"Playing On Prefix," wherein aPrefix scribeclues us in to this week's earworm slinger of choice, is now posted onKCRW's music blog. Today we discuesse...
on their blog: Yesterday, because of some sticklerism on the part of UK Customs regarding paperwork, we were denied entry, detained for 8+ hours in th...
Here's one of the strangest moments of television you'll see this year. Anthony Bourdain was presenting his holiday special on Monday night (Dec. 6), ...
2011 really seems like it'll be the year of Das Racist: They're showcasing at SXSW, they're going to go on tour, and people are finally starting to se...
Das Racist are poised for their big breakthrough this year; after spending 2009 as the dudes behind the most eviscerated blog-hit, maybe ever, they la...
We don't need much prodding to likeDas Racistaround these parts, but in case you're still on the fence about them, here's a really funny video of the ...
The latest act to appear on theDirty Laundryweb series is Das Racist. And rather than appear in a laundry room like other groups I have seen, the joke...
For their latest show -- Check Yo Ponytail 2 tomorrow in Los Angeles -- the guys inDas Racisthave put together a free mix of tracks that should kick y...
I consider Das Racist'sinterview with Our Showas one of my favorite video interviews ever, so I'm basically the perfect audience for this new show on ...
Das Racist will join the likes of Girl Talk, Big Boi, and Pretty Lights at this summer's Governors Ball Music Festival. The lineup was previously anno...
Das Racist will join the likes of Girl Talk, Big Boi, and Pretty Lights at this summer's Governors Ball Music Festival. The lineup was previously anno...
Here's the video for "Brand New Dance", the latest single from Das Racist's Relax. The clip was directed by Joseph Zentil, and it follows DR as they p...
Tweet A group so committed to not giving a fuck that one day you might actually take them seriously, Das Racist was asked by Self-Titled to comment of...
MP3: Kool A.D.: "Girls and Women" Last year, New York rap trio Das Racist promised solo mixtapes from each of its members. The first of these tapes, T...
The borough of Queens has always been central to Das Racist's Himansu "Heems" Suri's persona and rapping identity, and now he's taking it a step furth...
Das Racist member Heems (aka Himanshu Suri) has released his solo mixtape Nehru Jackets in partnership with Queens community organization SEVA. Grab i...
Big Baby Gandhi is a promising Queens rapper/producer rolled up into Das Racist's Himanshu Suri's Greedhead camp, and last year he put out a solid, se...
For an act known for their irreverence, Das Racist know how to pull their shit together, too (probably a result of what seems to be near-constant tour...
gave a batch of t-shirts away from Insound's Delicious Design League project, and this year, we're doing the same with a new slate of t-shirts, this t...
Morgan Spurlock has a Hulu-only short documentary series called A Day In The Life that focuses on individuals like Joel McHale and Mario Batali, and r...
In September, Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock featured Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis in his Hulu series "A Day in the Life", which chronicles an ent...
Kool A.D.: "Ticky Ticky" [ft. Main Attrakionz and Green Ova] At the beginning of the year, Das Racist member Victor Vazquez, aka Kool A.D., released h...
Photo by Lee Ranaldo Occupy Wall Street movements throughout the world will participate in a General Strike on May 1 in honor of International Workers...
Tweet The musician support for the Occupy movement is strong, and Tom Morello, Das Racist and Dan Deacon made that clear during yesterday's OWS May Da...
Tropicalbacanal, on June 26 via Diplo's label Mad Decent. The record, which follows 2007's With Lasers, was produced by Diplo and Filip Nikolic (of th...
Recently, a bunch of Brooklyn-based artists came together in Bushwick to create the Eastern District Presents Mosholu compilation, a release featuring...
Finally, Das Racists remade Lana Del Rey's "National Anthem." "MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY," goes Heems. "I got so much money, it got me feeli...
Tweet Despite Das Racist's Heems saying Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" was created in a "future world" that is "fake, plastic and manufactured," he and ...
bright strains of psilocybin streaming through its heart with a handsomely hallucinating human who's finding joy personified (and choreographed) in hi...
has also confirmed that Page was an army vet, having served in the United Sates military from 1992-98. This recent string of massacres is not only a c...
Boots Riley is a national treasure, someone who's spend the past couple of decades splitting his time between local Oakland activism and leading the g...
In the brand-new video for "Girl," an infectious plastic-pop track from Das Racist's 2011 album Relax, a lovestruck mullethead attempts to win over a ...
Das Racist's Victor Vazquez, aka Kool A.D., has released the video for the 51 track "Manny Pacquiao", produced by Trackademics. In the video, he brand...
Heems: "Cowabunga Gnarly" After releasing the mixtape Nehru Jackets earlier this year, Das Racist member Heems (aka Himanshu Suri) has a new one out c...
"+1" series, which focuses on live performance, spends some time with New York rapper Le1f during his performance at the Pitchfork @ Villain event dur...
Photo by Ceilidh Madigan Last night in Munich, Das Racist were scheduled to perform at the On3 Festival. However, according to the festival's website,...
Photo by Ceilidh Madigan Last night in Munich, Das Racist were scheduled to perform at the On3 Festival. However, according to the festival's website,...
RELATED CONTENTView Photo Rap Trio Das Racist Break Up Brooklyn rap trio Das Racist have broken up, MCs Heems and Kool A.D. said over the weekend. The...
Das Racist's Heems (Himanshu Suri) confirmed last night that the Brooklyn hip hop group has broken up, Pitchfork points out. While performing a solo s...
Over the weekend, the New York rap group Das Racist, in a messy and roundabout sort of way, announced that they were no longer a group. This is a sham...
Kool A.D. of Das Racist Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Official word of Das Racist's demise was scheduled to break soon, Victor "Kool A.D." Vazquez tell...
RELATED CONTENTView Photo Das Racist's Victor 'Kool A.D.' Vazquez on Why the Rap Trio Split Official word of Das Racist's demise was scheduled to brea...
done, mostly because it was a way to make money really easily. Now, I probably won't be able to make money that easily ever again... But we had a plan...
When we posted the 10 Best Indie Christmas Songs we limited our list to yuletide jamz that actually exist. Animal New York took a different tack, imag...
Next Thursday, February 7, Victor Vazquez, aka Kool A.D., formerly of Das Racist will release a double-album collection of outtakes and collaborations...
Kool A.D. (aka Victor Vazquez) of the now-disbanded Das Racist continues to churn out new material at a rate almost apace with Lil B's. As promised, y...
This weekend, New York's Whitney Museum will host performances by all three former members of Das Racist. During its Blues for Smoke exhibition, the m...
Das Racist and A Tribe Called Red: "Indians From All Directions" (via SoundCloud) Back when Das Racist broke up, they were working on a new album. Now...
Native American-rooted production team A Tribe Called Red from Ottawa have released "Indians From All Directions," a track they had collaborated with ...
