DAS RACIST.

Das Racist is a rap duo from Brooklyn (via Wesleyan University, right around the corner) who’ve fiercely dichotomized the music community. You, as a listener, probably have one of two opinions about them:

1) They are brillaint. Their hypnotic style and poignant rhymes border the musically transcendental, all the while quietly hinting at the overwhelming apathy and consumerism that runs in the veins of today’s youth culture.

2) They’re immature. They’re senseless. They are the bottom of the barrel as far as music is concerned. I hate them.

(Okay, so maybe you can be somewhere in the middle too. Work with the hyperbole for a least a wee bit.)

I’m not really sure where I personally fit in these two groups, but if nothing else, Das Racist are two guys who happen to pump some jams that are absolutely perfect if you’re interested in jumping up and down and sweating your brains out. A mesh of synth-based techno-dub beats behind scream rap that reminds me of whatever the pre-pubescent Beastie Boys would have sounded like, their sound is one that simultaneously puzzles and excites me. Style aside, they’re absolutely epic live, brimming with enthusiasm and packing crowds everywhere they go. That’s where Trinity comes in.

This Friday, December 4, Das Racist will be playing at The Mill with Boy Crisis, with doors opening around 11. Tickets are $5; to buy them during pre-sale, send an e-mail milltix@gmail.com with your name, how many you want, and your cell phone number. We’ll let you know what’s up from there. So swing by. Solid tunes. Solid people. Solid time. Check these mp3s…

Ek Shaneesh (mp3 via Pop Tarts Suck Toasted)

Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix) (mp3 via Music Ramen)