Three albums into their career and lovable electronica nerds Hot Chip had, for the most part, stubbornly resisted maturity, but it seems they’re finally growing up; at least, if their latest record, One Life Stand , is any indication. This is clear both lyrically—with an introspective attitude toward love and its accompanying commitments—and musically, as the record presents a more focused stylistic approach. Hot Chip obviously hope to use their fourth effort to convince us of their legitimacy as indie mainstays and not simply another compelling novelty act. This isn’t meant as [...]
The idle chatter and into it jigging is evenly spread, as the jaunty electro/lounge/indie and pop conjoining Nordic sextet, Casiokids gives it energy, effort and some entertainment value. The latter element is provided, in the main, by the bold Bez impersonation of Ketil Endresen. This is especially so when the maracas come out. At times, [...]
The most noticeable difference between One Life Stand and Hot Chip’s past work is how smooth it sounds. The jarring, less than melodious bits of noise that dotted older material have been replaced by a largely uninterrupted 50 minutes of safe streamlined pop. Whereas tracks like “Over and Over” flitted [...]
Hey remember Hot Chip, that quirky electro dance band that always keeps it silly and fun? Well let me introduce you to Hot Chip, that quirky sometimes quirky electro dance electro dance-influenced indie band that always keeps it silly and fun sometimes keeps it silly and fun but suffers from heartbreak, just like the rest of us. Let me then introduce you to their fourth first album, One Life Stand . As they have mentioned in several interviews, Hot Chip has shied away from the sometimes-considered "shallow" dance music for [...]
The UK masters of the fun dance jams Hot Chip returned this week with their latest release titled One Life Stand. As anyone who has heard their records before or seen their live show knows, no band really infuses a fun vibe into their music and genuinely seems to be loving what they are doing any more than these guys, and that great trend continues once again on this fine effort. The record is still brand new, so this could change, but though I'm not sure that it has the instantly recognizable surefire dance floor hits that the [...]
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars By now, surely everyone has his or her expectations of what a Hot Chip record should sound like. You've got the club bangers, and you've got the geek-tronica that makes you questions just why you're moving to and fro. Their fourth album, One Life Stand , sees the band doing much of the same, yet they finally honed their craft enough to create an album with very few imperfections. One of the record's longest songs, "Thieves [...]
Those crazy Brits (Londoners to be precise) are finally back! Hot Chip have just released their fourth studio album titled One Life Stand. The record was released on Parlophone last Monday (February 1st) and we finally gave it a run for its money today. Hot Chip - Hand me Down your Love Hot Chip sound much more mature in this record than ever before, although that doesn't sum-up much. The melodies are more synth-pop oriented and less electro, with obvious 80's influences. I would probably split the record [...]
As expected, last night's MySpace gig (Hot Chip's first proper performance in over a year) was positively dazzling. TMS Rating: 8/10. Earlier this week, Hot Chip dropped by Jimmy Fallon. One Life Stand will see daylight shortly. Be sure to catch Hot Chip on their NA journey. Watch 'One Life Stand' here. Another photo, the setlist [...]
One Life Stand : Hot Chip, clearly, know their audience. The clever play on words of their 4th album title is also a great summary of the content - sleazy enough to have an underlying sexuality pulsing through the early electro dance floor fillers, yet pushing on to become something deeper, something experimental and quirky, and more meaningful than the infectious electro of the opening tracks can quite grasp. Hot Chip’s last effort Made In The Dark was sporadically thrilling, but lacked the whole album coherence to make it a true classic. In [...]
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Hot Chip are an act who seem provoke mixed reactions when it comes to defining the band in a given genre. For anyone who was aware of the band pre 2007 they'd probably define Hot Chip as dance-pop or something similar. Hits such as 'Over & Over' and 'Boy From School' taken from 'The Warning' firmly cemented this position. Since then, predominantly following the release of 'Made in the Dark', the band have transitioned to a more soulful sound which has been honed to near perfection on 'One Life Stand'. Previous album [...]
