Stereogum — Here’s another clip from Our Show With Elliot Aronow, the downtown-arts web series nailing the alternageist by framing fringe-culture heroes in off-beat poses: There was Das Racist covering their wit-rap forefathers Beastie Boys with Hishaam Bharoo... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-20 New York, NY - Piano's ^05-25 New York, NY - Piano's !05-28 Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory06-05 Philadelphia, PA - Roots Picnic^ with Light Pollution! with Brahms more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dam-Funk And Master Blazter is playing Bowery Ballroom on June 12th. Tickets are on sale. Tame Impala is playing Pianos on June 24th. Tickets are on sale. Brahms is playing Pianos on May 1st (with ARMS / Bell /... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Chris La Putt Das Racist took part in the second to last performance piece curated by contemporary California artist Martin Kersel at the Whitney Museum on Friday. Martin originally created an "imaginary" stage to be used for the Whitney's... more info

Muzjiks — Playlist1. MUZJiKS Intro (ft. Samuel L. Jackson and The XX)2. Picture Book: Sunshine3. Blur: Out of Time4. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Home5. Freelance Whales: Generator ^ Second Floor6. Das Racist: You Oughtta Know7. The Hood Internet:... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — You guys, it's already April! That means that a quarter of the year has passed us by. Fortunately for the keen music fan, there has been lots of great new stuff to soak in through our ears. We've already had great new releases by Hot Chip, Owen Palle... more info

Stereogum — Whether “Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell” hit you as pointed social commentary on Food Inc.-era capitalist/gustatory culture or a pointless earworm, it’s becoming clear the NYC duo’s self-aware rap wriggling is going even deeper than that... more info

Topix — SXSW runs its music showcases like a tight ship. Some sets run over, but they generally keep to schedule. more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Althea Legaspi; Above: Frightened Rabbit Tom Breihan's SXSW Reports: WedRyan Dombal's SXSW Reports: Wed With the news of Alex Chilton's death, SXSW was off to a depressing start. But you wouldn't know it from the throngs of drunken revele... more info