The Chart Show: Chance The Rapper reaches No.1 for the first time
by Mark Wheat
July 21, 2016
Chance makes it to the top for the first time ever, with a little help from his friend Kanye. They'll be inducted next week along with Radiohead and Courtney, so the field will be open for Beck to reach the top, or will a local pip him? Polica make a strong gain and the highest new entry is Haley Bonar! She's up in Duluth tonight helping us kick off our big weekend on the North Shore.
Submit your Chart Show ballot this week for a chance to win tickets to Corinne Bailey Rae at First Avenue on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016!
Car Seat Headrest, new at No.12, came to the Twin Cities Monday to play a sold out show at the Triple Rock Social Club. Frontman Will Toledo had stories about playing the huge Pitchfork Music Festival last weekend and hanging with the Dinner Party Download dudes in the session they recorded for us. They shredded and seriously rocked, too! So much so that leader Will Toledo said "I think that's the best we've played all year!"
You either love 'em or ... not. The new "Frankie Sinatra" song has become the most divisive on our chart. But this week we go deeper on the new Avalanches album, with Mac Wilson urging you to give it more than one chance: "Part of the joy of the album is its consistent sense of surprise, even on subsequent listens."
Glass Animals are back at No.13. Drummer Joe Seaward discusses life itself, how to be a human being and — in Colorado today to play Red Rocks — the problems of having to play in the sunshine when you're a band that likes dark foggy stages.
Cage The Elephant, new at No.14, have gotten used to playing in the sun a long while ago, seeming to graduate quickly to the world's music festival season very early in their career. They're playing some of the biggest of the year in Europe right now, opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers next month in Belfast and the Leeds edition of the famous Reading Festival.
Returning to the basement, after a week's hiatus, is Margaret Glaspy who'll be in Shakopee on Sept. 17 for Festival Palomino, curated by Trampled By Turtles. In San Francisco recently, she talked about her tentative start at Berklee Music School and about writing for your voice while playing bass and lead guitar at the same time.
If you prefer to see big bands in slightly more cozy surroundings, try the new series of live events put on by The Current's Oake & Riley in the Morning. The happy hour at Sociable Cider Werks next Wednesday features BORNS and a second guest to be announced!