Cold Beer and Hot Music: Saturday, October 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Wiz Khalifa x Juicy J - In My Car (Tha Puff Bus) [Audio]

Wiz Khalifa - In My Car (Tha Puff Bus) (feat. Juicy J) | Download

New track Wiz just dropped on Twitter. Follow him @RealWizKhalifa and follow me @NateNorris_CBHM

Freelance Whales - Enzymes [Audio]

A week ago, Green Label Sound released its latest track “Enzymes” by New York’s own Freelance Whales. “Enzymes” is reminiscent of Freelance Whales’ signature indie-pop but with a new darkness that echoes its contemplative lyrics.

Download the song now for free exclusively on the Green Label Sound site.

Deerhunter - Helicopter (Diplo & Lunice Remix) [Video]

About a month ago Diplo and Lunice did a remix of Deerhunter's "Helicopter" which I posted on this blog. (You can check out said post here.) Anyway, there is now a video that takes footage from Andrey Stvolinsky's visual art piece "Slow Moscow" and syncs it almost perfectly with the song's strung-out, floaty sound. Check it out below.

Rhymefest runs for Alderman

In the four years after his debut, Blue Collar, socially conscious Chicago hip-hop vet Che Smith, aka Rhymefest, kept relatively quiet before returning with this year's El Che. Now, Time Out Chicago reports that he has made the leap into politics, announcing his candidacy for alderman (a position on the City Council) of the 20th Ward of Chicago.

Smith announced his candidacy Thursday at a car detailing shop in the 20th Ward, which is on the south side of the city. Watch the video of his speech below, which elucidated why he was running and the problems in his area that he'd like to fix. "We don't need to reinvent the wheel. We need to reinstate it."

Information about Smith's campaign can be found over at his website. The election is on February 22.

Courtesy of Pitchfork Media and Time Out Chicago