Hot Chip
Gallery: Beyond the Pale Festival – day two (Saturday) Glendalough Estate Co Wicklow, 17.06.2023
Woke up to rain on day two of Beyond the Pale, but come 11am and it had stopped and time to hit the arena again for an opening act that’s a fav of mine that being Dublin act Scattered Ashes and they didn’t disappoint, but just felt a little odd having a post-punk band on …
News: With only a week to go Beyond The Pale festival released stage times and site map
With just one week to go now, the organisers are on site building and excitement levels are through the roof! they are pleased to say that our main arena stage times have finally landed – so start planning. Next week we’ll have a full run down of times across 9 stages full of art, theatre, …
SEE: Hot Chip’s spin on Django Django’s ‘Glowing In The Dark’ comes with trippy animation
WITH a brand spanking new album, Glowing in the Dark, announced for a February release, Django Django have unveiled a Hot Chip rerub of the title track, sprinkling some of that ever-uplifting Taylor ‘n’ Goddard sweetness over the pulse. Take a listen below. Django Django say: “We’ve been huge fans of Hot Chip from the beginning and …
SEE: Hot Chip feat. Jarvis Cocker – ‘Straight To The Morning’
LOVELY electronica pop outfit Hot Chip, who seem to straddle the tectonic plates of pop, indie and electronica in a universally-loved way not seen since New Order in their pomp, have got together with Sheffield legend Jarvis Cocker for their new single, “Straight To The Morning”. Watch the video, below. It’s got that effortless and cute …
NEWS: Hot Chip announce ‘LateNightTales’ mix, release Velvets cover
HOT CHIP. I can’t think of any other British band since New Order who have so straddled the indie-dance divide so successfully; and with such love from us listeners. They have a way with a sweet melody that gets ya, even if synthiness isn’t really your thing. And they’ve announced they are curating the latest instalment …
See: Hot Chip release new video for Melody of Love
Hot Chip’s long awaited (at least by us here at Backseat Mafia) album A Bath Full Of Ecstacy is out on June 21st, and it’s the first time the band have worked with external producers, drafting in Philippe Zdar and Rodaidh McDonald. They’ve now released another second song from the record, ‘Melody of Love’. Apparently the …
Track: Hot Chip – Hungry Child ( Paul Woolford remix)
Last month we saw news of a new album from Hot Chip, titled A Bath Full Of Ecstacy, out on June 1st, and followed it up with the brilliant Hungry Child single. Well, they’ve pulled producer/DJ of the moment Paul Woolford in on remix duties, and he’s reimagined the disco soul of the original into …
Track: Hot Chip “Huarache Lights”
Electropop heroes Hot Chip are making a confident return to the music scene with new track “Huarache Lights” and inititally the late night house synths seem to be suggesting a slightly more conventional track than the quirky math-rock-esque material they normally tend towards. However, this is soon accompanied by Hot Chip’s usual pitch-bending chords, harmonies …