Quick Note: During Wednesday’s post, the “John’s Music Blog One-Year Anniversary Celebration,” I did a one-off crowdfunding call. Since the perks hinged on me delivering playlists to donors, my dumb ass thought it would be smart to have people email me and then deal with payment from there. Though some did, a few others expressed confusion at my lack of a direct payment system. So here it is: The OFFICIAL VENMO LINK to support John’s Music Blog. For a perks rundown, refer to the original post. Alright, that’s the end of that, back to The Report…
One highlight of my week has been watching teasers for “Getting To It,” the new Myaap track that throws Abba in the Milwaukee bounce blender. What does that say about me? Let's leave that unaddressed for the moment and focus on the song. It’s the kind of inspiring energy rap that we love over here at John’s Music Blog HQ, and Myaap doesn’t waste the moment, or the sample—she’s really getting to it. It’s the Brew Town Dance Rap Pick Of The Week.
bar italia “worlds greatest emoter”
This goony Britpop stomper is the best bar italia has sounded. Can I get annoying? It hits like Dean Blunt fronting Blur, which is to say that it hits like a mellower “Theme From Sparta F.C.” by The Fall. None of that makes any sense, but know this, reader: The song will be in a car commercial before the year is over.
CRACKED MOLAR “Kicked Out Of Curleys”
Ouch! From no caps to all caps, you are not going to hear a CRACKED MOLAR song in a damn Subaru ad, and that is no cap. In a little over a minute, the single Florida man behind the band delivers the hissy punishment that we all crave. I thought Curleys was the name of a diner or a regional fast food chain, but in reality it’s the name of a different Florida punk band, one that the guy from CRACKED MOLAR apparently got kicked out of.
Here we find a breakbeat rave expert in good form. Diva-driven and laser-stained, smudged and speedy, “Deep Love” has more than one gear to play with. It’s Moby, faded at a barn party, cranking the Amens to 11. Taken from an early September release on Tim Reaper’s Future Retro, a label whose name is dumb but whose jungle output is first-rate.
First Slimaroni, and now Baby Tate. We are in the middle of a tiny Atlanta bass moment. “Lollipop” does the So So Def 1, 2 step on the verse, but goes all four-on-the-floor pound town on the hook, which sounds like light from a disco ball bouncing off of a corsage.
MIX OF THE WEEK: Dazegxd and The Contr1freak “The Lot Radio 4/12/2023”
Am I addicted to breakbeats? The Contro1freak’s section of this two-hour mix is cool (lots of Anime remixes), but Dazegxd’s set is the thing that I keep coming back to. The kid moves between club and house and rap and drum and bass with ease; just wait for that Earl Sweatshirt remix.
"It hits like Dean Blunt fronting Blur, which is to say that it hits like a mellower “Theme From Sparta F.C.” by The Fall." Sentences like this are why I subscribe to John's Music Blog. Beautiful.
oh fuck, that Earl Sweatshirt remix!