Artist Das Racist
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Simon Wald-Lasowski
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Website
Das Racist
Das Racist made its first foray into officially released music this year with its great debut LP, Relax. The album, like the group’s two superlative 2010 mixtapes—Shut Up, Dude and Sit Down, Man—is packed with ephemeral pop culture references amidst a trenchant deconstruction of rap. (“I’m fucking great at rapping,” Heems says, reducing hip-hop history into one bar.) The group’s current tour is something of a victory lap, as the group has more than one song people have heard. (Like the group, we refuse to acknowledge the continued relevance of “Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell.”)
Updated 10/06/2011
Related Best of Locals
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Madison:
The A.V. Club’s favorite Madison shows of 2011
December 29, 2011
Related For Our Considerations
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The year of no Important Albums (and many Good Records)
December 20, 2011
Related Interviews
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Philadelphia:
Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri and Victor Vazquez
November 15, 2011
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Chicago:
Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri and Victor Vazquez
October 20, 2011
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Madison:
Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri and Victor Vazquez
October 19, 2011
Related Just Announceds
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Austin:
Das Racist at Emo's
August 3, 2011
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Madison:
Das Racist at High Noon Saloon
August 2, 2011
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Chicago:
Mad Decent Block Party coming back to Chicago
July 13, 2011
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Philadelphia:
Mad Decent Block Party, with Diplo and Das Racist, Aug. 6
July 13, 2011
Related MusicalWork Reviews
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Chairlift: Something
January 24, 2012
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Das Racist: Sit Down, Man
January 4, 2011
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Das Racist: Relax
September 13, 2011
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Heems: Nehru Jackets
January 31, 2012
Related Newswires
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Austin:
200 more artists announced for SXSW Music 2010
December 8, 2009
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Das Racist kicked out of England
December 14, 2010
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Das Racist releasing first proper album in September
July 8, 2011
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Download The Palm Wine Drinkard, the new mixtape from Das Racist's Kool A.D.
January 4, 2012
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Austin:
Hole offers conclusive proof of its existence with SXSW appearance
February 19, 2010
- New Das Racist song: "Michael Jackson" August 2, 2011
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Chicago:
TV On The Radio, Fleet Foxes, Animal Collective headlining Pitchfork Fest
March 4, 2011
Related Recaps
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Madison:
Das Racist at the High Noon Saloon
October 20, 2011
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Chicago:
Pitchfork 2011: Hot in herre
July 18, 2011
Austin:
Spin laughs at everyone hosting a day show on March 18, pulls trigger on TV On The Radio-headlined event
Austin:
Messing with Texas, Rachael Ray, aliens
Austin:
Sing it: “Troy (minus Abed) at the Woodies!”
Austin:
SXSW Music: Friday and Saturday showcases
Austin:
Urban Outfitters books bands you’ll want to see, lists bars and restaurants you can’t visit
