Hot Chip

VIMTV Album Review #493: Hot Chip – In Our Heads

Jake: 82/100

Tom: 80/100

Verdict: Recommended for fans of electronic music with good variety and depth.

Overview: Hot Chip’s aptly titled In Our Heads is full of infectious, experimental dance music that will send your body into dancing convulsions if listened to at high volume. We hear Hot Chip toying with their art, making that retro 80s throwback sound come alive with contorted melodies and hyper beats. Hot Chip also conveys a wide variety of emotions on this record and easily shows the listener that should pay attention to the music. When they do, they are awarded with some of the best written dance music available to modern man.

Jake’s Track Picks: 

• 1. Motion Sickness
• 6. Night & Day
• 7. Flutes
• 9. Ends of the Earth

Tom’s Track Picks: 

• 1. Motion Sickness
• 7. Flutes
• 10. Let Me Be Him

Flutes

Motion Sickness

VIMTV Episode #88: Hot Chip – Made In The Dark

Jake: Recommended, 86/100

Tom: Recommended, 82/100

-A great request by Ian Anderson.

Overview: ”Made In The Dark” is probably Hot Chip at their danciest. The truly interesting thing about this album, however, is that they’re able to combine these dance elements with melodic and catchy songwriting. This album has the phenomenal ability to cover the functional aspect of dance music while maintaining its status as good music that can be enjoyed anywhere at any time. One thing that pushes this concept even further for “Made In The Dark” is the fact that it effectively incorporates ballads into the album structure.

Recommended Similar Artists: Dirty Vegas, Phoenix, Ryksopp

Jake’s Track Picks: 

• 2. Shake A Fist
• 8. One Pure Thought
• 10. Wrestlers

Note from Jake:

-Paul McCartney supposedly has helped with MGMT’s Congratulations, not with Hot Chip (that we know of)

Tom’s Track Picks: 

• 2. Shake A Fist
• 3. Ready For The Floor
• 10. Wrestlers

VIMTV Research Links:

• Hot Chip Band Website
• Wikipedia – Hot Chip
• Hot Chip Myspace
• Hot Chip – Made in the Dark reviews at Metacritic
• Lyrics – Hot Chip

VIMTV Episode #37: Hot Chip – One Life Stand

Jake: Recommended, 81/100

Tom: Somewhat Recommended, 69/100

Overview: With “One Life Stand,” the title really says it all for the change of attitude that Hot Chip took with this new batch of their electronic-pop. They’re ready to settle down and grow up, but their adolescence is still putting up a fight and making them stay true to their quirky ways. Jake thinks this album has a lot of charm and good songwriting. Tom feels that it’s very hit and miss, with some of the tracks really shining while others completely miss the target.

Recommended Similar Artists: Dirty Vegas, Phoenix, Ryksopp

Jake’s Track Picks: 

• 2. Hand Me Down Your Love
• 3. I Feel Better

Tom’s Track Picks: 

• 4. One Life Stand
• 5. Brothers

VIMTV Research Links:

• Hot Chip Band Website
• Wikipedia – Hot Chip
• Hot Chip Myspace
• Hot Chip – One Life Stand reviews at Metacritic
• Lyrics – Hot Chip