AMF Music | August '24

w33kly #20

No big hefty note here for the w33kly section, but I want to add something so you don’t just scroll on by. My favorite song from mal sounds’ new EP is in here, our friend Stevedreez let off some demos that are as good as half the albums that came out this summer, and I don’t know A$AP Rocky personally, but his music video for “Taylor Swif” is absolutely bonkers so I had to show some respect. Please give this latest w33kly a spin and let me know what you think 🎧

Featured Projects:

In true AMF fashion, I’m borrowing this section to highlight a few cool projects from the community that I also featured in w33kly. This isn’t the first time mal sounds is featured, as he’s an OG friend of AMF. Last Friday he released his latest EP, Still In New York, and it feels like the soundtrack to the stages of a coming-of-age indie film. It’s beautiful 📽️

Below is Stevedreez’s project of essentially demos- proof that this man has absolute bops just sitting around that the people should hear. As he explains on IG, it’s a collection of songs from ‘21-’23 that “didn’t make other projects or [he] just never finished & never will. Still love em tho.” Honestly, Steve.

As I mentioned before, I don’t know A$AP Rocky. But he did pass me at a venue this summer and he was as fashionable and flacko as he alleges to be. This song is vintage Rocky in many ways, and the video feels so true to the aesthetic he’s established for himself over the years. This one was directed by Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, and actually shot in Kiev in 2021. I don’t know if there’s any politics behind this video, and won’t be doing the research until after this is shared but still #stopallthewars.

If you’ve ever watched a music video and thought “oh well that was an interesting experience” then you should give this a go.

Featured Mix:

The playlist from Spotify that I initially considered for the above section is called House Music is Black Music. Aside from being true, that’s also a sentiment I’ve come to appreciate the last few years as I’ve dug into my own tastes within house and other dance or electronic genres. If you had told me 5 years ago that Zack Fox would be one of the noteworthy American DJs leading the push to further highlight the black roots in house music, I would’ve laughed and pictured a Boondocks skit. But here I am, in 2024, texting people his “Black House Radio” sets and feeling a pride for the culture and community he has managed to capture in this series.

People who remember him from the Twitter days as @Bootymath may be surprised to see how far he’s come in music, but he recently let fans know this is no side quest and his heart is all in it.