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Hailing from Baltimore, by way of Australia, The Death Set make it their job to destroy everything with noise and chanting—lots and lots of chanting. Their live show is something that belongs in a basement with lots of cheap beer and hip kids, so it’s only appropriate that they played at the Hideout in Chicago, which kind of looks like a basement (with lots of cheap beer and hip kids). With a crowd-reacting cover of Operation Ivy’s Bombshell and a Colt 45-soaked mosh pit to top off their lo-fi spazzy chant-a-long punk, The Death Set made their intentions known with Around the World and other rants with synths, scratchy guitars, and two sets of drums (one of which was destroyed and dragged into the audience before the show was over). Everyone was encouraged (I think) on stage, even Hollywood Holt for a freestyle rap about Colt 45 and The Death Set, laid over loud drums and ending with a stage dive. In response to the dark dance-synth noise of Crystal Castles, The Death Set shot straight for fun, not brooding, and fun was had, despite confusion over whether or not their drummer actually wanted those drums destroyed.

To give an idea of what the show was like, Matt and Kim had to end their set early because Matt’s keyboards were destroyed by being washed in beer. This didn’t seem to upset either of them. Kim banged relentlessly on her drums with a smile that never left her face and Matt (himself somewhat washed in beer) ranted on and on between songs about the optimism he receives from playing his own music. To everyone’s benefit, this optimism was traded between him, Kim and the crowd. Everyone seemed to know all the words and had the ability to scream them, but I guess with lyrics like “YEAH, YEAH, NO, NO, NO” you can’t go wrong. Props to Matt and Kim and The Death Set for making this show fun as hell. Matt and I exchanged contact info so hopefully a phone interview will happen sometime very soon.

To sum up the fun, here’s a mix Million $ Mano and Hollywood Holt did over Matt & Kim’s It’s a Fact.

Matt and Kim - It’s A Fact (Mano Remix ft. Hollywood Holt) (320 kbps) (via discodust)

And Clayton Hauck was there, so expect lots of photos of this mayhem on everyoneisfamous.com in a day or two.

If you were one of the unlucky ones who couldn’t get into the packed-to-capacity show, The Death Set will be back in Chicago to open up for The Mae Shi at the Abbey Pub this Wednesday, July 9th.

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