The Hype Machine has an interesting approach to this whole year-end list thing. Rather than putting together an actual list, they've recruited two well-regarded, omnivorous DJ entities to put…   Read Story »

Lately, we seem to be having on-weeks and off-weeks for videos, and this was an off-week. Last week brought a deluge, and this week, things have slowed down a bunch. But even in the off-weeks, there…   Read Story »

Chicago masher-uppers the Hood Internet are uncommonly good at what they do, and they also deserve credit for finding possible connections between a couple of great and pretty-new tracks. In the case…   Read Story »

In the days after Whitney Houston's untimely death, the Internet sprang to action to find ways to pay tribute to her immense, singular talent and the music it produced. None were better than the…   Read Story »

The Hood Internet released a new mash-up today -- it combines Nine Types Of Light track "Cannonball" and Rihanna's "Only Girl." It's a surprisingly pleasing combination -- Hood Internet removes the…   Read Story »

You probably noticed the strong new wave streak running through Arcade Fire's The Suburbs, especially on the Régine Chassagne-fronted "Sprawl II." The Hood Internet's ABX also picked up on the…   Read Story »

Some 90 acts descended upon Champaign-Urbana, IL this past weekend, performing across 14 venues and four days for the fifth annual Pygmalion Music Festival. We sent photographer John Gitchoff to…   Read Story »

The Hood Internet's new extended Girl Talk-on-Ritalin mix includes 34 indie rock vs hip-hop mashups -- Ludacris vs She & Him, T-Pain vs TVOTR, R. Kelly vs Rogue Wave, Lil Kim vs MGMT, etc., etc. Who…   Read Story »

This week's Drop brought some previously unreleased White Williams straight to your inbox. We have oodles of of love for the one-time BTW and recent Andrew W.K. party school grad, so we were super…   Read Story »