Hot Chip - C/D?

I like it better than the previous ones. Still feels it's too sophisticated and too clever, and perhaps next time they will strike the right balance. In that case they will deliver a classic.

The worst thing about the Rundgren bit is that they're jacking someone else's joke! Why didn't they just record they're own bit like that?

Crap Kraft Dinner remains their best song.

their

bcuz you would have ripped them for biting rundgren

New song (or newish, was apparently given out to the first whatever number of people at one of the pre-album concerts) "Too Deep" on iTunes now.

Both tracks from that 7" are probably still here.

glad 'One Pure Thought' is the next single - best track on the album

I kinda really like this band. Not sure what's holding me back from full embrace. The songs are so good, maybe it's the delivery. Maybe they're not fully embracing me!

do like the new album but its def their most commercial/most 80s.

They covered New Order's "Temptation" at Coachella.

do we really need a breathy, "sincere" ween?
When they sound this good, fuck yeah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ0zYMeox0s&feature=related

Good clip.

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they've been doing that for a while now - they did the same "No Fit State" -> "Temptation" trick a year ago. it's still awesome as hell, though.

I still like their "Crap Kraft Dinner" -> Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere"

Hmm, have gone back to Boy from School tonight for some reason, and now I can't stop listening to it. The programming is pretty brilliant on that track.

Also, I heard them when they were guest dj-ing on some BBC radio thing, and they played some pretty amazing stuff. I wish I had even the slightest clue as to what any of it was. I could sure use me some sweet sweet techno sounds tonight, though...

Amazing how Ready For The Floor has become a proper pop floor filler. Played it last night and people just went mental.

dell ill upload a the to diff versions of them doing 'boy from school' later. they rework that song a lot and the two i have are v. different but great

wow

dell ill upload two diff versions**

awesome, thanks!

dell you may be thinking of their essential mix from last year.

this is a 7 min live version from the bonus disc of the new album. really good audio.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/12576326eeadfca4/

this is an acoustic version from a bbc session i think and it just kills me everytime
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1257647696475ed5/

fuck these guys

no

Anyone else heard the Alexis Taylor album?

I haven't, but re: hot chip, I love the bit about a minute into "ready for the floor" when the chord changes and it shifts from a "track" to a "song".

holy crap. they have a song w/robert wyatt!

http://www.parlophone.co.uk/hotchip/

just listened. boring

apparently they have a cover of a vampire weekend song sung by peter gabriel also. :-/

the musics really good on their VW cover but not sure about the vocals.

not sure about PG's vocals? whaaaaaa

Love the Gabriel cover, was really stoked for the Wyatt collab but on first listen it's rather underwhelming and not Wyattesque enough.

The Wyatt collab is zzzzzz

cutty sent me this, its pretty dope, i had to listen to it a couple times, i think its better than the original

id like their r kelly tribute/pisstake if it had slightly more genuine lyrics and not lines like 'aiming for your loins'.

otherwise, the music (kinda like tvotr on blind meets prince) kills me.

i need a whole album of hot chip and peter gabriel

So I am finally listening to Hot Chip for the first time ever.

First track on The Warning is fucking horrible. Next three very enjoyable.

made in the dark is better, thought stylus always overrated the warning a bit

"boy from school" is their best song tho

"the warning" (the song) is one of their best songs too

Neither are exactly perfect all the way through - The Warning is patchy in the first half and really picks up in the second half and its more delicate moments are gorgeous. Made In The Dark begins awesomely and then they start fannying around with stupid comedy nonsense like The Wrestlers and it falls apart.

their delicate moments are always the best, i love the ballads on made in the dark

ready for the floor>>>

I got both The Warning and MitD for £5 a piece.

What else is worth hearing; early EPs?

First album, Coming On Strong, is really good. Better than Made In The Dark.

Their entry in the DJ Kicks series is almost worth hearing for their track 'My Piano', classic old school piano house banger.

yeah i love my piano, was hoping the whole of made in the dark would be as good as that

first album is smug duff crud. plus it hung out in my girlfriends cd changer for about 2 years ruining every long car journey in this period. I liked the warning as it seemed theyd risen above the too smart to dance fanboy toss of the first and made a decent sounding album. boy from school had some good remixes. the last one is rubbish though, i also saw them in germany last summer and they were behaving like a bunch of bloody primadonnas because the fat one who hardly sings mic wasnt working

What a whingeing bastard.