Check out that cover concept. Instant classic. It hits harder when you know the band has been in the game for over two decades. Holy Shit! hold a deep place in my heart. Northern Wisconsin punk people making fast, catchy, damaged hardcore… A lot to say about them. They shotgun a beer whenever they retire a live song. Every couple of years, they tour Japan. Big Milwaukee week over here at John’s Music Blog. AyooLii and Holy Shit! should play a basement show together.
The Andrew W.K. of Rage Beats is back with another life-affirming blast. Sounds like a college linebacker pouring a tub of Gatorade onto their coach after the team wins a middle-tier bowl game.
Not too familiar with the music of Water From Your Eyes, but I’ve been banging “Barley” for a minute now. Hypnotic breakbeat indie; the lyrics reference Sonic Youth, which is fitting because that Steve Shelley shaker sound is all over this motherfucker. Funky punky!
Lil Kayla (Feat. YN Jay) “11:11 (Remix)”
The original “11:11” features some of the more vicious Bay Area bars of 2022. On the remix, YN Jay steps up to the challenge and throws in some casual Michigan pockets. Good rapping: We like it.
Doormouse “The Wisconsin Gabber Kickdrum Massacre”
Maybe too much Milwaukee this week? When Doormouse pulls a banging gabber track out of his deep mid-’90s archive, you sit your ass down and you listen. 200+ BPM, made on a desktop, made for raves in barns where shit gets set on fire.
MIX OF THE WEEK: Teki Latex “HÖR - Feb 10 / 2023”
Teki Latex is the definition of an expert DJ. He has been doing it for so many years and he has moved through so many scenes and eras that he has the ability to make the kind of connections that you just can’t make unless you have been in the mix for a long-ass time. The Frenchman is iconic. He looks like a dripped out moustachioed baby. Anyone can DJ, but this man was meant to DJ.