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13 Nov 2008
What are your favourite Christmas hits? My favourite is the Phil Spector Christmas album, which I think is wonderful and romantic. Of course, there are also the classics, like ‘Little Drummer Boy’ and ‘I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus’, which is about…
16 Oct 2008
Half grimy techno maverick, half supervillain Drums of Death (aka Colin Bailey) is on the brink of becoming Scotland’s latest electronica superstar. Perhaps too warped to storm the charts like Mylo or Calvin Harris, having growing up on a diet of…
18 Sep 2008
Don’t worry if you’re still scratching your head at the concept of Tennent’s Mutual – the ‘experimental’ new ‘co-creative’ music initiative, which launched its first line-up earlier this month – you’re in good company, and even Tennent’s’ Senior…
23 Apr 2008
Keeping you up to date with all the best new Scottish gigs announced in the last 24 hours: Following a stunning set at the Barrowlands last year, Hot Chip return to Glasgow's Carling Academy on the 2 November. The Music are feeling their way back…
14 Feb 2008
ELECTRO-POP Barrowland, Glasgow, Tue 26 Feb ‘I guess we’ve always been outsiders,’ says Felix Martin, one fifth of geeky electro-pop outfit Hot Chip. ‘I think that comes across in our music. We seem to be unique, we’ve never felt closely related to…
31 Jan 2008
(EMI) POP Hot Chip were in mortal danger of being ‘that band that did the over and over song’. Lucky then, that this, their third long player, is crammed full of bloody marvellous tracks. Providing some kind of parping, clunking, rolling…
17 Jan 2008
Destiny’s Child alumnus Kelly Rowland ’s ‘Work’ (SonyBMG) ••• might be one for the ladies, but by endlessly declaring, ‘Put it in, do it do it’, she’ll no doubt be fuelling chauvinistic male debate on whether one would oblige, fearing it lessen the…
23 Aug 2007
Hot Chip will break your legs, snap off your head. At least, that’s what they claim on The Warning, the title track of their magnificent second album. Apparently the London-based electro-pop duo of Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard met at school, where they…
6 Dec 2006
Optimo at New Year is always a safe bet, securing some of the most interesting acts on the circuit, and this year is no exception. Not only will Twitch and Wilkes be manning the decks, with a bit of help from Death Disco’s Mingo-Go with ‘spoken…
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