[caption id="attachment_21888" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="The hood Internet"][/caption] When they’re not busy photoshopping tacos into classic album covers, Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell are busy infusing hip-hop jams with indie pop and rock tunes. Chicago duo The Hood Internet is back with Trillwave 2, which is now available for stream or download via Soundcloud. The 25-track album finds musical connections between artists such as Das Racist and Cults, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah and Destroyer, as well as M.I.A. and Sufjan Stevens. The end result is an overall collection of slow-burning grooves. The Hood Internet close the collection with a mash-up of Broken Social Scene’s “All to All” with Twista’s “Wetter”. When Chicago rockers Shapers remixed “All To All” earlier this year their version sped up the tempo to make it danceable. The Hood Internet version uses “Wetter”’s beat as a backbone and turns the Canadian collective’s track a slow jam. If you want to check out The Hood Internet’s next raging dance party, the duo will perform at North Coast Music Festival in Union Park on Friday, Sept 2. By Audrey Leon  \  comments

The Double Door is doing its part to alert the Chicago music community to all the great artists that grace its stage monthly by releasing its first musical compilation of the new year. Double Door email subscribers, twitter followers and blog lurkers found out about the mixtape on Thursday, January 13. The Double Door Monthly Mixtape Vol. 3 includes such Loud Loop Press-approved local artists as Hemmingbirds, The Sweeps and The Streets on Fire. Get your own copy of Volume 3 by clicking here. The Double Door began making its digital mix tapes in November. Don’t forget that you can see both the Sweeps and The Streets on Fire at the Double Door on Friday, January 14. The Hemmingbirds will also appear there on Tuesday February, 15. Get the full track listing after the jump. 1. Kings Go Forth – "One Day" 2. The Postelles – "White Night" 3. Hemmingbirds – "Mellow Gold Haze" 4. The Streets On Fire – "No One’s Fucking To The Radio" 5. The Noise FM – "The Vault" 6. Jess Godwin – "Three Weeks Shy" 7. The Sweeps – "Hotels" 8. Conrad Richards – "Dead Man’s Watch" 9. Dorian Taj – "The Hating Game" 10. Hackensaw Boys – "End Times" By Audrey Leon  \  1 comment

Chicago's hip-hop heroine Kid Sister dropped a brand new mixtape, titled Kiss Kiss Kiss, earlier this week on Fools Gold Records. Kiss Kiss Kiss was mixed by Fools Gold co-founder Nick Catchdubs and features guest spots from Gucci Mane, Paul Wall, Carte Blanche and more. Download Kiss Kiss Kiss for free from Fools Gold. Get the complete Kiss Kiss Kiss tracklist after the jump. 01. Kissin-tro 02. Kiss Kiss Kiss 03. Work Them 04. Green Velvet – Everybody Wants 05. Carte Blanche – Do! Do! Do! (Original / Laidback Luke Remix) 06. Daydreaming (Douster Remix) 07. Lookout Weekend f. Nina Sky 08. Gucci Rag Top f. Gucci Mane 09. Click Clack (Show It Off) 10. Don’t Stop Movin 11. Right Hand Hi (Caspa Remix) 12. Paul Wall – Imma Get It 13. Jo-DE-Ci f. DJ Gant-Man By Richard Giraldi  \  comments

As we previously reported, Chicago's best multi-venue, dead of winter music festival, Tomorrow Never Knows, returns for its seventh year next week. Well, the good people at Lincoln Hall and Schubas, who are spearheading the whole sha-bang, have put together this really awesome mixtape featuring a great number of acts participating in the event from locals A Lull and In Tall Buildings to national buzzbands such as The Besnard Lakes and Twin Shadow. TMK 2011 kicks off next Wednesday with The Helio Sequence at Lincoln Hall and Magic Kids at Schubas. Check out the schedule here, and listen to the mixtape after the jump. Tomorrow Never Knows 2011 by TNK2011 By Richard Giraldi  \  comments

Chicago dance rockers Hey Champ have release a new mixtape titled Winner's Circle Vol. 2 just in time for the holidays. Winner's Circle Vol. 2 is the follow up to last year's Winner's Circle mixtape and features a brand new Hey Champ track titled "Silver City", which, according to Chicagoverseunited, was previous titled "Chi Town" in live sets. Additionally, the mixtape offers tracks from Luke Million, Penguin Prison and Hey Champ remixes of Gemini Club and Andy Bell. Stream Winner's Circle Vol. 2 at Hey Champ's Soundcloud or download it below: By Richard Giraldi  \  comments

As first reported by the Chicago Reader, Chicago rapper extraordinaire Psalm One released the third installment of her Women @ Work mixtape series yesterday. The release features the track "Ginsu Knives" featuring Del the Funkee Homosapien and produced by Mulatto Patriot, which Ruby Hornet tipped us off to on Monday. You can download for free or stream the entire mix-tape right now at Psalmone.bandcamp.com. Also, if you're one for nostalgia tripping, check out our interview with Psalm One when we caught up with her at the Chicago Public Library's "Sound Off" concert last november. By Richard Giraldi  \  comments

Every summer needs a good mixtape. And although we're halfway through with this rather warm Chicago one, The Hood Internet may have just released your summer jammage in their new mixtape, Trillwave. The Chicago DJ-duo of Aaron Brink (aka ABX) and Steve Reidell (aka STV SLV) debuted the Trillwave mixtape on the Mishka NYC blog this week. It features, as always, a ton of great mashups, 25 to be exact, including Lollapalooza 2010 headliners Phoenix v. Pitchfork Fest act Why?, Doom v. The Flaming Lips, Drake v. Beach House and many more. Download Trillwave for free right now right here or listen to the full stream below: The Hood Internet x Mishka - TRILLWAVE by hoodinternet By Richard Giraldi  \  comments