AARON SMITH vs BONOBO

DJ STV SLV - Said It All In Forms (Aaron Smith vs Bonobo)
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THIS WEEKEND: Hood stops by Next Big Nashville on Thursday for a DJ set at Mercy Lounge. Then on Friday it's over to Waiting Room in Omaha where we join our Chicago pals Moneypenny and Team Bayside High. Saturday we return to Bourbon Theatre in Lincoln NE for Lincoln Calling.

YOU BETTER WORK: Back in February we threw together a half-hour mix for a workout video compiled by Chicagoan Jake Myers. Here's the video and the mix. Full-screen it and exercise in front of your computer screen.



YOU BETTER WORK tracklist:
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1. School Of Language x Kanye West - Poor Workout
2. Mclusky - Without MSG I Am Nothing
3. Truman Peyote - Sidewalk Sludging (Airbud)
4. Bumps x The Minutemen x Kanye West - God Bows To Nashira
5. Lil Mama feat. T-Pain x MSTRKRFT - Shawty Get Looks
6. Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (Monte Noir)
7. LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou
8. Caribou - Odessa
9. Clipse x Yuksek - Kinda Like A Big Break
10. Salt N Pepa x Empire Of The Sun - Swordfish Hotkiss Shoop
11. Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better (Bit Funk Edit)
12. Benga x Petey Pablo - Fire Someone 20
13. Dan Deacon - Woof Woof
14. CSS - Believe Achieve
15. The Octagon - One Five Five
16. Lindstrøm & Christabelle x Kanye West - Baby Can't Workout
17. Nicolay - Saturday Night
18. Survivor x Glass Candy - Glass Eye Of The Candy Tiger
19. Dominique Younq Unique - Music Time
20. Paula Abdul x Coeur De Pirate - Cold Hearted Pirate
21. Black Ghosts - Let's Get Physical

TREY SONGZ vs STARS

DJ STV SLV - We're Already Taken (Trey Songz vs Stars)
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NINJASONIK vs !!!

ABX - Bars In The AM (Ninjasonik vs !!!)
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THREE 6 MAFIA vs LAZER CRYSTAL

DJ STV SLV - Keep My Wave Out Yo Mouth (Three 6 Mafia vs Lazer Crystal)
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THIS WEEKEND: Thursday night catch Hood at Ciceros in St. Louis for the Play:STL Fest. Saturday night it's going down at the M Shop in Ames IA. Closing out the weekend on Sunday by throwing down a short set at Metro, opening up the sold out Matt & Kim show!

ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI vs THE HOOD INTERNET

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round And Round (The Hood Internet Remix)
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CHICAGO 7" RELEASE SHOW: This Saturday we celebrate the release of the Hood Internet/Kid Static 7" with a blowout at Lincoln Hall. In addition to us and Kid Static, we've got Wallpaper., DVAS, Kid Color, and Just Desserts on the bill. Get advance tickets here.

BUY THE 7": For those who can't make the show, you can get those new Hood Internet/Kid Static tracks on vinyl or digitally at our Bandcamp page. If you missed the video for "Chi City" check it out here.



Screenprinted poster by Delicious Design League

EMPIRE OF THE SUN vs WILD NOTHING

DJ STV SLV - Walking In Chinatown (Empire Of The Sun vs Wild Nothing)
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TACOS: Last week ABX and I made what's probably the most important site on the internet (aside from this one), Album Tacos. Take a look; it's fairly self-explanatory. Bonus: David Yow sent us a Jesus Lizard album taco.

DONWILL vs CARIBOU vs EL PERRO DEL MAR

DJ STV SLV - L Is For Love Junkie (Donwill vs Caribou vs El Perro Del Mar)
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BROOKLYN: We'll be at the Knitting Factory on Thursday night along with Donwill, Ilyas and Von Pea, aka Tanya Morgan. Late show, all ages.

MINNEAPOLIS: Catch a Hood set at the PBR Bedlam Theater Blowout on Friday night. Details here on the Facebook.