Photo by Samantha Casolari
As we continue to look back at the year that was, we’d like to take a moment to memorialize 40 records we haven’t already highlighted in our editors’ lists (available here, here and here) or album spotlights, starting with a stunner that soothed our caffeine-wracked nerves every time we had to deliver an issue on deadline…
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…
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Photo by Elizabeth Weinberg
Interview by Cassie Marketos
From the undertow chords of Real Estate to the solo beachcomber cuts of Ducktails, Matt Mondanile makes pop music that’s as breezy and blurry as the sepia-toned scenes in his postcard collection. In the following extensive interview—captured over “non-veggie” sliders at a Brooklyn dive bar and excerpted in our new issue—we discuss the latest Ducktails LP (Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics), what it’s like being a child of the ‘80s, and how Mondanile plans on keeping things weird in the months ahead…
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Out of Tune—featuring the subtle synth stylings of Oneohtrix Point Never—will be released through True Panther on 10/12. You can pre-order the limited single here.
Real Estate live @ Brooklyn's Silent Barn
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While self-titled certainly doesn’t field the same amount of mail we did five years ago, our ungrateful office still gets lots of free shit. With that in mind, we’ve decided to rename Record Store Day “Record Store Year” and support our favorite shops with impulse buys every single week. Here are some of our favorite finds from this past weekend, including some literal Record Store Day releases…
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Battles @ Terminal 5
We sift the ‘net for today’s top stories so you don’t have to…
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Real Estate
The last time we saw Woods, they were wailing away in front of a crowd that couldn’t hear a damn thing they were saying/playing. Hence why we’re glad to hear they’ll be playing a proper venue in March, as the Brooklyn band kicks off a two-week tour with Real Estate at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Check out the full itinerary after the jump, along with a free MP3 from each band.
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