Hijinx Festival is around the corner and in honor of the Inaugural Philadelphia two day festival, we wanted to put together a playlist of some killer songs for you to prepare with. The playlist features artists all attending the festival: Bassnectar, Big Gigantic, Griz, RL Grime, Odesza, Illenium, Denzel Curry, Whipped Cream, and Ganja White … Continue reading HIHF Playlists: Hijinx Festival Essentials
We really do blast out the bangers on this site, always providing our readers with the heaviest and the most complex electronic epics. I love that turn-up, go hard shit. But it's always important to switch it up when you're winding down and taking the edge off. Today, I decided to focus on Hip-Hop tracks … Continue reading HIHF Curated Playlists: Hip-Hop R&R
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYLH_I8jc28 I have already seen four friends cop the new Super Smash Bros in the last week for the Nintendo Switch but had no idea this relaunch would be so insane. People are obviously already having fun with the game as well as its addicting soundtrack. English DJ and producer, Chime has always been someone … Continue reading Chime remixes “Super Smash Bros Ultimate Theme” and Unleashes His Lost Lands/Tour Mix
2018 has been a phenomenal year for new tunage, and we couldn't wait to share our best of the year playlist with our amazing followers. The 100 song playlist includes highlights from Ariana Grande, Greta Van Fleet, Ella Mai, Travis Scott, Young Thug, J.I.D., Anderson Paak, Rüfüs Dü Sol, Alison Wonderland, JOJI, Billie Eilish, Jesse … Continue reading HIHF Playlists: Our 100 Best Songs of 2018
December is the perfect time for long mixes. Whether you're grinding on finals studying, slogging through the end of year craziness at work, or driving all the way home for the holidays, it's nice to turn something on and have it keep going until you're done. If that sounds good to you, Lane 8 has the … Continue reading Lane 8 Releases Winter 2018 Mixtape
Zeds Dead founded their own label back in 2016. Since then, the Deadbeats imprint has released some of the hottest tracks of the past two years, seventy-four Deadbeats Radio shows, and put on nationwide tours featuring some of the hottest rising acts in the game. The label is capping off 2018 with their brand new … Continue reading Deadbeats Releases WE ARE DEADBEATS VOL. 3 Ft. Rome in Silver, Ducky, Blunts & Blondes, Mersiv, Gentlemen’s Club, Jaenga, Holly, and many more
Checking in once again with the best of the month playlist. November was good to us in terms of electronic releases--Griz dropped off two new songs, Whethan finally brought us his highly anticipated "Life of a Wallflower" album, and Quix released an epic debut "Illusions" EP filled with genre-defying bangers. We also finally got remix … Continue reading HIHF Playlists: Ari’s Best of November
Space Laces brings us a brand new mix and it. Is. FUEGO!! Vaultage 001 is apparently full of unreleased & unfinished projects, spanning back from 2010 until today. I guess the name makes a little more sense now. Enjoy the new release from Space Laces below, it's short but it sure is sweet. https://soundcloud.com/space-laces/space-laces-vaultage-001?fbclid=IwAR1Rn3RwOOsf14HJ6PA3WsP1GAaq3DRV0WMK-PdeipTu-bs1E6RQyOC4Xvo
https://soundcloud.com/flosstradamus/flosstradamus-hi-def-mix High Def Youth aka the HDY Nation is the army of trap heads who support Flosstradamus on his lifelong venture of "open(ing) up the fucking pit" and "run(ning) the trap". Just minutes ago, Floss unleashed the debut mix to honor his longtime fans. "Hi Def Mix" is full of bangin' trap beats, layered with … Continue reading New “Hi Def Mix” From Flosstradamus
