If you follow @Heems, member and loudest voice of the group Das Racist, on Twitter, then you’ve probably been hearing about the trio’s debut album Relax for some time. And unless you’re made of stone, Himanshu Suri’s enthusiasm for his upcoming LP, dropping on his own label Greedhead Music, has rubbed off, at least it has on us.
In anticipation of Relax’s September 13th sale date, the group have released the single ‘Michael Jackson.’ Listen below and if you aren’t excited already- get there.
After a forever trek from Knoxville TN that featured an unplanned stop in a Pentacostal Worship Service, I find myself in the far less holy Union Park for the Pitchfork Music Festival’s first day.
The first act of the day, electronic duo GateKEEPER, hit the Blue Stage (the smallest stage, a cross the park from the other two) at around 3:20, just 20min after the gates to this year’s festival opened. While they were mostly boring, I have to say that their “Unsolved Mystery” vibe is almost enough. Every song, I found myself wondering “who went missing?!” But after that, the Blue Stage was totally unstoppable. I rotated around the park some, but found myself returning to the Blue. Starting immediately after GateKeeper, tUnE-yArDs delivered such a magical, stirring performance, that I can still hear people TALKING about it from where I sit. That girl is a force, and is heavily beloved. Many, many showed up wearing her signature “warpaint” and her set saw the days far and away most enthusiastic audience.
Das Racist have made a name for themselves by creating a genre of music that simultaneously is pop while being highly critical of popular culture. Their second mixtape of the year, Sit Down, Man, features a cavalcade big-name producers including Diplo, Boi-1da, Dame Grease, Scoop DeVille, Teengirl Fantasy, Devo Springsteen and Chairlift- who also on the mix-tape along with El-P, Roc Marciano and Despot. You can download the entire mixtape here for free.
Download the stellar rework at bottom.
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Watch Das Racist’s clip for ‘Rainbow In The Dark’ here.
MP3: Bear In Heaven – Lovesick Teenagers (Das Racist & Keepaway Mix)
1/19 @ Highline Ballroom.
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TWO winners will be randomly chosen on 1/15 @ NOON.
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Last month, Das Racist debuted a video for ‘Rainbow In The Dark’.
Enjoy ‘Rainbow In The Dark’ below. Das Racist recently chatted with EVR.
The Music Slut is proud to be a part of Multiverse Playground: an amazing art, music and comedy event happening this Saturday evening in Brooklyn. We’ll be DJing from 6pm until 7:30pm and we also have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky winner. To enter, leave a comment on this post! We’ll select someone randomly on November 5th @ NOON.
Enjoy this week’s full Q&A below. Be certain to visit Das Racist on MySpace.
Das Racist – Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell (Valerna Mix)
Catch Das Racist this weekend at ATJ Fest 2009.
Earlier this month, Das Racist chatted with Nylon.
Visit Das Racist on MySpace.
MP3: Das Racist – Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell (Valerna Mix)
Enjoy the brand new Q&A below. Be sure to visit Das Racist on MySpace.
