Rattytat’s gone solo, but Ratatat’s upcoming LP4, LP4, will still be out June 8 via XL. The album is steaming in its entirety over at NPR until then. Not a huge departure from anything found on LP1, 2, or 3, but still a Ratatat record (meaning, awesome).
Stream: Ratatat LP4

Rattytat (as he has been named by Carles of Hipster Runoff) first appeared in Ratatat’s recent “Party With Children” video. He has since decided to go solo via Carles’ magnum opus, above, a remix video of Ratatat, Animal Collective’s “My Girls” and M.I.A.’s “Born Free” (appropriately titled, “Born at a Free Party with My Girls”). [...]

Above, Kid Cudi’s second, alternate clip for Man on the Moon highlight, “Pursuit of Happiness.” This time, Ratatat and MGMT members actually make an appearance. This is much better/more appropriate than the previous Josh Hartnett directed poppin’ bottles vid.
PS: How did that Harajuku Girl get in Cudder’s dream?!

Hip hop’s favorite hipster knocked up the internets this weekend with the third single off of his upcoming debut, Man on the Moon: The End of Day. Kid Cudi’s new track, “Pursuit of Happiness,” features MGMT and Ratatat, and the latter’s signature sounds are all over this track like [white on rice analogy].
Mr. Mescudi’s debut [...]