Let's Wrestle
I went to see Hot Chip at the Electric Ballroom in Camden last week, where they were due to preview a loada new stuff from their forthcoming album 'Made in the Dark'.
To be honest, first impressions weren't quite as dazzling as hearing tracks from 'The Warning' for the first time. I'd heard a few new tracks the last couple of times I saw them, which sounded like the foundations to an astounding album... unfortunately except for a great tune about wresting, which had Joe reeling off a list of moves and Alexis singing 'Let's Wrestle, Let's Wrestle', I didn't hear too much that I could imagine being fixed to the stereo for long.
I'm not abandoning hope.... the new songs might need some listening..... but my excitement has waned a little.
Despite my misgivings about the album, the first 200 into the gig were given a nifty free 7" single, and both tracks are brilliant. Woo! As one of the lucky few I can give you a blast of some new Hot Chip tunes!
I have no idea whether these will be on the album or not, but they're both pretty fine. 'So Deep' is some deep (well of course!) squelchy funk, while 'With Each New Day' has Alexis coming on strong with a cut that could have graced, er, Coming on Strong.
HOT CHIP - SO DEEP
HOT CHIP - WITH EACH NEW DAY
Word on the streets is that the new Mystery Jets album is pretty good, produced as it is by Erol Alkan. The first taster from it is this track, 'Flakes'. I'm hoping it will be accompanied by a video of the band eating chocolate suggestively.
THE MYSTERY JETS - FLAKES
Here's a nice video teaser as well.
They're playing live at the Bloomsbury Ballroom on Saturday. Looks a cracking lineup....
A message in my inbox from the D*I*R*T*Y Soundsystem always makes me dance a little jig, and invariably sends me straight to the blog to upload another MP3. Discodeine is Pilooski and Benjamin Morando. This is the b-side, and although the groove is a little more druggy than usual, it contains just that little bit of magic that elevates it way above the tedious shite I hear more often than not when I go out. The first mindbending sound is the single note that lodges in the back of your brain, before the track turns into something like what a rave in a souk would sound like.
DISCODEINE - RING MODULATION
IF you can find the Dirty Edits Vol. 1 CD anywhere, don't hesitate in snapping it up. It's the business. Ah look, they still just about have it at Rough Trade. You won't be disappointed, trust.
Hmmm, have I posted this one up already? Shhh....
EDWIN STAR - GET UP (PILOOSKI EDIT)
To be honest, first impressions weren't quite as dazzling as hearing tracks from 'The Warning' for the first time. I'd heard a few new tracks the last couple of times I saw them, which sounded like the foundations to an astounding album... unfortunately except for a great tune about wresting, which had Joe reeling off a list of moves and Alexis singing 'Let's Wrestle, Let's Wrestle', I didn't hear too much that I could imagine being fixed to the stereo for long.
I'm not abandoning hope.... the new songs might need some listening..... but my excitement has waned a little.
Despite my misgivings about the album, the first 200 into the gig were given a nifty free 7" single, and both tracks are brilliant. Woo! As one of the lucky few I can give you a blast of some new Hot Chip tunes!
I have no idea whether these will be on the album or not, but they're both pretty fine. 'So Deep' is some deep (well of course!) squelchy funk, while 'With Each New Day' has Alexis coming on strong with a cut that could have graced, er, Coming on Strong.
HOT CHIP - SO DEEP
HOT CHIP - WITH EACH NEW DAY
Word on the streets is that the new Mystery Jets album is pretty good, produced as it is by Erol Alkan. The first taster from it is this track, 'Flakes'. I'm hoping it will be accompanied by a video of the band eating chocolate suggestively.
THE MYSTERY JETS - FLAKES
Here's a nice video teaser as well.
They're playing live at the Bloomsbury Ballroom on Saturday. Looks a cracking lineup....
A message in my inbox from the D*I*R*T*Y Soundsystem always makes me dance a little jig, and invariably sends me straight to the blog to upload another MP3. Discodeine is Pilooski and Benjamin Morando. This is the b-side, and although the groove is a little more druggy than usual, it contains just that little bit of magic that elevates it way above the tedious shite I hear more often than not when I go out. The first mindbending sound is the single note that lodges in the back of your brain, before the track turns into something like what a rave in a souk would sound like.
DISCODEINE - RING MODULATION
IF you can find the Dirty Edits Vol. 1 CD anywhere, don't hesitate in snapping it up. It's the business. Ah look, they still just about have it at Rough Trade. You won't be disappointed, trust.
Hmmm, have I posted this one up already? Shhh....
EDWIN STAR - GET UP (PILOOSKI EDIT)
posted by headphonesex @ 1:17 AM