If one were to make a list of essential Noughties's dance tracks, a tune that would undoubtedly spring to mind would be 'Over and Over' by Hot Chip . But now is not the time to be nostalgic. This is 2010 - a new decade, and with it comes a brand spanking new album from the electropop band that got everyone 'Ready for the Floor'. In the mid-Noughties, dance tracks were the last thing I was looking for; I was hunting for the next big rock group, listening to the debut album [...]
Hot Chip What’s fascinating about Hot Chip is how much their style evolves from album to album yet some how they manage to keep the unique Hot Chip sound in tact. What is the sound you ask? It’s the sound of electrical pulses hitting you from every dimension – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and even [...]
New video from Hot Chip for "One Life Stand". Appropriately enough, the album this comes from is also titled One Life Stand , and is out 2/9 via Astralwerks . That's about it for now. http://radioexile.com/wordpres s/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/h otchip-120120.jpg?rand=92446
Electro-pop pioneers, Hot Chip , will be returning to your radios next February with their forthcoming, er, forth album, One Life Stand. There Goes The Fear were recently sent the first single from said album of the same name. I suppose you are wondering, is it ready, is it ready for the floor? Well, yes, yes it is. I mean come on, I think it's now fact that Hot Chip are completely incapable of producing a song that isn't at least a little infectious. The combination of synthetically growling zigzag synths and seamless, [...]
It's very late at night in the city. Everywhere you look is asphalt, streetlights and the stillness that goes along with dead quiet. No, you aren't having a post-apocalyptic nightmare–you are listening to The xx's debut album. These four East London school chums have turned the atmosphere around them into dark and sparse music created late at night using some of the most gothic and skeletal guitar lines this side of The Cure. Except it sounds nothing like The Cure and more like early New Order, before they became a dance band, but only if New Order had R&B beats [...]
Simian Mobile Disco Temporary Pleasure Witchita out September 1st 54 /100 [ Rating Scale ] 5.4 out of 10 stars Simian Mobile Disco offer up their sophomore studio album with an array of of color, [...]
This week sees the return of the godfathers of the Brit remix, Simian Mobile Disco as they unleash their second LP proper, Temporary Pleasure, a record brimming with cameos from underground heroes, cold-shoulder strobing synths and their most mashed trash hit since Sleep Deprivation. Giving in to the commercialist ways of the world this ain't but just how Temporary is the Pleasure this time around? Blasting off into orbit is opener Cream Dream, with its spiralling, surreal loops bouncing frenetically off of Gruff Rhys' forever divine vocals. Lyrically, there's not a golden retriever nor snow-tipped Japanese mountain in [...]
This week sees the return of the godfathers of the Brit remix, Simian Mobile Disco as they unleash their second LP proper, Temporary Pleasure, a record brimming with cameos from underground heroes, cold-shoulder strobing synths and their most mashed trash hit since Sleep Deprivation. Giving in to the commercialist ways of the world this ain't but just how Temporary is the Pleasure this time around? Blasting off into orbit is opener Cream Dream, with its spiralling, surreal loops bouncing frenetically off of Gruff Rhys' forever divine vocals. Lyrically, there's not a golden retriever nor snow-tipped Japanese mountain in [...]
As musical concepts go, it’s not one of the most obvious. Take four teenagers from South London who make music inspired by the low key musings of Galaxie 500, Young Marble Giants and early Cure records. So far so good, so reasonably standard. What really makes you sit up and take notice is their professed love for all things R n’B, from Aaliyah to Womack & Womack. On paper it should either be amazing or a total disaster. Anyone taking note of the music press since January, however, will have realised that the general consensus is that The XX [...]
Just before the holidays Hot Chip released a very fascinating EP that featured Robert Wyatt and Geese. This EP features Robert Wyatt and Hot Chip reworking three songs for their recent album “Made In The Dark” as well as a remix of a track by Geese. “Made In The Dark” was always a slower track but this version of the song has this twang to it that gives rustic country feeling to it. “Whistle For Will” goes for a very sparse and drum heavy approach. Robert Wyatt does more vocally on the track and the differences in the vocals are [...]
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