Collegiate Times

DJ trio Super Mash Bros. electrified Squires Commonwealth Ballroom Friday night, though the electricity wasn’t going to the overhead lights.

“Yo,” announced group member Nick Fenmore to the screaming, glow-crowd of Virginia Tech students, “keep the lights off.”

The hour-and-fifteen-minute long, free concert, which was sponsored by the class of 2012 and was a featured Gobblerfest event, brought a club-like atmosphere to attendees.

Super Mash Bros., which is known for its mash-ups of popular songs and has been called “Girl Talk’s hot cousin,” is gaining popularity among college students. Both of Super Mash Bros. albums, “All About the Scrillions,” and “Fuck Bitches. Get Euros,” are available for free download on its website, SuperMashBros.com.

And, while the concert was upbeat and entertaining, it was a slight disappointment for avid listeners of Super Mash Bros.’s albums. Much of the music was identical or very similar to the creatively named mash-up tracks from the two albums such as “Gucci Loafers (Our First Paycheck),” “Kisses & Thugs” and “Broseidon, Lord of the Brocean.”

Those of us who bump Super Mash Bros. albums in our cars or during parties might have found much of the concert familiar, while the entertaining part of the show was the antics of the DJs.

After opening the concert with a mash-up of Lil Wayne’s “Money to Blow,” Fenmore and co-group member Ethan Dawes requested the house lights be brought up.

“Hold on,” Fenmore said, “we gotta get in a Tech mood.” He proceeded to strip-off his T-shirt and run off stage. He returned wearing an orange “Stick It In” T-shirt. Dawes, who was sporting a Tech basketball jersey, began to play the tune of “Stick It In.”

The concert continued in a light-hearted and energetic fashion. Fenmore and Dawes’ singing and dancing antics continued to entertain the crowd, which sang loudly along with many of the songs. Two large screens also projected clips from old sports games, children’s cartoons and music videos.

At one point, Dawes left his post on stage in front of his Apple laptop and began to snap photos of the jumping, dancing crowd on a digital camera. At other times during the show, he left the DJ table to splash water on the crowd and to hand out roses to girls in the front row.

Around 8:45 p.m., however, Super Mash Bros. left the stage, and, to the disappointment of the rowdy, energized crowd, did not return for an encore.

Overall, while the lack of encore and familiarity of tracks could have left dedicated Super Mash Bros. fans slightly disappointed, the antics of the DJs and the energy of the crowd made the free concert worth attending.

A version of this article appeared in the Aug 31 issue of the Collegiate Times.