TAG: Sneaker Pimps

Feb09

Yes Giantess “The Ruins” World Premiere + Download (Video & MP3)

Calling all fans of dance-pop: Yes Giantess will be your new favorite band. The quartet from Boston is on Neon Gold, which happens to be the same label as that other group from nearby Cambridge, Passion Pit. Hot on the heels of their current tour dates with with La Roux, the band has prepped their first single, “The Ruins.” Our exclusive world premiere video is directed by Ben McIntire and Danny Abel and filmed primarily in Bushwick. The choreographed femme fatale robots chase down the guys, but one listen and it’s guaranteed that the cheeky pop song and its swelling beat will save the day.

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Jan21

Hot Chip – One Life Stand (Review)

Hot Chip

One Life Stand

Released by Astralwerks


Eight tracks deep into One Life Stand, Hot Chip delivers "We Have Love." I doubt you'll read anywhere that "We Have Love" is the standout moment on what is a decidedly solid album, but the song bears mention because it is the aural equivalent of Alvin & The Chipmunks' brains... on the Prodigy. That's the (as yet unmentioned) winning formula that makes Hot Chip, and One Life Stand in particular, palatable for such a widely diverse audience. Their electronic sensibilities appeal to danceheads, and yet the hyperkinesis is gentle enough to evoke the huggable nature of childhood ADHD. Slow-burner "Keep Quiet," allegedly a response to the guys being moved by Susan Boyle's dramatic turn on Britain's Got Talent, brings to mind the moody atmospherics of Massive Attack and Sneaker Pimps.

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