TLC vs HOLY GHOST!

STV SLV - Some Creeps (TLC vs Holy Ghost!)
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BOSTON: We’re at Middle East Downstairs this Friday night. [tickets]

ACE HOOD vs THE BLACK KEYS

ABX - Hard And Gone (Ace Hood vs The Black Keys)
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SLC: This Saturday we will be returning to Salt Lake City where we will be playing at Urban Lounge. Really you should just plan on spending several days living at Urban Lounge because The Cool Kids play there on Sunday and Doomtree is on Monday.

MAYER HAWTHORNE x M83

STV SLV - One Midnight With You (Mayer Hawthorne vs M83)
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We got a virtual split single for y’all today; here’s the opposite side.

FABOLOUS ft NATE DOGG vs CLASSIXX

STV SLV - Deny Strings (Fabolous ft Nate Dogg vs Classixx)
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TURNTABLE.FM: Catch a #rare internet performance from The Hood Internet on turntable.fm this evening at 6PM eastern time. Which is also 5PM central, 4PM mountain, 3PM pacific, and so on; look, you’re smart enough to figure out Greenwich Mean Time. C’mon son

BEYONCE vs OF MONTREAL

ABX - Exquisite Party (Beyonce vs Of Montreal)
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Dear Chicago: thanks for two sold out nights at Lincoln Hall. Couldn’t have ended 2011 on a better note. New things already afoot for 2012. Love. 

photo by Jennifriend

SISQO vs THE RAPTURE vs A-TRAK

2011: The Year In Rejects Part 4

ABX - How Deep Is Your Thong? (Sisqo vs The Rapture)
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For our last installment of rejects this year we bring you a mix that was probably obvious to all the people who are big fans of both Sisqo and The Rapture. We’ll be back to posting regular tracks in the new year.

GUCCI MANE vs SLAYER
2011: The Year In Rejects Part 3

STV SLV - Raining Bricks (Gucci Mane vs Slayer)
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Gucci has cavorted with metal bands before during our Year In Rejects series. Maybe it’s that percussive flow, or more likely those percussive adlibs. Either way: percussion? This reimagined track might have found a home on the soundtrack for Judgment Night II: More Judgment, but instead it’s here.

FRIDAY 12/30: Our Saturday NYE show at Lincoln Hall is still sold out, but there are still tickets for the first night on Friday December 30. It’s been brought to our attention that some people think this show is sold out because the “BUY” button on Lincoln Hall’s website appears inactive, but that’s just a new feature on their site — ticket buyers need to tap on the “click here to acknowledge that tickets purchased here are non-transferable” agreement that appears below the show information. (And they have to MEAN IT, too.)

KATY PERRY vs GLASS CANDY
2011: The Year In Rejects Part 2

STV SLV - Fireworks In The Winter (Katy Perry vs Glass Candy)
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This is not the first time Glass Candy has been included in our Year In Rejects selections, and we should clarify there is nothing reject-y about them. They’re simply unfortunate accomplices in the questionable choices we make when choosing tracks to mix together. Sorry, Glass Candy; sad emoticon.

TWIZZLERING: A word used by the Chicago Sun-Times in this article.

CHRIS DE BURGH vs BON IVER

2011: The Year In Rejects Part 1

ABX - Lady In Beth (Chris De Burgh vs Bon Iver)
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For the fifth year in row we are celebrating the holiday season by delivering lumps of musical coal in the form of tracks that were not good enough to make the cut this year. I’m sure Justin Vernon felt good about his 2011 with all the critical acclaim, Grammy nominations, and having the best guest spot on Watch The Throne. Hopefully mixing “Beth/Rest” with “Lady In Red” doesn’t do anything to take away from that.

NEW YEARS EVE EVE + REGULAR OLD NEW YEARS EVE: We are doing back to back nights in Chicago at Lincoln Hall to close out 2011. Tickets for the New Years Eve show with Willy Joy and My Gold Mask have sold out, but there are still tickets available for the night before that. Come spend the penultimate night of 2011, Friday, December 30th with us, Driftless Pony Club, and Team Bayside High. The show is 18+ and you can buy tickets here. Check out the poster for both shows by Aesthetic Apparatus.

SELF/TACO: If you haven’t already seen the cover artwork for our new compilation (released today via Mishka), spend two minutes of your life watching the behind-the-scenes video. After that, you’ll be either hungry or revolted — but whichever the case you’ll have the necessary prerequisites to download (for free) fourteen tracks of remixes and original productions that we’ve created over the past couple of years. Tracklist:

1. Ninjasonik & Johnny Nelson - The Future [prod. THI]
2. Foster the People (feat. Hollywood Holt) - Pumped Up Kicks (THI Remix)
3. Hooray For Earth (feat. Donwill) - True Loves (THI Remix)
4. Tobacco (feat. Aesop Rock) - Dirt (THI & Zaid Maxwell Remix)
5. Mando Diao (feat. GZA/Genius & Cadence Weapon) - Dance With Somebody (THI Remix)
6. Freddie Gibbs, Class Actress & Telli Gramz - VCR [prod. THI]
7. BBU (feat. Das Racist) - Please, No Pictures [prod. THI]
8. A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head (THI Remix)
9. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round (THI Remix)
10. The Rosebuds - Get Up Get Out (THI Remix)
11. Ramona Falls - Russia (THI Remix)
12. DVAS (feat. Kid Static) - Society (THI Remix)
13. Still Flyin’ - Victory Walker (THI 4:46am Remix)
14. Database & Empires - Bang Bang (THI Remix)