Baauer and RL Grime haven't gone back to back with each other for some time, but today we luck out with some fan footage of their show in Sydney, Australia. The two producers came together for one of the most innovative trap hits maybe ever with "Infinite Daps", so we know what a dangerous duo … Continue reading Watch Baauer and RL Grime go b2b in Sydney (FULL SET)
Excision's Lost Lands Festival has only been around for two years, but has already stapled itself as one of the most exciting dubstep festivals in the country. Last year, the Canadian dubstep god released his 2017 Lost Lands mix. Prior to the debut Lost Lands mix, X uploaded his annual festival mixes from Shambhala festival, … Continue reading Excision Releases His Mix & Compilation From 2018 Lost Lands Festival
https://soundcloud.com/holy_ship/holy-ship-official-mixtape-series-1-quix Quix is one of our favorite trap acts here at HIHF. He has had a stellar 2018, with some of our favorite releases of the year like "Hero" and "Giving Up". Today, the NZ producer captains the first official mixtape for the upcoming Holy Ship! festival. The festival is going into its 12th voyage … Continue reading Holy Ship! 2019 Official Mixtape Series #1 Starring HIHF Favorite Quix [TRACKLIST]
GTA just released their all-Spanish EP through Mad Decent, and just yesterday, one of Trap music's most innovative duos shares their set from Insomniac's Escape: Psycho Circus to Soundcloud. For our audible pleasure!! GTA throws in hits from their new EP, tons of Hip Hop edits, and even a couple unreleased GTA IDs. Enjoy their … Continue reading GTA Shares Their Set From Escape Festival
In late July, Bassnectar announced he'd be headlining a brand new festival in Mexico. The all-inclusive "Deja Voom" features multiple sets from Bassnectar, as well as performances from Rezz, The Glitch Mob, Claude VonStroke, 12th Planet, and many more. Luzcid is one of the many rising bass stars on the lineup, and today he brings … Continue reading Luzcid Brings Us A Brand New Mix to Prepare for Deja Voom Festival [TRACKLIST]
Annie Nightingale, famous BBC radio personality, brings us a brand new mix from two of our favorite producers here at HIHF, Ghastly & NGHTMRE. The mix is cut with horror movie bits includes not only smashing Ghastly & NGHTMRE originals but some of our favorite Trap and Dubstep hits of the year from all sorts … Continue reading Listen to Ghastly & NGHTMRE’s New Mix for BBC Radio 1
https://soundcloud.com/boomboxcartel/ddlm3 Boombox Cartel continues the slew of mixes this week with the third installment of his Dia De Los Muertos series. The mix consists of tons of music, ranging from Trap and Dubstep to Reggaeton to Hip-Hop. Of course, Boombox throws in a bunch of his orignals including his new collab w/ Flosstradamus, "Hilo" w/ … Continue reading Boombox Cartel is back with another Dia De Los Muertos mix!
October was a pretty great month for music, we got albums from some of my favorite artists of the past few years. With electronic releases from K?d, Rüfüs Dü Sol, The Chainsmokers, Louis The Child, and a ton more, and massive hip-hop albums from Future & Juice WRLD, Lil Baby & Gunna, Sheck Wes, and … Continue reading HIHF Playlists: Ari’s Best of October 2018
https://soundcloud.com/bluntsnblondes/blunts-bass-halloween-2 Blunts & Blondes is back with another Halloween mix for his Blunts & Bass series. This forty minute mix starts off pretty chill but quickly starts firing off filthy bass bangers. The Florida producer recently teamed up with Bandlez for "Queen Bee", check that out here and enjoy the epic new mix above.
