Hot Chip :: Touch Too Much

Made in the Dark is still one of my favourite albums by Hot Chip. That said, I haven't listened to it in a while. Touch Too Much never really stood out as an AMAZING track. It still doesn't. But I stumbled across this remix. In parts it has been reworked to sound like a grungy electro track and in others it is more kwaito in flavour. I like it.

Touch Too Much (Fake Blood Remix) :: Hot Chip | MediaFire

Franz Ferdinand and Grizzly Bear pull off the Covers

As you may have noticed by now, I enjoy a good cover. If not, I do. Click here for more covers.

Franz Ferdinand have got hold of Blondie's FAMOUS track, Call Me and rockified it. True story. It's pretty cool.

Grizzly Bear took Hot Chip's Boy From School track and made their own. It is very melancholic; like we would expect anything else from Grizzly Bear! I like.

Call Me (Blondie) :: Franz Ferdinand | zSHARE
Boy From School (Hot Chip Cover) :: Grizzly Bear | zSHARE

Hot Chip - more off One Life Stand

As promised I have a couple more tracks to get you excited for the forthcoming hard-copy release of One Night Stand. They are super cool, but I think my favourite so far is still I Feel Better. Find it here.

So here we are:

Thieves In the Night :: Hot Chip | zSHARE

Brothers :: Hot Chip | zSHARE

(I had to remove the links; bummer! They don't seem to get that USA laws don't apply in SA. And to argue my case, I have to fax or snail-mail them. How archaic! Email me for the tracks.)

Hot Chip :: One Life Stand (album out soon)

So, by now we are getting excited for the first of next month. Why? Because the new Hot Chip is hitting the shelves. The digital album is already available on iTunes, but there is nothing like getting the hard copy of One Life Stand or any album for that matter.. I bought Made In The Dark, arguably not as amazing as The Warning, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It is quite chilled and makes for great background music (most of the album). Anyway, the album came with a DVD. It was them (Hot Chip) performing a few of their tracks from The Warning and Made In The Dark at some of the festivals they'd played. Some really good stuff. That was more than a year ago and I still watch the DVD from time to time.

One Life Stand is their first album in two years, so I think it's fair to say, they've had enough time to get some quality new stuff together.

Here's another taste:

Hand Me Down Your Love :: Hot Chip | zSHARE
I Feel Better :: Hot Chip | zSHARE

More from One Life Stand

The xx

The xx are a three piece out of the UK, London more specifically. While I was on my travels I was repeatedly told that I must listen to The xx. Friends' ipods played their tracks and I became accustomed to their rhythmic, mature sound. They released their debut album, xx in August '09 which has been met with two thumbs up from most critics. I stumbled across a few of their tracks on the interwebs. Here are three of the best. There are even elements of Animal Collective and Hot Chip sounding material in their music. The latter band is interesting, as The xx hail from the same school as Hot Chip. Tis great.
The xx Myspace.

Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix) | The xx (zSHARE)

Hot Like Fire | The xx (zSHARE)

Stars (Skinny Friedman DJ Edit) | The xx (zSHARE)

Hot Chip - One Life Stand (new album)

Hot Chip are set to release their fourth album in February 2010, One Life Stand. I think it will be a winner, but then again, Hot Chip are not in the habit of disappointing.

One Life Stand tracklisting:

1. "Thieves In The Night"
2. "Hand Me Down Your Love"
3. "I Feel Better"
4. "One Life Stand"
5. "Brothers"
6. "Slush"
7. "Alley Cats"
8. "We Have Love"
9. "Keep Quiet"
10. "Take It In"

Have a listen to Take It In to get a taste:

Take It In - Hot Chip | zSHARE

Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa :: Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel

Yip, Peter Gabriel from Genesis. He recorded with Hot Chip on this Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa cover. I'd be pretty honoured if I was a member of Vampire Weekend. This is not Pete's first exposure to 'African' music however. He covered Shosholoza for The Gods Must Be Crazy when I was a kid. This cover is really special for anyone with the sense enough to enjoy VW. Listen out for the yelping puppy.

Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Vampire Weekend Cover) :: Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel | zSHARE

Bonus mp3 (without Fabio Pop's Dancefloor Rework):

Psychic City (Classixx Remix) :: Yacht | zSHARE

Originals, Remixes, Covers and All Round Happiness

Over the last few days (or week) I have been fortuitous enough to stumble across some very cool tracks. I thought I would share.

La Roux have been all over, making them one of the fastest sellout bands I have heard. They have been mashed with 'original sellout' boys, The Killers. It's actually a pretty cool mash-up. Take a listen:

Smile like you're bulletproof - The Killers vs La Roux (zShare)

Katy Perry seems to be getting her music on with every major electro act (I think particularly back to her mixing it up with Calvin Harris on the song, Waking up in Vegas). Now Boys Noize have collabed with Perry:

Katy On Boys (Katy Perry vs Boys Noize) - Dunproofin' (zShare)

So Metric's new album is such a winner. Fantasies has attracted a lot of acclaim from top music critics. They have also allowed for some sweet downloads of acoustic and on occasions, original versions of the songs from the album.

Gimme Sympathy - Metric (zShare)

Hot Chip's album, Made in the Dark disappointed a lot of people as it was way more chilled than their previous attempt, The Warning. One of the tracks that was remixed to death was their single, Ready for the Floor, a more upbeat club track. Lissy Trullie has gone one better (because there are only so many remixes that can be made of a song before it's just not recognisable). She's done a cover.

Ready For The Floor (Hot Chip Cover) - Lissy Trullie (zShare)

Enjoy kids. I know I have.

Will the Joker ever really die?

The character of Joker seems has taken the world by storm. Just about everyone has been affected in some way or another by the Joker. Does Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip look a little like the Joker in the video Ready for the Floor? It's a really original electro video. Check it out.

The rest of the album, Made in the Dark is also champion and well worth a listen and purchase.