Tag Archives: Hot Chip

The French vs. The British

Like I said yesterday, the search for new and unproven talent–and the flood of wannabes in that respect–continues in a seemingly never-ending fashion. But there are a few established–both very well established and not-so-well established–artists I consistently check for regardless. The name Pharrell Williams–along with that of his partner Chad Hugo–is one of […]

This Jookabox Has More Hits Than the Fonz’s

As much of a bummer as it is to admit, my All Hallows’ Eve was spent neither handing out nor stuffing my face with candy treats. No, the inner-city in the year 2008 just isn’t the most trick-or-treating-friendly locale. Instead, my Friday night activities included a lengthy conversation with my lady-friend about how […]

Shuffle Songs, Vol. 3 — Tricks ‘N Treats

Randomer than a Friday Records at Random post, it’s another special “El Keter’s got way too much music and only so many days in the year to write about it all” Shuffle Songs post! First up…New Orleans-via-Hollywood duo The Knux dropped their debut Remind Me In 3 Days this week. I wasn’t sure what to […]

Went Solo On That Ass, But It’s Still the Same (Kinda)

Yesterday I mentioned in passing how André Herman Düne, formerly of the Anti-Folk band Herman Dune, has changed his name to Stanley Brinks and embarked on a solo career. His solo output as Brinks doesn’t represent too big a departure from that of his old group. His songs, like Herman Dune’s, are weird […]

Fresh From the Frialator

As I noted in yesterday’s blog entry, UK Indie-Dance outfit Hot Chip holds the top spot for most listens out of all the music on my hard drives and hand-held digital listening devices according to the calculations of Last.fm and their Audioscrobbler software. I make no bones about it either; I love the shit […]