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War Child's Heroes charity comp is a covers collection on which veteran bands nominated artists from a younger generation to take a stab at one of their classic cuts (yesterday there was Lily Allen's take on the Clash). There are a few of no-brainers included in the set (see the Hold Steady doing Springsteen's "Atlantic City") but there is something relatively inspired in New Order's appointing of Hot Chip to do Joy Division's eternal "Transmission", instead of something more obvious like "Bizarre Love Triangle" or "Temptation". War Child's description of "Transmission" quotes N.O.'s Bernard Sumner as saying, "Ian [Curtis] used to play Kraftwerk records to us, saying 'listen to this, this is something new, something fantastic.' Maybe he knew and maybe he was showing us the way." It's pretty clear that Hot Chip got the message, as the band trades the original's anthemic mania for abridged krautrock, sounding a lot like the aliens from Close Encounters jamming on "Us vs Them". It's an appealing cosmic jam that also leaves one wondering how "Temptation" might have worked out.[from Heroes; due 02/16/09 in the UK on Parlophone and 02/24/09 in the U.S. on Astralwerks]
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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,…
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The latest installment of the artist-curated Late Night Tales compilation series is on its way, and it's coming from Hot Chip. The mix features a whole bunch of artists, and it also includes four new recordings from Hot Chip: three original songs, and a cover of the Velvet Underground's "Candy Says." Last year's A Bath…
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Former Wild Beasts singer Hayden Thorpe has released one solo album, last year's Diviner, since his band broke up a few years ago. And now, BrooklynVegan reports that he's teaming up with Hot Chip's Joe Goddard, his Domino labelmate, for a brand new single called "Unknown Song."
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