Concert News

Watch Sidewalk Chalk Live At Studio Deluxe

• 23rd Jun 2014

“Big” bands are making a comeback, justly proven by the likes of Sidewalk Chalk, this 8-piece hiphop, soul and jazz band artfully blending smooth vibes out of Chicago, USA.

Currently in the middle of a 40-show tour for the release of their new album Leaves, the band stopped to record their mashup of Beyonce’s “Drunk In Love” and Bon Iver’s “Perth” live in Studio Delux in Los Angeles.

Composed of a singer, emcee, bassist, keyboardist, drummer, two horn players and a tapdancer, the live session serves as a great introduction to their multi-faceted sound.

“We wanted to do something with a song that everybody knows, but do it our own way,” says band member Charles Coffeen of the song. “‘Drunk in Love’ is an obvious choice, and ‘Perth’ came from us looking for songs with locations in the title. The idea was to flip the titles of each song – to be ‘drunk in’ a specific place. On a long drive down the California coast, we started digging through some Childish Gambino, some James Blake, and pulled up Bon Iver’s self-titled album where the song titles are almost all cities. Perth is such a beautiful song, and we tried it out and ended up with this.“