Das Racist

DOWNLOAD: Lushlife – “Back On My Slang” (MP3) Das Racist recently hosted a party at Santos with ASAP Rocky and Spaceghostpurrp. The party was a few days before their record release show for ‘Relax’ at Bowery Ballroom with Despot last night (9/12)…

Das Racist at Pitchfork Fest (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) As mentioned, Das Racist are touring with Despot and Danny Brown in support of their upcoming LP Relax…

The Apiary reports:The UCBT officially unlocked its East Village expansion Tuesday night, The UCB East (aka The Beast). But judging by the utter lack of wacky inflatable arm tube dudes and the three random people in the crowd for its first show (a screening of Wild Girls Gone), it’s not ready for a Theater Magazine feature story yet…

“Shortcuts” is a new party being thrown, Dean Bein of True Panther Sounds, and Despot at Santos Party House. The first edition goes down on September 8 with Spaceghostpurrp, ASAP Rocky, Das Racist (DJ), and Venus X & $hayne (Ghe20 G0th1k)…

According to Toro y Moi and Das Racist, this weekend’s free Afro-Punk festival is unfortunately cancelled due to Hurricane Irene. That said, as of this post, the festival itself hasn’t said a word about it…

That’s a picture of the set times for this year’s free Afro-Punk Fest Festival taking place on 8/27 & 8/28 in Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park…

Kool Keith at APW 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Hip hop oddity and favorite Kool Keith will play 285 Kent on Saturday (8/13), a rare appearance that will also feature Spanish Broads (a Das Racist noise set), New Optimism (Miho of Cibo Matto), Nine 11 Thesaurus, and DJ Marty McSorely…

Das Racist, who DJ’d PS1 this past weekend, are releasing their first official album Relax on September 13 via Greedhead (artwork above). The album is the followup to the two mixtapes they released lat year, Shut Up, Dude and Sit Down, Man…

PS1 last Saturday (more by Amanda Hatfield) The final lineup for Warm Up @ PS1 Saturday:Prince Language / The No Comprendo / NegroClash & Stretch Armstrong / Plant Music / New York, NY Das Racist (DJ set) / Greedhead / Brooklyn, NY Vockah Redu / C2K Entertainment/ New Orleans, LA Ital / 100% Silk, Lovers Rock / New York, NY XXXY / Ten Thousand Yen / Manchester, UKItal replaced Holy Other who cancelled…

Darkstar played their first US show at Pitchfork Festival this past weekend. As mentioned, they’ll be sticking around for a bit and will play in NYC tonight (7/18) at Le Poisson Rouge…