along with a friend. Send me your name via Twitter @ Causeequalstime or email (julio.enriquez@gmail.com) and the tickets are yours. Listen to the Pictureplane Check Yo Ponytail 2 mixtape below to get you hyped for tonight! [...]
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Our parent company Symphonic Distribution has begun to chime into Noiseporn.com with some free goodies! Every day, Monday through Friday, Symphonic Distribution will post right here on Noiseporn.com and provide a free track that is receiving heavy rotation in their offices! Enjoy today's track and if you need top quality Mastering, Marketing for your release or label, and of course, Digital Distribution, visit www.symphonicdistribution.com ! THE DEATH SET - SLAP SLAP SLAP POUND UP DOWN SNAP (FRANKI CHAN REMIX) by Franki Chan

In the past, L.A's celebrated Check Yo Ponytail 2 monthly concert series has welcomed everyone from Justice and Matt & Kim to The Horrors and Dan Deacon to venues across the City of Angeles. Come later this month, however, organizers will bring the CYP2 show on the road with the shindig's first national tour. The 10-date tour will feature Spank Rock, Big Freedia, The Death Set, Pictureplane, and Franki Chan (one of the event's organizers) rocking clubs across the country. In addtion, surf-rockers Wavves will act as special guests when the show kicks off on October [...]

Amidst all of the preparations for the upcoming Check Yo Ponytail Tour , Franki Chan has found the time to release a few new tracks over on his soundcloud . In addition to the latest, Yes We Chan, Vol. I mixtape, which has recently been featured on Pitchfork and Media Contender, Chan gives us two new remixes. The first is a highly technical and stylized revision of the Death Set's, Slap, Slap, Slap, Pound, Up, Down, Snap ; while the second reworks Deep Dark Robot's FYSB , with a dynamic [...]

Brooklyn's busiest art-punks, Japanther are set to release their eighth full-length, bearing the satiating title Beets, Limes and Rice. The album will hit shelves on October 18th via numerous formats and labels: Recess Records will deliver digital and vinyl modes, Lauren Records the cassette version, and Japanther's own Tapes Records will stamp the CD. Speaking with Exclaim , drummer Ian Vanek said the 14-track effort deals with the loss of Beau Velasco, a dear friend of Japanther and [...]
The Death Set will be joining the ranks of Spank Rock, Pictureplane, Franki Chan, and more on the upcoming Check Yo Ponytail tour. Tickets are on sale now. Simply head over to the official tour website for more information. Dates are below: 10-20 Los Angeles, CA – The Mayan $ 10-21 San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine $ 10-22 San Diego, CA – Voyeur * 10-25 Denver, CO – Summit $ 10-26 Portland, OR – Branx $ 10-27 Seattle, WA – Neumos $ 10-28 Chicago, IL – The Mid % 10-29 New York, [...]

We are very proud to announce the first ever Check Yo' Ponytail National Tour (as reported via Pitchfork )! The tour will include Spank Rock, Big Freedia, The Death Set, Pictureplane and Franki Chan! Tickets will go on sale Tomorrow in the a.m. EXCLUSIVELY through www.checkyoponytail.com !! This is what Pitchfork had to say: "Check Yo Ponytail 2 is a monthly Los Angeles-based party run by scene magnates Franki Chan (IHEARTCOMIX), Danny Johnson ( Media Contender ), and Zane Landreth. (The original Check Yo Ponytail ran from 2006-2008.) This fall, that party is taking it [...]
Playing ecstasy infused punk rock that bashes listeners into groovy head banging, The Death Set has raged with audiences worldwide.

New video from The Death Set's 'Michael Poiccard', a record I've gushed over before . One of the stand-out tracks of the record getting the videographic treatment, and thoroughly discomposing my stomach in the process. What's worse is the girl at the end is so damn hot, but I feel too ill in my tummy to get aroused. Confusing :*( In other news, Brisbane band DZ Deathrays are in the process of blowing the fuck up. Word has it the Death Set will be doing a blow-for-blow cover of [...]
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!

(photo by Brock Fetch) The kids of the grind/pop/thrash act The Death Set just finished some US touring with Win Win (Vice Records) aka producer XXXChange, DJ Devlin and visual wiz DJ Ghostdad. They also took a ton of photos and iPhone weirdo footage and compiled it all into two very disturbing but ultimately rewarding and hilarious bit of fun. Ok, lots of fun. If you like laser cats, snoring, graffiti, live shows, trumpets, food, laughs and maybe a dick shot or two or three, have a blast with Part 1 and Part [...]