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Hot Chip

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Tiger & Woods at the W Hotel, DJ Skeet Skeet at Blow Up, and More

    Well, it's almost the weekend, and it's time to start figuring out what there is to do. At this point, you've probably heard all about the massive (and controversial) rave scheduled for this Saturday at the Oracle Arena, so we won't mention it. Instead, we've prepared a shortlist of four sure-fire e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

    The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Friday 3/16/2012

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music editors have selected t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Diamond Rings Gets Gloriously Androgynous at Rickshaw Stop

    Diamond Rings at Rickshaw Stop last night.​Diamond Rings P.S. I Love You March 7, 2011 @ Rickshaw Stop Better than: Relying on the ballet or pastoral art scenes to get your fix of pretty. There's an argument floating around amongst a certain segment of indie rock fans that the genre has become ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Pitchfork's Best Albums List: What It Got Right, and What It Got Wrong (So Far), in 10 Sentences

    ​Some music website called Pitchfork is unveiling its list of the year's best albums this week. Since this site and its opinions are marginally important to the music world, and since the whole point of lists is to agree and/or disagree, here's our reaction -- in the form of 10 brief sentence ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Not So Silent Night: Which One Of These Local Bands Should Share a Stage with the Smashing Pumpkins?

    Caleb KuhlThey are IAMEMPIRE.​Live 105 recently announced a shortlist of local bands vying to perform at Not So Silent Night, the radio station's annual holiday concert, alongside the Smashing Pumpkins, the Black Keys, Phoenix, and some other band no one cares about. Ever since the announcement, o ... More >>

  • Music

    October 27, 2010

    Ninja Tune celebrates 20 years of influential electronica

    Caleb KuhlThey are IAMEMPIRE.​Live 105 recently announced a shortlist of local bands vying to perform at Not So Silent Night, the radio station's annual holiday concert, alongside the Smashing Pumpkins, the Black Keys, Phoenix, and some other band no one cares about. Ever since the announcement, o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Hot Chip Brings the Cheese, Sleigh Bells Bring the Guawk

    Hot Chip​Hot Chip Sleigh Bells @ The Warfield October 17, 2010 Better than: Spending the same amount of time waiting to get off Treasure Island. London's Hot Chip came on the scene (our scene, anyway) circa 2006 with a song called "Boy From School," and it's made nice work of holding on to that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Diego Stocco's New Instrument Will Make You Feel Bad About Yourself

    I caught wind of this through Hot Chip's Twitter feed: Italian composer and sound designer Diego Stocco is probably a far more talented musician, producer, and craftsman than any of us. In the video above, Stocco just happened to think up how to build a completely new instrument out of a dismantled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Local Frequency: Q & A w/ Birds & Batteries

    ​Birds & Batteries is a band that can't be pigeonholed. The electro-country-pop-indie-you-name-it group finds inspiration from every genre, every sound; they're reluctant to single out a sound they won't play--except maybe heavy metal. If it's appropriate to bring in polka, polka there shall b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    What To Do? Monday's Pick: Caribou

    ​Caribou @ The Independent Since debuting a decade ago under the name Manitoba (changed to Caribou in 2004 for legal reasons), Dan Snaith has applied a drummer's ear and mathematician's air to freakbeat fills and psych-pop trills. Early on, he threaded an undercurrent of Krautrock's percussive in ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2010

    Clubs preview: Caribou

    ​Caribou @ The Independent Since debuting a decade ago under the name Manitoba (changed to Caribou in 2004 for legal reasons), Dan Snaith has applied a drummer's ear and mathematician's air to freakbeat fills and psych-pop trills. Early on, he threaded an undercurrent of Krautrock's percussive in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Coachella in Photos Day 2: Girls, Devo, Hot Chip, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Dead Weather

    More photos from last weekend's desert marathon, shot by Christopher Victorio. In this round, a couple local faves: Girls and Faith No More.Full slideshow here. Christopher VictorioDevo​Christopher VictorioGirls​ Christopher VictorioEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros​

  • Music

    April 14, 2010

    Hot Chip's snuggly club tunes

    More photos from last weekend's desert marathon, shot by Christopher Victorio. In this round, a couple local faves: Girls and Faith No More.Full slideshow here. Christopher VictorioDevo​Christopher VictorioGirls​ Christopher VictorioEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros​

