The Hood Internet

If you have fond memories of partying in the mid-'00s to the sounds of Hot Chip, Justice, Soulwax, CSS, Simian Mobile Disco and others, you might be interested in Lina Abascal's new book ’Never Be Alone Again: How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor’

Plus: the ALT 92.3 show with Muse, Florence, Deathcab and more, 50 Cent/A$AP Ferg, Bouncing Souls, 2 Dope Queens, 2ManyDJs, and more tickets on sale.

Plus: win tickets to the NYC show.

Tonight's NYC shows include Roots Picnic, The Meadows, Blood Orange, Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, Opeth, and more.

Mad Decent Block Party, which Dillon Francis just played (more by Chris La Putt) Dillon Francis is playing Barclays Center on January 16. Tickets for that show go on sale today at 10 AM...

(via @extrablurry) The Allman Brothers are returning to Beacon Theatre for another multi-night run at the venue from March 7 to 22. Tickets to those shows go on sale Friday, January 10 at 10 AM, and there's a couple ongoing presales right now...

We recently discussed some of the hip hop at CMJ, and now here's a breakdown of some of the electronic music. On Thursday (10/17), Cascine and Driftless Recordings are doing a showcase at Cameo which includes Italians Do It Better co-founder Mike Simonetti, Finnish duo Shine 2009 (stream their new album below), Ejecta (aka the new collaboration of Ford & Lopatin's Joel Ford and Neon Indian's Leanne Macomber -- stream some tracks below), Heavenly Beat, Rush Midnight (aka former Twin Shadow bassist Russ Manning), North Americans, and DJ sets from Korallreven and Bruce Smear...

Major Lazer vs The Hype Machine - Best of 2012 Zeitgeist Mix Major Lazer joins forces with The Hype Machine to help present the Top Tracks of 2012 as part of the year-end Music Blog Zeitgeist...

We mentioned before that the new Hood Internet album, FEAT (out 10/2), was a sample-free, guest-filled affair featuring the likes of Class Actress, The Rosebuds, Hooray for Earth, Au Revoir Simone's Annie Hart, Cadence Weapon, Zambri...

DOWNLOAD: The Hood Internet - "Grown Up Has No Trigger" (MP3) As mentioned, The Hood Internet are releasing their new album, FEAT, on October 2 and playing shows in support of it including a NYC date on August 11 at Brooklyn Bowl...