Hot Chip are on a roll. The album they released last year, A Bath Full Of Ecstasy, was one of their best. This year, they followed that up by putting together a Late Night Tales mix that featured their cover of the Velvet Underground's "Candy Says" alongside a couple new songs. But Hot Chip are,…

Jarvis Cocker's new-ish band JARV IS... -- who released their debut album Beyond The Pale back in July -- covered the Velvet Underground and the Fall in a new performance filmed for an exhibition about Scottish avant-garde choreographer Michael Clark at the Barbican in London. The performance is "a musical response" to the…

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We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.…

In Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz a grizzled artist on their own career to see how much they can remember – and find out if the years in the rock/pop trenches has affected the ol’ grey matter. This week: singer-songwriter and Twitter troll slayer James Blunt. 1: Who once said of you: ‘If she’s so beautiful, stop standing ...