After a year that saw them cover Joy Division, get covered by Lissy Trullie, and pursue various side projects, UK dance crew Hot Chip are set to return with a new LP, the Made In The Dark followup titled One... CONTINUE READING NEW HOT CHIP - "TAKE IT IN"»
Posted on November 11, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip | The Antlers
Lissy's a former model, so she's bringing all that in this Richard Kern-directed video for her cover of Hot Chip's "Ready For The Floor": many nicely tailored outfits, emotive expressions, even straight-up laying on the floor as she sings that... CONTINUE READING NEW LISSY TRULLIE VIDEO - "READY FOR THE FLOOR"»
Posted on July 23, 2009 in , (14 comments)
Tags: Dam Funk | Hot Chip | Lissy Trullie
You can't improve upon perfection, but TVOTR give it a shot in this update of their fellow Brooklynites' "First Communion." You'll remember GGD remixed them for Read Silence so it's only fair. The original version appears on last year's excellent... CONTINUE READING TV ON THE RADIO REMIX GANG GANG DANCE»
Posted on June 11, 2009 in (2 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Gang Gang Dance | Hot Chip | Matt And Kim | TV On The Radio
Earlier today we heard Lily Allen and Mick Jones' take on "Straight To Hell" from Warchild's Heroes compilation. Hot Chip's reinvention of Joy Division's "Transmission" appears on that same collection. When they (and Peter Gabriel) covered Vampire Weekend they gave... CONTINUE READING NEW HOT CHIP - "TRANSMISSION" (JOY DIVISION COVER) (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on January 20, 2009 (23 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip | Joy Division | Silversun Pickups
Lots of artists you enjoy are covering lots of other artists you enjoy for another tribute album organized by and benefitting War Child, the "network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war." The pairings... CONTINUE READING TV ON THE RADIO, HOT CHIP, BECK SHOW SOME COVER LOVE FOR THE NEW WAR CHILD COMPILATION »
Posted on January 12, 2009 (18 comments)
Tags: Beck | Duffy | Elbow | Estelle | Franz Ferdinand | Hot Chip | Lily Allen | Mick Jones | Peaches | Rufus Wainwright | Scissor Sisters | The Hold Steady | The Kooks | The Like | The National | TV On The Radio | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Naturally we all got pretty excited this summer when Peter Gabriel announced plans to cover Vampire Weekend's signature song "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa." In part because PG hasn't released much pop music in recent years (save for likely Oscar nom... CONTINUE READING PETER GABRIEL & HOT CHIP COVER VAMPIRE WEEKEND»
Posted on December 17, 2008 (19 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Green Man Festival | Hot Chip | Nine Inch Nails | Peter Gabriel | Vampire Weekend
Hot Chip remixed Robert Wyatt a couple months ago. Now the two camps have teamed up, along with UK electro duo Geese, to release a four-song EP (12/22 via Parlophone) that includes Wyatt and Geese reworking Made In The Dark... CONTINUE READING HOT CHIP & ROBERT WYATT COLLABORATE ON EP»
Posted on December 11, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Geese | Grizzly Bear | Hot Chip | Robert Wyatt
Remember the 50th Annual Grammy Awards? Alicia Keys duetting with the ghost of Sinatra? Will.i.am rapping nonsense? Album of the Year River: The Joni Letters??? It's easy (and fun!) to make fun of the Grammys, but last year they really... CONTINUE READING RADIOHEAD, LIL WAYNE NOMINATED FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMY»
Posted on December 3, 2008 (64 comments)
Tags: Alison Krauss | Band Of Horses | Beck | Daft Punk | Death Cab For Cutie | Gnarls Barkley | Grammys | Hot Chip | Justice | Kanye West | Kings Of Leon | Lollapalooza | M.I.A. | Metallica | MGMT | My Morning Jacket | Ne-Yo | No Age | Radiohead | Robert Plant | Robyn | The Raconteurs | Weezer
It's been a year since Robert Wyatt teamed up with Monica Vasconcelos to let us know he was going to love you "Just As You Are." Good thing the feeling's mutual, because Wyatt reprises his role as Santa Claus in... CONTINUE READING NEW BERTRAND BURGALAT (FEAT. ROBERT WYATT) VIDEO - "THIS SUMMER NIGHT"»
Posted on October 16, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Bertrand Burgalat | Coachella | Hot Chip | Robert Wyatt | Vivian Girls
Feel like wishing you were at Diesel's 30th Anniversary blowout in Brooklyn? Try this live stream of the party -- which has included a set of Hot Chip with Chaka Khan, and M.I.A. + T.I. + Franz Ferdinand -- at... CONTINUE READING WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE DIESEL XXX PARTY»
Posted on October 12, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Chaka Khan | Franz Ferdinand | Hot Chip | M.I.A. | Nine Inch Nails | T.I.
