TAG: Hot Chip

May15

Hot Chip Announce New Tour

To add further confusion to a career tinged with genre-bending obscurity, the dance-punk/nerdtronica/electropop experts Hot Chip shall hit the road this Fall. Supporting their sexond album Made In The Dark the tour is a follow up to their uber successful tour earlier this year as well as their scorching performance at Coachella.

9/21 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern

9/22 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern

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Apr30

Mid-Tale Coachella

Gravy and cheese smothered hashbrowns boiling in my stomach after Denny’s, driving up and down the 111 looking for Cree Street. We listened to my Ghostland Observatory CD three times (I refused anything else) and drove from Rancho Mirage to Twin Palms, Desert Palms, and at least two other palm tree derived oases before finding Cree Street, two blocks from where we had breakfast a full digestion ago.

Destination: Anthem party. Three spiked Fizzee drinks, one free LeSportsac and two pictures with a live donkey on a fake beach set later, I got to stick a toe in a pool full of inflatable wonders before having to jet to a Sasha and Digweed interview. This whole day can be organized in a series of dipping my face, my hand, Maybe half my body into one place …

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Apr29

Ella Ella Ella: Reverberations from Day 2

Yeah, the Coachella goods are still coming. See the best pictures from the best day.

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Apr21

Beaver Watch: Coachella Mixes

It’s not officially Coachella until we get that FedEx’d packages of Beaver mixes. Every year, this being the fifth installment, DJ John Beaver compiles day-by-day mixes of Coachella’s performers. Download each day’s mix by right-click-saving.

DAY 1-FRIDAY

1. Rogue Wave- Lake Michigan
2. Jack Johnson- Never Know
3. The Breeders- Cannonball
4. Spank Rock- Backyard Betty
5. Aesop Rock- None Shall Pass
6. Raconteurs- Steady As She Goes
7. Cut Copy- Saturday
8. Midnight Juggernauts- Road To Recovery
9. Madness- Our House
10. Fatboy Slim- Right Here, Right Now
11. Modeselektor feat Thom Yorke- The White Flash
12. Diplo- Work Is Never Over
13. Does It Offend You, Yeah?- We Are Rockstars
14. Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip- …

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Feb13

Hot Chip – Made in the Dark (Review)

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Made in the Dark

Released by Astralwerks


No fronting. When the term "dance music" comes up, predictions of mellow-dramatic nonsense can easily arise. Hot Chip on the other hand have always guaranteed a certain degree of respect for the listener's intelligence, even on their most dance floor ready album yet. Made in the Dark opens with "Out at the Pictures," a live favorite for the past year with meticulously arranged rhythms that makes the kids throw their elbows while retaining a remarkable sense of instrumental arrangement and songwriting. This duality continues on such tracks as 'In ...

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