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Despite being based in Chicago, Pitchfork isn’t always willing to show the locales a little love. So when they do decide to toss their holy spotlight onto a WIndy City act, it always makes me so warm and fuzzy. Yesterday they debuted a new video from Chrissy Murderbot, the Chicago DJ who’s built up quite the catalog of panic-stricken juke crossbred with dancehall and R&B.

Directed by Jay Schroeder and Jon Sands, “Bussin Down” is a lo-fi assault of juke, footwork, and throwback 8-bit gaming made possible after Murderbot received an artist grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Only qualm? They’re playing a Super Nintendo console when the controllers are obviously from an Xbox 360. I mean, gawd. “Bussin Down” is from Murderbot’s upcoming Women’s Studies album for Planet Mu. Watch it below!