After collabs this year with Jauz, Crankdat, and Spag Heddy, Tisoki is constantly on the rise. His music has been played by massive DJ's like Skrillex, Excision, The Chainsmokers, Getter, and many more, and today he shares his exclusive mix from BBC One's Diplo and Friends radio show. https://soundcloud.com/tisoki/diplo-friends-mix Enjoy the hour mix above, it … Continue reading Tisoki Shares His Diplo & Friends Mix
Wanted to share a bunch of new sets from this weekend. The following are from Insomniac's SoCal Halloween Event, Escape: Psycho Circus. Enjoy sets from massive artists like Yellow Claw, Galantis, Alan Walker, Tchami X Malaa, and more below. https://www.mixcloud.com/wnmfest_official/galantis-escape-psycho-circus-27102018/ https://www.mixcloud.com/wnmfest_official/yellow-claw-escape-psycho-circus-27102018/ https://www.mixcloud.com/wnmfest_official/kayzo-escape-psycho-circus-27102018/ https://www.mixcloud.com/wnmfest_official/tchami-x-malaa-escape-psycho-circus-27102018/ https://www.mixcloud.com/wnmfest_official/alan-walker-escape-psycho-circus-27102018/ https://www.mixcloud.com/3DM_LIVE/moksi-live-at-escape-psycho-circus-2018-san-bernandino-ca-26-oct-2018/ https://www.mixcloud.com/3DM_LIVE/kai-wachi-live-at-escape-psycho-circus-2018-san-bernandino-ca-26-oct-2018/ https://www.mixcloud.com/wnmfest_official/mercer-escape-psycho-circus-27102018/ https://www.mixcloud.com/3DM_LIVE/born-dirty-live-at-escape-psycho-circus-2018-san-bernandino-ca-26-oct-2018/ https://www.mixcloud.com/3DM_LIVE/shiverz-live-at-escape-psycho-circus-2018-san-bernandino-ca-26-oct-2018/
Henry Steinway aka RL Grime is back with another one of his famous Halloween Mixes. Grime has had a monster year, with his sophomore album Nova arguably being the best Electronic release of Summer 2018. Today he brings us the 7th installment of his yearly mix, filled with the hottest hip-hop songs of the year on top … Continue reading RL Grime drops his annual Halloween Mix
https://soundcloud.com/thissongissickmixes/big-gigantic-fall-tour-mix-2018 Big Gigantic is about to hit the road for their Fall tour and today they are blessing their fans with an hour-long mix to celebrate. The tour starts next Tuesday and continues until the end of 2018 and features HIHF favorites Win and Woo and Flamingosis as the openers. I can't wait to see … Continue reading Big Gigantic brings us their Fall Tour Mix
https://soundcloud.com/official-rezz/nightmare-on-rezz-street-halloween-mix Rezz aka the Space Mom is back with a brand new mix full of originals, just in time for Halloween. "Nightmare on Rezz St." is a thirty-minute mix consisting of spooky and unreleased IDs. Grab the free DL here. Check out what Rezz had to say about the video portionbelow. "'Nightmare on Rezz Street' … Continue reading Rezz Brings Us A 30 Minute Halloween Mix “Nightmare on Rezz Street” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
https://soundcloud.com/twofriendsbigbootie/bb14 Big Bootie Mix Volume 14 was intended to be a mix of current songs and throwbacks that made their fans want to get up and sing which Two Friends requested suggestions for via Twitter back in July. The mix achieves its purpose and hits all the right spots with throwbacks from every gen. Summer … Continue reading Two Friends – “Big Bootie Mix Vol 14” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Toadface is back with a brand new LP that shows off his signature, murky/swampy sound. "Bugs for Breakfast" is a 12 track project that features tons of different collaborators. The album was released through the Wakaan label, Liquid Stranger's home to some of the most unique acts in bass music. Toadface, alongside fellow Wakaan acts … Continue reading Toadface Releases New EP “Bugs for Breakfast” Through Wakaan: Read Our Exclusive Interview Here
Releases from all sorts of different acts flooded the airwaves this September. From intergenerational collabs with Lil Pump & Kanye West to newcomers to the game blowing up the charts with smash hits like Lil Uzi's "New Patek" and Gunna & Lil Baby's "Drip Too Hard", the rap that we've gotten this month has been … Continue reading HIHF Playlists: Best of September 2018
Excision's Lost Lands festival brought tons of massive names to Ohio's Legend Valley. Lucky for us, some of the biggest shows are available to listen to in full from some of the most exciting acts at Lost Lands. Stream Excision's day one set, Slander & Nghtmre's Gud Vibrations set, Flux Pavillion b2b Doctor P, … Continue reading Stream full sets from Excision, Slander & Nghtmre, SVDDEN DEATH, 12th Planet & Virtual Riot, and more from Lost Lands Festival
August brought us a huge variety of new music. Massive hip-hop album releases topped the charts all month long, with Nicki Minaj, YG, Aminé, Mac Miller, and of course Travis Scott, all having released their projects at the very beginning of the month. My personal favorite hip-hop project from August was Travis' Astroworld, with Aminé's … Continue reading HIHF Playlists: Best of August (Album Review Links + Exclusive Playlists)
Comin' at you head on this trapped out Thursday with a brand new playlist! Trap is the fam favorite subgenre here at Heard It Here First, so we compiled a list of the year's best trap tunes so far. This one is for all you mosh-starting, rail riders out there. Enjoy this mix of music … Continue reading HIHF Playlists: “Trapped Out 2018” A playlist full of the year’s best Trap originals and remixes
With Moonrise just a few weeks behind him and Lost Lands and EDC Orlando coming up on his festival roster, Midnight Tyrannosaurus has released his highly anticipated EP “The Heist.” The EP is a 13 minute thrill made to sound like a bank robbery and the tracks “Prologue (Nightcall Bootleg)”, “Midnight Animal (The Job)”, “The … Continue reading Midnight Tyrannosaurus’ “The Heist” EP is out now!
