We in the Midwest: Juke Vs Witch House: Nothing is Real and Everything is Awesome
Genres are nothing but artificial constructs, but then again what isn’t, amirite? Is juke a real thing or just a word dummies use to describe ghetto house? Is witch house something Pitchfork created to further the already over-segmented world of dark music/rock music/lo-fi music or is it a point of coming together of for people who adhere to a series of aesthetics not addressed by prior simplifications like goth?
A little bit of me thinking too much and a lot of great, free, new music from DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, Hollywood Holt, SSION, Juiceboxxx, Dirty Diamonds, and Starfoxxx.
We in the Midwest: Jokes and Jokes and Jokes and Jokes
Does Humor Belong In [dance] Music?
Willy Joy and Autobot rent out the Chuckle Hut to throw a dance party, plus mixtapes by Kid Color, Matt Roan, Moneypenny, Murderbot, Team Bayside High, The Hood Internet, Yawn, and Midnight Conspiracy
We in the Midwest: Full length audio/visual product
A new EP from Dirty Diamonds and a new mixtape from BBU, plus videos from both. And it’s all free. And I think I left some candy in there somewhere.
We in the Midwest: 100+ Years of Chicago Music
Chicago hosted the last great World’s Fair.
In my lifetime, it has been home to the best basketball player in the history of the game, the richest and most powerful woman in the history of the media, multi-faceted weirdo geniuses like Ed Paschke, Steve Albini, R. Kelly, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Divine and Henry Darger, sports dynasties, political dynasties, and the first multiracial president of the United States. Home to some of the best food and worst politicians in the nation. New types of theatre, comedy, and literature were born here.
The windy city. The city by the lake. The city of big shoulders. Hog butcher. Tool maker. Stacker of wheat. Here’s 100 years worth of songs about shaking your ass til your’e wet enough to fuck.
We in the Midwest: New music from Midnight Conspiracy, Mic Terror, and British Knights
British Knights and Midnight Conspiracy get all Euro on Chromeo and Little Boots’ asses. Mic Terror drops a new video. People rejoice. There’s dancing in the streets.
We in the Midwest: Juke and House mixes from Starfoxxx
In which our hero tortures a metaphor comparing DJ teams to 80s cartoon superheroes, and gives away other people’s music for free like a juke-era Robin Hood.
We in the Midwest: Hey Champ’s new mixtape
Only one-tenth of this post is about the HIT SINGLE (!) “Cold Dust Girl”
We in the Midwest: New mixtapes from Midnight Conspiracy and DJ LA Jesus
New mixes from DJ LA Jesus and Midnight Conspiracy! Plus frank conversations on the nature of masked djs, internet porn, and stereos that go up to eleven.
We in the Midwest: New mixtapes from John Twatters, Only Children, and the Hood Internet
How good do your mash-ups have to be for anyone to give a shit? Does a retro soul mix made for a queer-oriented dance party sound any different than a soul mix made for a non-sexual-identity-specified dance party? And if you say the word ‘disco’, and I say the word ‘disco’ and a dj says the word ‘disco’, what are the odds we’re talking about the same thing?
These questions and more answered in another edition of WE IN THE MIDWEST!
We in the Midwest: New mixtape from Skyler Mendoza and Rehab
Rehab Mondays drop a new blog and a new mixtape!
We In the Midwest: mixtapes and mixtapes and mixtapes from Chrissy Murderbot
Our friend Murderbot drops a mixtape a week for one year. Weirdness/goodness ensues.
We in the Midwest: New Mixtape from British Knights
British Knights drops a mini mix of 1980s punk refixes…..
