Chance the Rapper has released a new video poking fun at Chicago’s Aldermanic System. The 15-minute video shows Chance as an investigative reporter for Chicagoist, Champ Bennett, who interviews pedestrians, candidates for Chicago’s upcoming Aldermanic elections, and Hannibal Buress, who is a cynical 75-year-old Alderman named Al Durham. Watch it all below.
The video shows Chance discussinga the role of Chicago’s Aldermen, who governs the city’s 50 wards. Chance explains that many of the factors that are preventing younger and more diverse candidates from being elected are that candidates cannot run if they have been convicted of a felony, or if they owe a penny of debt or tax dollars to the city. Chance replies to these rules with, “wow, that shit sounds racist.”
Chicago’s Aldermanic elections are February 26, 2019.
Parquet Courts, during their show at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall tonight, performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The orchestral performance was conducted by Nicholas Hersh and was a part of the BSO Pulse concert program that showcases classical music and indie artist collaborations. Watch Parquet Courts perform their Wide Awake! tracks “Mardi Gras Beads” and “Wide Awake!” below.
The Alchemist has collaborated with Earl Sweatshirt on a new song called “E Coli” and it arrived with a music video directed by Jason Goldwatch. Watch it below.
“E Coli” will be on Alchemist’s Bread EP, which also features Roc Marciano, the Roots’ Black Thought, and others. The EP will out on November 30th.
St. Vincent is currently on tour behind her latest album MassEducation, which features stripped-down versions songs from her last studio album Masseduction. According to Stereogum, during a performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Annie Clark covered Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day.” Watch a video below.
Marie Davidson has released a new collaboration with Italian producer Lamusa II, a song titled “La Ecstase,” and it features lyrics in both French and Italian. Listen to it below. “La Ecstase” is on the French Canadian producer’s So Right EP, which is set to be out November 30th via Ninja Tune.
Ella Mai made her “Saturday Night Live” musical guest debut last night. The episode was hosted by Steve Carell. Watch her perform “Boo’d Up” and “Trip” from her debut album from last month below.
Bon Iver has released a new song called “Do You Need Power? (Walk Out Music)” in the Creed II soundtrack. Listen to the track and the rest of the soundtrack below. The soundtrack was produced by Mike WiLL Made It, and has music from Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, J. Cole, Young Thug, Pharrell Williams, Nas. Creed II will be released on November 21st.
Yaeji has released a new Alex Gvojic directed music video for her single “One More.” The video shows multiple versions of the Kathy Lee in a dimly lit apartment, hanging out until a house party shows up. Watch it all below.
Helado Negro has announced a new album called This Is How You Smile set to be released on March 8th through RVNG Intl. The project has also released a new single from the album, “Please Won’t Please.” Listen to it below. Helado will also be touring with Beirut across North America in February, check out the itinerary below.
Helado Negro:
02-10 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel ^
02-11 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel ^
02-12 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg ^
02-14 Washington, DC – The Anthem ^
02-15 Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theater ^
02-16 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre ^
02-18 Montreal, Quebec – MTELUS ^
02-19 Toronto, Ontario – Sony Centre ^
02-21 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre ^
02-22 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre ^
02-23 Minneapolis, MN – Palace Theatre ^
02-26 Vancouver, British Columbia – Orpheum Theatre ^
02-27 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre ^
02-28 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall ^
03-03 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre ^
03-26 Düdingen, Switzerland – Bad Bonn
03-27 Basel, Switzerland – Kaserne
03-27 St. Gallen, Switzerland – Palace
03-30 Berlin, Germany – Funkhaus ^
03-31 Berlin, Germany – Funkhaus ^
04-02 Brussels, Belgium – Forest National ^
04-04 Groningen, Netherlands – De Oosterpoort ^
04-05 Paris, France – Le Grand Rex ^
04-06 Cologne, Germany – Palladium ^
04-08 Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vredenburg – Ronda ^
04-10 Manchester, England – Albert Hall ^
04-11 Leeds, England – Leeds Town Hall ^
04-12 London, England – Eventim Apollo ^
04-14 Vienna, Austria – Gasometer ^
04-15 Munich, Germany – Zenith ^
04-17 Lugano, Switzerland – Studio Foce
04-18 Milan, France – Alcatraz ^
04-19 Zurich, Switzerland – Volkshaus ^
04-20 Rotterdam, Netherlands – Motel Mozaique Festival
05-10 Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Hall !
Big Red Machine, the group made up of Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and the National’s Aaron Dessner performed “Gratitude” from their debut self-titled album on the latest episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” Watch it below.
The Melodic Tree 