CMJ 2010: Das Racist | Pianos
Remember that novelty hipster hit last year about the combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bell? Turns out the duo of Himanshu Suri and Boy Crisis member Victor Vasquez have way more quills in the arrow bag. On the group's two mixtapes, "Shut Up, Dude" and "Sit Down, Man", the self-proclaimed "deconstructionalists" bend and warp the conventional trappings of hip-hop and filter them through their own diverse ethnic and sonic backgrounds. The live show is equally polarizing. All sides are in agreement that it's a hot mess, but whether that's good or bad depends on your point of view. This show started at 2 a.m. We can't recall what our side is. MORE PHOTOS