The past couple playlists we've posted were for those of you who enjoy head-banging breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Now we're switching it up a little for a playlist that brings the feel-good, chillin' vibes. This playlist will be perfect for any fans of Gryffin, Said the Sky, Odesza, Elohim, or Medasin. Check the full playlist below and … Continue reading HIHF Playlists: Summer Slappers Curated By Chris Hegevall-Clarke
Pieced together a little playlist consisting of the best and biggest songs we heard this past weekend at Moonrise Festival in Baltimore. The festival honestly never handles weather concerns well, with multiple-hour long rain delays both days that lead to shorter sets and multiple acts canceling (RIP Rusko ://). https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmbiyc2A33C/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The same thing happened at … Continue reading HIHF Playlists: Best Of Moonrise (Playlist and Photos)
I'm not great at listening to chill music at work, while reading, or whenever someone usually prefers something light to space out to. So throughout the past week, I've been putting together a playlist of songs I consider "chill"; songs I think most of my friends would enjoy and be able to relax to. I … Continue reading “Chillcoolguybeats” An Eclectic, Lo-Fi & ChillTrap playlist by Arn
Coming at 'chall with a new playlist of the hip-hop essentials for Summer 2018. This playlist isn't too big, but my personal playlists usually lie within the two to three hundred range. Fifty definitely isn't too big. Included in this playlist are some of the hottest hip-hop tracks from some of the hottest artists of … Continue reading HIHF Playlists: “Hot Summer” Hip-Hop Essentials 2018
August is days away. We only have about two weeks till the best event Pimlico Racecourse holds every summer, and I certainly am not talking about Preakness. Moonrise Festival is quickly approaching, so I made a couple playlists (one months ago & the other last night inspired by my girlfriend's best friend who is attending … Continue reading Moonrise Festival Preview 2018: “Moonrise Basics” & “Moonrise Madness” Playlists & Pictures
A big part about this blog isn't just finding new music, but BRAND new music. Brand spankin' new as I like to say on our gram. July isn't over just yet, but we wanted to start posting playlists as soon as possible so y'all could see what we are listening to at HIHF. Throughout the … Continue reading Heard It Here First | Ari’s Best of the Month
Dubstep legend Caspa throws us a 37 minute mix full of filthy, grimey tunage. The "original rudeboy" and British dubstep pioneer throws down some absolute filth in this mix, cut with tons of hip hop samples. Heads up, this is not for the feint of womps. Very heavy, very dark dubstep. 37 minutes straight. LOVE … Continue reading Caspa Releases “CASPA Mix 4.0” (TRACKLIST INCLUDED)
Yultron brings us an hour long mix for BBC Radio 1's "Diplo & Friends". The LA based DJ has worked with tons of fellow incredibly talented producers over the past couple years. In fact, he has only been making music for three and a half years according to his Soundcloud. 2018 has been a huge … Continue reading Yultron shares his BBC Radio 1 “Diplo & Friends” Mix
Barong Family labelheads, Nils and Jim, aka Yellow Claw take to the soundcloud air to release their latest episode of "Barong Family Radio". The duo talks about the making of their latest work "Shanghai Nights Pt. 1 & 2" as well as their documentary available on Apple Music and Youtube. The mix features new music … Continue reading Yellow Claw Drops “Barong Family Radio Episode 2”
