YouTube rap sensations Turquoise Jeep, who helped bring the term "smang" into the public lexicon, are touring this spring which will find them in NYC on April 25 at Brooklyn Browl (again) with Kosha Dillz. Tickets for that show are on sale now. All tour dates are listed below.

If you've somehow avoided "Let Me Smang It" and its 10 million+ views, it's never too let to catch up. Video for the viral hit, and the crew's new track "I Want Pie," are below.

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Turquoise Jeep

If you weren't aware, Turquoise Jeep, the YouTube rap crew behind viral hit, "Lemme Smang It," actually play shows (like the New Year's Eve show with Big Freedia in Austin this past December). They're about to go on a short run this week, and you can catch Yung Humma, Flynt Flossy, and company in NYC on November 19 at Brooklyn Bowl. Tickets for that show are on sale now.

A list of all dates and some videos are below. How you like your eggs?

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Slayer at Izod Center (photos by Samantha Marble)

Slayer, Thee Oh Sees, Public Enemy, Girls, Danzig Legacy, (Danzig + Doyle von Frankenstein playing Misfits, Samhain & Danzig), Hot Snakes, Diplo, Major Lazer, Henry Rollins, Ted Leo & The Phramacists, Spank Rock, Murder City Devils, Hum, Lykke Li, Passion Pit, Four Tet, Rakim, The Damned, Austra, Purity Ring, and Flynt Flossy are just a few of the acts announced today as part of the Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 lineup. Another amazing year! Check out the full lineup below and stay tuned for more announcements coming in August and September.

The new additions to the Austin, Texas festival, which takes place from 11/4 - 11/6, are in addition to the the previous "lineup leaks" that included Brian Posehn, Odd Future, Okkervil River, M83, X (performing "Los Angeles"), Reggie Watts, Flying Lotus, Tune-Yards, Ra Ra Riot, Kid Dynamite and others

2011 is the festival's sixth year, but first at its new home Auditorium Shores (no more Waterloo Park). Tickets are on sale now.

Slayer also has a NYC performance coming up with Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth as part of the "Big Four" show at Yankee Stadium on 9/14. Tickets are still available.

Fun Fun Fun 2011 flyer and almost-full lineup is below.

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