Features
Wednesday, January 21 2009
Part 1: AmpLive to Damien Jurado
From AmpLive to Damien Jurado, PopMatters offers up the first batch of Slipped Discs, 40 great albums that didn't quite make our year-end list in 2008, but our writers thought belonged there.
Tuesday, February 5 2008
Putney Appalachian Pop: An Interview with Hot Chip
Moving from the bedroom to the studio, Hot Chip might have matured, but don't think they still won't take the gloves off. Hot Chip talks to PopMatters about their fine new record.
Reviews
Friday, September 10 2010
Hot Chip: We Have Remixes EP
Whatever your point of view on remix etiquette, the DJ game is all about individuality, and, for better or for worse, there's plenty of that to be had here.
Tuesday, February 9 2010
Hot Chip: One Life Stand
Opening their hearts and streamlining their sound at the same time, Hot Chip make their most unabashed and colourful record, and maybe their best.
Sunday, January 25 2009
Hot Chip: Hot Chip with Robert Wyatt and Geese EP
Hot Chip move from the dance floor to the chill-out room with a bonafide Brit rock legend on this pleasant surprise of an EP.
Thursday, October 30 2008
Hot Chip: Hold On/Touch Too Much Remixes EP
One of the biggest pleasures of listening to Hot Chip is their delicious Britishness. Can a remix ever recapture that?
Friday, May 16 2008
Hot Chip
Despite the fevered reinterpretations of their tunes, Hot Chip don’t totally forgo their feelings--it takes five songs for them to show their sensitive side. It’s a side that the fans clearly aren’t here to see.
Blogs
Wednesday, October 27 2010
LCD Soundsystem + Hot Chip: 22 October 2010 - Milwaukee, WI
Indie veteran James Murphy and company, performing at the Eagles Club in Milwaukee, demonstrated the raw power of an energetically executed set. LCD Soundsystem, Murphy’s…
Friday, August 6 2010
Hot Chip + Hercules and Love Affair + Holy Ghost!: 4 Aug 2010 - New York
Holy Ghost! provided enough early excitement to last through two subsequently disappointing sets from their label-mates.
Wednesday, March 17 2010
Hot Chip - "I Feel Better" (video)
More supreme goodness from Hot Chip in this new video from the latest off the 9 rated One Life Stand. This one was directed by…
Monday, February 22 2010
Hot Chip - "One Life Stand" (Live on Radio 1) (video)
London electro-poppers Hot Chip stop by the Radio 1 to lay down a live take on the title track from their new album.
Friday, July 31 2009
Covers of Joy Division's "Transmission" (video)
Hot Chip redo "Transmission", reduce the urgency, shove in some groovy vocoder, and crank up the balearic steel drums. Not nearly as bad as it…
News
Thursday, September 25 2008
U.K.'s Hot Chip would like to defy definition, for now
The British quintet Hot Chip has been at the forefront of what's been lauded as an electro music revival on the far side of the…
