Open Mike Eagle, Elucid, Video Dave

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Kim Newmoney

Open Mike Eagle

The veteran of hip-hop’s underground saunters into Madison with a new song in tow. On all of his releases, the Chicago emcee combines mind-breaking cadences and lyrics with production that references myriad styles. On his recent track, “The Edge of New Clothes,” he claws through paranoia and inequality, rapping lyrically over an infectious beat with an eerie vocal sample and slick snares. With Elucid, Video Dave.

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press release: Open Mike Eagle shared a new song. "The Edge of New Clothes" is the opening track on The Needle Drop compilation album curated by Anthony Fantano due October 25. The album features Mike alongside Mark Kozelek, Zeal & Ardor, XIU XIU, Kult Krimes, Oxbow, Chong the Nomad and more with all sales benefitting the non-profit organization, The Immigrant Legal Resource Center. 

Coinciding with the release, Open Mike Eagle is also announcing a limited Midwest tour run. He will play at Friends of Friends' ten year anniversary show in Los Angeles on October 19 before kicking off the run in November. He is set to play in St. Paul, Madison, and Chicago with support from Elucid and Video Dave on all dates. 

"The Edge of New Clothes" arrives in the midst of a busy year for Open Mike Eagle. He wrapped up the first season of his and Baron Vaughn's critically-acclaimed Comedy Central show The New Negroes (which featured Lizzo, Danny Brown, MF Doom, Method Man, and more), a successful North American tour alongside Sammus and Video Dave, and most recently appeared on Tru Tv's hit comedy series Adam Ruin's Everything earlier this week.