Yes Giantess Remix Passion Pit, Tour with Little Boots

[MP3] Yes Giantess - "You Were Young"

[MP3] Yes Giantess - "Sleepyhead (remix)"

Yes Giantess are four students from Berklee College of Music -- they just graduated and are now going on tour with Little Boots, MSTRKRFT and Calvin Harris. How did they do it? Remixes of Passion Pit, Asher Roth (the bastard), and more while also enlisting the help of ace producer and Passion Pit'er Al Adhamy, Hannah Robinson (Ladyhawke) and Charlie Hugall (Florence and the Machine). Their electroc-beats are catchy, but not highly original. Jury is still out of the "Sleepyhead" cover -- that song is fairly perfect in its own right. We'll see how these youngins do. 

Tour dates listed after the jump.

8/22 – Blisspop @ The Black Cat – Washington, DC

9/10 – Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Calvin Harris – New York, NY

9/11 – Humber College w/ MSTRKRFT – Etobicoke, Ontario

9/14 – Wrongbar w/ Little Boots – Toronto, Ontario

9/16 – Bowery Ballroom w/ Little Boots – New York, NY

9/17 – The Empty Bottle w/ Little Boots – Chicago, IL

9/18 – The Roxy w/ Little Boots – Los Angeles, CA

9/19 – The Independent w/ Little Boots – San Francisco, CA

After the jump.

Afroman Is Clearly Just The Best

Obviously you remember Afroman. The lovable flash-in-the-pan rapper with duh, the afro, was all over the airwaves and Napster in 2001 with GRAMMY-NOMINATED hit "Because I Got High,"and all over every frat party you've ever been to with the follow-up "Colt 45." This guy was basically a better version of certified assclown Asher Roth. I guess somewhere along the line, Afroman was dropped from his record label, probably because he couldn't figure out how to parlay his penchant for smoking marijuana into a third hit. And that's too bad.

But we should have never doubted Afroman, because Afroman has been busy quietly making the same song several times over and self-releasing brand new Afroman albums at an alarming rate rivaling the output of Ryan Adams. Last week, the MC released his twelfth (!) studio album, called Frobama: Head Of State. We haven't heard the joint yet, but if it's anything like the tremendous cover above, we don't need to. Afroman's still got it. (Fist bump to Idolator for dropping this nugget.) 

Asher Roth Releases New Album

Asleep in the Bread Aisle, Asher Roth's newest album, which released today...4/20. Come on. I have too much built up rage about this joke-of-a-collegiate-wanna-be-rapper to calm myself and write something provocative; I'm going to leave the opinions up to a concise and well put comment by Spin writer J. Gabriel Boylan (via Idolator):

"Lacking the lyrical gymnastics and personality of his mix tapes and freestyles, Roth’s debut boasts a laziness that borders on contempt. Unburdened by Kanye’s melancholia or Eminem’s vertiginousness, Roth is perfectly likable, and perfectly bland.” [J. Gabriel Boylan, Spin]

Hang it up.

'I Love College,' Are You Fucking Kidding Me?

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Raving, embittered report of the morning: Asher Roth is a D-Bag (sorry, but yeah he is.)
What has our society been brought to? How can a frat-All Star write a song about being a frat-All Star (he says he wasn't into the frats though) and slowly garner respect and listeners in the music world? This song epitomizes what is truly wrong with fratting, fratology, brodom, and all subsequent categories. The LA Times blog Pop and Hiss reported on this earlier today. Maybe I could eat my words, if, as it turns out, Roth was, being facetious. Doubtful.

Let's take a look at some well-crafted and intellectual lyrical pursuits by Roth in "I Love College."

"That party last night was awfully crazy/I wish we taped it/I danced my ass off and had this one girl completely naked/Drink my beer and smoke my weed but my good friends is all I need/Pass out at 3, wake up at 10, go out to eat then do it again"

"Man, I love college"

"I wanna go to college for the rest of my life/Sip Banker's Club and drink Miller Lite/On Thirsty Thursday and Tuesday Night Ice/And I can get pizza a dollar a slice"

Damn Bro, that shit is hot.

The rest of Roth's lyrical-duechebaggery after the jump. Sorry Currie.

So fill up my cup, let's get fucked up
I'm next on the table, who want what?
I am champion at beer pong
Allen Iverson, Hakeem Olajuwon

Don't even bounce, not in my house
Better hope you make it otherwise you naked
Time isn't wasted when you're getting wasted
Woke up today and all I could say is

Um, that party last night was awfully crazy I wish we taped it
I danced my ass off and had this one girl completely naked
Drink my beer and smoke my weed but my good friends is all I need
Pass out at 3, wake up at 10, go out to eat then do it again

Man, I love college, ay!
And I love drinking, ay!
I love women, ay!
Man, I love college

I can't tell you what I learned from school but
I could tell you a story or two, um
Yeah, of course I learned some rules
Like don't pass out with your shoes on
(Get the Sharpie!)

And don't leave the house 'til the booze gone
(No, we're not leaving)
And don't have sex if she's too gone
When it comes to condoms put two on
(Trust me)
Then tomorrow night find a new jawn

Hold the beer bong, nothing wrong with some fun
(Here, hold this)
Even if we did get a little bit too drunk
Time isn't wasted when you're getting wasted
Woke up today and all I could say is

That party last night was awfully crazy I wish we taped it
(I wish we taped)
I danced my ass off and had this one girl completely naked
Drink my beer and smoke my weed but my good friends is all I need
Pass out at 3, wake up at 10, go out to eat then do it again

Man, I love college, ay!
I love drinking, ay!
I love women, ay!
I love college

Now if everybody would please
Put their drink as high as they can
As high as they can
(As high as they can)
And repeat after me

Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!
Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!
Freshmen! Freshmen!
Freshmen! Freshmen!

Do something' crazy! Do somethin' crazy!
Do something' crazy! Do somethin' crazy!
Keg stand! Keg stand!
Keg stand! Keg stand!

(That party last night)
Man, I love college
I love it!
(That party last night)
Alright everybody, I gotta head back to class for a little bit

That party last night was awfully crazy I wish we taped it
(I wish we taped)
(You know it's going down)
I danced my ass off and had this one girl completely naked
Drink my beer and smoke my weed but my good friends is all I need
(You're all invited, bring your friends)
Pass out at 3, wake up at 10, go out to eat then do it again
Man, I love college

Do I really have to graduate?
Or can I just stay here for the rest of my life?