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Openers: Five Bands to Show up Early For This Week

    Micachu and the Shapes​Openers has spring fever this week -- with so many so many excellent opening bands performing, we can't possibly pick one to recommend. Instead, here's a great opener for each night this week. Some of these shows are already sold out -- it's pre-Coachella insanity here -- an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Roost Uno of Lowbrow Sundays, Tipsy Tuesdays

    ​Sometimes your set takes so long you've gotta pee your pants. Or so says DJ Roost Uno, who'd rather whiz on his leg than step away from the turntables. Luckily in his six years of keeping the party going Sunday nights at Delirium (and various other weeklies and events around town), Uno has yet to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Track of the Day: Lissy Trullie Covers Hot Chip

    ​I love covers so divergent from the original it takes you a minute to remember who first sang the tune. That happened to me over the weekend when I heard Lissy Trullie's rendition of Hot Chip's "Ready For The Floor." The former model-turned singer gives the electro single an exuberant pop boost, ... More >>

  • Music

    July 8, 2009

    Busdriver drives against the flow

    ​I love covers so divergent from the original it takes you a minute to remember who first sang the tune. That happened to me over the weekend when I heard Lissy Trullie's rendition of Hot Chip's "Ready For The Floor." The former model-turned singer gives the electro single an exuberant pop boost, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Buraka Som Sistema Coming to SF

    Straight Outta Lisbon: Buraka Som SistemaThis is an official Hipster Alert: Lisbon outfit Buraka Som Sistema, one of the hottest acts to emerge from the burgeoning worldtronica movement, are coming to the Rickshaw Stop April 21. How hot are Buraka? The group recently dropped a new album, Black Dia ... More >>

  • Music

    April 8, 2009

    Crookers

    Straight Outta Lisbon: Buraka Som SistemaThis is an official Hipster Alert: Lisbon outfit Buraka Som Sistema, one of the hottest acts to emerge from the burgeoning worldtronica movement, are coming to the Rickshaw Stop April 21. How hot are Buraka? The group recently dropped a new album, Black Dia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Last Night: Cut Copy at the Fillmore

    Cut CopyThe FillmoreThursday, March 12, 2009Review by Melissa BaronBetter Than: Doing homework. Not as good as watching The Office.Hey Cut Copy, Duran Duran called and they want their catalog back. Some critics argue that music, much like fashion, comes in cycles. The same ideas, beats, and rhythms ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    SF Weekly Music Awards Nominee: Tussle

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    Photos: Treasure Island Music Festival

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2008

    Last Night: Treasure Island Music Festival Day 1 on Treasure Island

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2008

    Treasure Island picks: in haiku form!

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    More Treasure Island News: New Bands, New Art

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Growing

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Music

    April 23, 2008

    Hot Chip’s lyric sheet reveals its cultural obsessions

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2008

    Kids in the Hall, Liars, and Steve Martin -- Your Monday Morning Hangover

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2008

    Kids in the Hall, Liars, and Steve Martin — Your Monday Morning Hangover

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    Hot Chip Offers Free MP3 from New Album

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    Coachella 2008 Lineup Announced

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Music

    October 31, 2007

    Ex-Tussle head Alexis Georgopoulos Goes for Brian Eno-esque Ambience with Arp

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Music

    October 17, 2007

    SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2007

    LastNight: Hot Chip at the Fillmore

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Music

    April 25, 2007

    It's ladies' afternoon at El Rio

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Music

    November 29, 2006

    Things Can Only Get Better

    Tussle raises the creativity quotient

  • Music

    November 15, 2006

    The King of Pop vs. The Price of Baby Mustaches

    Tussle raises the creativity quotient

  • Music

    July 26, 2006

    Pop Quizzical

    U.K. electro outfit Hot Chip confounds as it funks

  • Music

    July 19, 2006

    Misc. Reviews

    Beverly Hills' dark underbelly

  • Summer Guide

    June 28, 2006

    Music Live, Worth the Drive

    Hot summer concerts for tastes all along the codger spectrum

  • Music

    March 1, 2006

    Off your Gourd and into the StereoLab: A little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' electro

    Hot summer concerts for tastes all along the codger spectrum

  • Music

    January 25, 2006

    Hot Chip

    Coming on Strong

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