Billboard.com just dropped an info-rich update of all that's happening in Hot Chip's world and it's like, a lot of stuff. We already knew about their cover of "Transmission" at the request of New Order, and their collaboration with Peter... CONTINUE READING NEW HOT CHIP - "ALLEY CATS" (LIVE @ THE WILTERN)»
Posted on September 24, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip | Sasquatch! | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Peter Gabriel's plan to cover Vampire Weekend just got a little more bloggable. According to NME, the Hot Chip crew revealed a busy release schedule: helping out with Gabriel's take on "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," alongside completing a steel-pan based... CONTINUE READING HOT CHIP FEELS SO UNNATURAL: PETER GABRIEL AND JOY DIVISION, TOO»
Posted on September 11, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip | Joy Division | New Order | Passion Pit | Peter Gabriel | Slough Feg | SXSW
This third video from Hot Chip's Made In The Dark LP features James Murphy. In case you forgot, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem fame is a DFA honcho and noted jujitsu master, of which he reminds us by wearing a... CONTINUE READING NEW HOT CHIP VIDEO - "WRESTLERS"»
Posted on September 4, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip | James Murphy | LCD Soundsystem | Vampire Weekend
Hot Chip's Made In The Dark clocks in as one of the year's best (bestest?) dance records, and the tropical good time infections of "One Pure Thought" is a strong and awesome anchor for the entire mood-spanning effort. For all... CONTINUE READING NEW HOT CHIP VIDEO - "ONE PURE THOUGHT" (& LIVE ON CONAN)»
Posted on April 9, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | Hot Chip
In the spirit of Stereogum being your #1 source for documentation of Lionel Richie appropriation, last year we turned our attention to the spliced genius of Oh Astro's "Hello Fuji Boy" ("Hello" + Fujiya & Miyagi's "Ankle Injuries" + Hot... CONTINUE READING NEW OH ASTRO VIDEO - "HELLO FUJI BOY"»
Posted on March 21, 2008 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Fujiya And Miyagi | Hot Chip | Lionel Richie | Oh Astro
But not in the same sense that Matt Damon played him. Our favorite nerdy laptop-stitched popsters did a version of "Ready For The Floor" from their much-rotated new one, Made In The Dark. As mentioned just a couple days ago,... CONTINUE READING HOT CHIP PLAYED JIMMY KIMMEL»
Posted on February 6, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip
If you've taken a peek over at heavy rotation over the past few weeks you've doubtlessly seen Hot Chip's Made In The Dark, along with a rotating cast of four other albums. It is indeed being rotated that heavily --... CONTINUE READING HOT CHIP PLAYED HIGHLINE BALLROOM, WE FORGOT AND CONSOLE OURSELVES VIA YOUTUBE CLIPS»
Posted on February 4, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip
The thing that's always set Hot Chip apart from lesser laptop-enabled acts -- aside from consistently hot shit live shows -- has been that openhearted sense to their songwriting. And yet this is a day we didn't see coming: it's... Made In The Dark Album Art)'">CONTINUE READING NEW HOT CHIP - "MADE IN THE DARK" (AND MADE IN THE DARK ALBUM ART)»
Posted on January 18, 2008 in , (16 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip
The Warning: Hot Chip is just a few months off from unleashing their third LP, and so far, so great. Long-time live staple "Shake A Fist" was the first cut to start streaming back in June, so consider "Ready For... CONTINUE READING NEW HOT CHIP VIDEO - "READY FOR THE FLOOR"»
Posted on December 4, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip
The tune that made Hummer's ad spots so hummable finally gets its own, entirely more eco-friendly video. Cool production notes, too:Directors Judy Welfare and Jeremy Hollister capture much of the song's fervent busyness by using a special 5 camera rig... CONTINUE READING NEW MATTHEW DEAR VIDEO - "DON AND SHERRI"»
Posted on October 24, 2007 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip | Matthew Dear
The sample happy Illegal Art roster recently made a four-song sampler available for the price of free online, featuring the likes of patron saint Girl Talk, Realistic, and Steinski. Good stuff and worth your bandwith all around, but it's Oh... CONTINUE READING NEW OH ASTRO - "HELLO FUJI BOY"»
Posted on October 15, 2007 (0 comments)
Tags: Free Energy | Hot Chip | Lionel Richie | Oh Astro | The Simpsons
Funny man/animated rat Patton Oswalt is the most recent person to submit his picks and pans for P4K's Guest List and -- surprise! -- it's a great read. In addition to showing love for TVOTR's "Wolf Like Me" as his... CONTINUE READING PATTON OSWALT TALKS HOT CHIP, TV ON THE RADIO, AND TV»
Posted on August 9, 2007 (14 comments)
Tags: Grizzly Bear | Hot Chip | Patton Oswalt | TV On The Radio
This year's 'Roo is Saturday heavy -- today we get Franz, Hold Steady, Regina, Dr. Dog, and a band called Police your parents loved -- but the tame opening day brought some stuff worth writing home about, including local boys... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: FRIDAY 6/15/07»
Posted on June 16, 2007 in (29 comments)
Tags: Aziz Ansari | Bonnaroo | Cold War Kids | David Cross | Hot Chip | Kings Of Leon | Lily Allen | Nick Kroll | Rage Against The Machine | Sam Champion | The Roots | Tom Morello | Warren Haynes
Pretty sure we've heard live-staple "Shake A Fist" at every Hot Chip show we've seen dating back to their LCD-rescued set at Bowery last March, so it's nice of the Hot ones to finally give us a studio take to... CONTINUE READING NEW HOT CHIP - "SHAKE A FIST"»
Posted on June 6, 2007 (4 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip
Hot Chip's curating the next in the DJ-Kicks series, which sees artists compile other folks' jams. That's not stopping the Hot Chippers from contributing a new track of their own, which they've kindly posted for streaming purposes on MySpace. You've... CONTINUE READING NEW HOT CHIP - "MY PIANO"»
Posted on April 2, 2007 in (2 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip