Check out our over-analytical take on Iceage‘s New Brigade LP (available now through What’s Your Rupture?) here.
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Prurient
Words and Photos by Andrew Parks
What is punk rock, really? If you ask anyone who’s witnessed it firsthand, they’ll tell you it’s got nothing to do with your record collection, haircut, or that Rotten sneer you practiced in the mirror for the past month. Punk rock just is; it’s a state of being you’re either born with or develop naturally out of a sheer disdain for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Not to mention all the small print bullshit that goes along with it.
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2011 IN REVIEW: Das Racist Tackle the Year’s Top Tracks
Photos by Elizabeth Weinberg
A lot’s happened since the last time self-titled spent an afternoon with Das Racist, exploring the Queens neighborhood where MC Heems and hypeman Dapwell grew up. For one thing, the Brooklyn trio—rounded out by Kool A.D., possibly the only rapper we’ve ever seen rocking a pair of Zubaz pants—finally released its first proper album, Relax, a record that rightfully earned the group a Spin cover and the tagline “hip-hop’s smartest smartasses.” Relax has also kept Das Racist on the road for the past few months.
So rather than grill them about their role in underground rap or what it was like working with members of Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer and El-P, we asked the group about 25 of 2011’s most talked-about tracks…Continue reading »
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