mid-week jams
DJ duo The Hood Internet release new digital mixtape, announce Austin show
Looking for something to get you through this rainy mid-week afternoon? Then thank Chicago-based DJ duo The Hood Internet, who just released their latest digital mixtape, Volume Six.
The Hood Internet (a.k.a. Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell) blend hip-hop and indie rock to create their signature mixes, which are usually released twice a year online. (You can check out Volumes One through Five, plus special editions The Hood Internet vs Chicago and Misha Presents: Trillwave, in their archives.) Browsing through the tracklists from their past releases reads like a mash-up of the most addictive top 40 singles alongside more underground indie jams, and whether you're into either of those things or not, the way The Hood Internet isolates the catchiest, craftiest elements of each song is seriously sweet.
We've embedded the mix (along with the tracklist) below, and there are more free download options on The Hood Internet's site. (Be sure to listen through the end to catch the Return to Innocence / Lion King closer.)
The duo will be at Beauty Ballroom on Friday, June 22, and you can get your $10 ticket now.
The Mixtape Volume Six:
1. Wiz Khalifa x Phantogram | Move Up
2. Mayer Hawthorne x M83 | One Midnight With You
3. Ma$e x Notorious B.I.G. x Penguin Prison | Fuck With Mo' Money
4. Kanye West x Snap! | Power²
5. Beastie Boys x Santigold x Weird Tapes | Don't Play No Trash
6. TLC x Holy Ghost! | Some Creeps
7. Tyga x Neon Indian | Polish City
8. Snoop Dogg x Dillon Francis x Kill The Noise | What's My Noise
9. The Cool Kids x Ford & Lopatin | World Of Swimsuits
10. Taio Cruz x Foster The People | Houdin-o-mite
11. Only Children x YACHT | Tripped And Didn't Stop
12. Travis Porter x Daft Punk | Make It Rezz
13. Whitney Houston x Chromeo | When The Night Knows
14. Sisqo x The Rapture x A-Trak | How Deep Is Your Thong?
15. Dragonette x The Kickdrums x Kutcorners | Hello Something
16. Sims x Win Win | Burn It Again
17. YC x Knife Party | Knife Rack
18. tUnE-yArDs x Rihanna | GANGS&M
19. Big Sean x Kanye West x Wolfgang Gartner | The Way Marvin Was
20. Quad City DJs x Deadmau5 | Ride Some Chords
21. Ace Hood x The Black Keys | Hard And Gone
22. Wiz Khalifa x Too $hort x SBTRKT | On My Wildfire
23. Chris Brown x Busta Rhymes x Rustie | Look At My City
24. Flosstradamus x Kid Sister x Symmetry | City Luuks
25. Kreayshawn x Gang Gang Dance | Gucci Goth
26. Wale x Rick Ross x Kavinsky | Nightchain