For reasons as to which we're still as yet unsure, we took a technophobe along to Sónar last year and that which stuck with him most adhesively was not the tinnitus, nor the ineluctable exhaustion incurred by unending euphoria, nor indeed anything to be even translucently deemed techno but instead the dissonance Tom Jenkinson so concertedly strives to contrive. He came home and diligently read up on the almighty disharmony he'd been subjected to but days before, and became transfixed by a BBC interview during which Jenkinson confessed to feelings of disgust toward "the overt [...]
Hot Chip will tour in support of their fifth album In Our Heads. Hot Chip will be hitting up select dates in March and April, including shows with Tanlines and Four Tet. Check...
Alexis Taylor has long since been something of an unorthodox heartthrob – perpetually gawky, although recurrently heartwarming and with that, reliably reassuring. And whether it be with Hot Chip, About Group or owt else, his studied output has been consistently exceptional. The trend comes to continue with a newfangled collaboration with Cologne techno nut Justus Köhncke (a name which may ping a few sampled bells, given his recent soundtrack work with Irmin Schmidt of Can) as the duo combine to create under the guise of Fainting by Numbers . A pun on an artform renowned for its absolute artlessness, there's a commensurate [...]
Cougar writer Thom offers his top ten albums for our Top albums of 2012 feature. Chairlift -'Something' Included in the Cougar Microbes albums of 2012 here. WHY? -'Mumps, ETC' Included in the Cougar Microbes albums of 2012 here. Passion Pit - 'Gossamer' Included in the Cougar Microbes albums of 2012 here. Django Django -'Django Django' Included in the Cougar Microbes albums of 2012 here. Jack White - 'Blunderpuss' Included [...] The post Cougar Microbes Writer Picks 2012: Thom appeared first on Cougar Microbes .
Cougar writer Nicole offers her top ten albums for our Top albums of 2012 feature. Divine Fits -'A Thing Called Divine Fits' Slick, straight forward rock n' roll with a vaguely new wave vibe. This collaboration between Britt Daniel (Spoon) and Dan Boeckner (Handsome Furs) is too cool for school. Case in point, when delivering [...] The post Cougar Microbes Writers Picks 2012: Nicole appeared first on Cougar Microbes .
For over ten years, album after album, Hot Chip have been carving out their unmistakable niche sound. The London outfit seem comfortable in their own skin free from the pressure of having to conform to the latest trends, instead they have produced a synth filled master stroke that nods to their 80s influences without ever sounding [...] The post Cougar Microbes Albums of 2012: Hot Chip - 'In Our Heads' appeared first on Cougar Microbes .
[Playlist] The Best Albums of 2012
"It’s a jerky, dark, and layered record, complete with the kind of adept musical craftsmanship the London band first built its name on. On Four , Bloc Party learns the valuable lesson that sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back where you came from. And like a musical game of Jenga, the band rips out the pieces and starts again with equal parts precision, raw force, heart, and intellect." (via Consequence of Sound ) ♩Bloc Party - 33 [from Four ] web // facebook // twitter // soundcloud [...]
I don’t know how to write about music. I don’t know what time signatures are, what it means for a song to change time signatures, or if I like it when songs change time signatures. I don’t know what dubstep is or if it’s prohibitively uncool to like songs that experts call twee. I don’t know what distinguishes music that is brilliant because it is inaccessible from music that sucks because it is inaccessible. I don’t even know why I like the songs I like. Lacking insight into the real reasons for [...]
Another Monday and to commemorate the crushing mundanity the day embodies with a most despairing inherence, we're back here divulging a further ten tracks from our 2012 ranking. Our previous instalment took in a Fuck Button, the irrefutably inimitable Bobby Womack, and a lo-res JPG of a cat in a box . This one, meanwhile, clicks through a smattering of woebegone London lo-fi, a couple snared from the Captured Tracks roster, the inevitable Hot Chip entry, and something ever so slightly special from Sam Willis who was once, all in all, just another [...]
Following their incredibly colourful and playful release ‘ In Our Heads’ , HOT CHIP have kept the vibe going with a pretty crazy video clip for their track ‘ Don’t Deny Your Heart’ . And it rivals Sophie Ellis Bexter's 'Murder on the Dancefloor' film clip as one of the strangest (and mesmerising) I've ever seen. What starts off as fairly innocuous footage of the UK dudes playing FIFA in their tour bus, turns quite quickly as the film clip focuses in on a football field overtaken with testosterone fuelled unresolved sexual tension [...]
Hot Chip have released a video for their song, "Don't Deny Your Heart". The song appears on the band 's 2012 release, In Our Heads, released through Domino . The new video was directed by Peter Serafinowicz, who previously directed videos for singles “I Feel Better” and “Night and [...]
Hot Chip have always been that band that put out killer songs on albums that go on for a little too long. Unfortunately, this year's In Our Heads was no different, and gems like "How Do You Do?" and "Don't Deny Your Heart" get lost among the fluff. The band seem to be aware of the "problem", though, and are quick to remind you which songs are especially [...]
Themselves hailing from south of the river, Hot Chip's two shots at headlining what tonight feels an humongous O2 Academy Brixton pertain to the feel of celebratory homecoming. Familiar and indeed in some way familial almost, rather than plump for your conventional review format, I'll here attempt to construct a persuasive piece concerning quite why Hot Chip would most probably be the best wedding band imaginable... First and foremost, Alexis Taylor's band of ever mirthful men have become something of a naff pastiche; a parodical reinterpretation of themselves almost, and most [...]
Can't stop listening to this album. Pure class. For those interested see their complete set at iTunes Festival 2012 here . Amazing
A un día de su presentación en el Pepsi Center WTC , la banda inglesa Hot Chip fue remezclada por el productor Ossie en la canción "How Do You Do?". Este track es parte del nuevo álbum de Hot Chip llamado In Our Heads. La banda se presentará el sábado 22 de septiembre en el Pepsi Center WTC , los boletos están a la venta en taquilla y a través del sistema Ticketmaster. Via: Vibe On [...]
El noruego Todd Terje vuelve a hacer lo que se llama un temón, con su remix. Ya esperaba uno de estos, de esos remixes que pocos consiguen y que te transportan [....]
Kieren Hebden just released this remix– taking Hot Chip's melancholic falsetto from "Look At Where We Are"– and drawing it out into a rich sprawling arrangement slowly constructed out of layers of inter-locking organic percussion grooves. This track is available on Hot Chip 's latest LP In Our Heads , out now on Domino . Also, check out the video for the original mix directed by Danny Perez here . Wolfey [...]
Los últimos meses han estado llenos de noticias de Hot Chip y hoy no es la excepción. Con ustedes el remix de Four Tet a "Look At Where We Are", que hace unas semanas remezcló Major Lazer . El próximo 20 de agosto sale Pink el nuevo disco de Four Tet, mientras a disfrutar estos siete minutotes de remix.
Here's to the green screen: The most failsafe way to make a tolerable music video for a song you want to attach visuals to on a relatively thin budget. Jokes aside, this is a pretty fun video from longstanding indie electronic outfit Hot Chip. Have you checked out their new album, In Our Heads? There are some pretty boss tracks on there. Here's a review . The LP it out now on Domino Records.
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