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Hot Chip Announce In-Store Gigs Alongside “Down” Remix Bundle

George Carter — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:32:16 +0000

Back in April, Hot Chip, one of the UK’s most prolific and consistent synth-pop acts of the last few decades, announced their upcoming 8^th LP Freakout / Release, set to drop on August 18^th. This will be the follow-up to their 2019 output A Bath Full Of Ecstasy, you can find pre-order information here. The band also announced a short residency at Brixton Academy, but if any fans simply can’t survive the next few months waiting, the group have also announced a handful of in-store performances in August to celebrate the album’s release. Hot Chip is a band that has become renowned for never doing things by halves; so have also dropped 3 remixes of their most recent single ‘Down’ by Sworn Virgins, Nyra, and Selector Dub Narcotic, as a companion to the new shows. You can listen to the new tracks below.

As mentioned before, the band’s Brixton Academy residency will take up 4 nights in September, you can search for any remaining tickets here. The new instore dates will come before these gigs; right around the album’s release. The first will be at Kingston’s famous Banquet at PRYZM on August 18^th (that’s right, before the album’s release), closely followed by a night in Brighton at Resident at Chalk on the 19^th (release day, very exciting), before finally concluding back in London at Rough Trade East on the 23^rd. Tickets for all 3 shows can be found here.

Al Doyle, one of the band’s many multi-instrumentalists, explained the album’s inspiration in a press release, “The idea of being out of control is always there in dance music, in a positive sense.” Frontman Alexis Taylor added, “By the time we were able to be back together, we were turning on a tap and having a lot of ideas being poured out quite quickly.” While everyone was commenting on the album, Joe Goddard, again a multi-instrumentalist, also decided to add, “We were living through a period where it was very easy to feel like people were losing control of their lives in different ways. There’s a darkness that runs through a lot of those tracks.”

In my opinion, Hot Chip have earned their title as one of the UK’s arguably more underrated dance groups. They may not have reached the festival-bill topping heights of a group like Disclosure, but their energy and consistency always lend themselves well to touring and performing. So, in the words of Selector Dub Narcotic, “No matter what the dancefloor, Hot Chip has the answer.”

Hot Chip Announce New Album ‘Freakout / Release’, London Residency, and New Single ‘Down’

George Carter — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:47:46 +0000

Hot Chip have amassed a name for themselves as one of the UK’s most prolific, and consistent synth-pop acts of the last few decades; churning out new music give or take every 2 years since 2004 has led to a pretty dedicated legion of fans. Today, the band have announced their upcoming 8^th LP Freakout / Release, set to drop on August 18^th. This will be the follow up to their 2019 output A Bath Full Of Ecstasy, you can find pre-order information here. To mark the occasion, the band have also released our first taste of the new tunes with “Down”. If the new single is anything to go by, then fans of Hot Chip will probably enjoy it, their idiosyncratic sound comes through in full force here. You can listen to the new track, and watch its accompanying Douglas Hart and Steve Mackey directed video below.

In keeping with the band’s usual brand of partying, go big or go home, they have decided to commemorate the album’s release with a 4-night stint at London’s iconic Brixton Academy. Set for September 21^st, the band will play 4 shows on consecutive nights presumably with myriad musical guests. The new album sees contributions from Soulwax, Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon, and London’s own DJ and musician Lou Hayter, so maybe a few surprise guests along the way are a reasonable thing to expect. Tickets for these shows go on sale this Friday (April 22^nd) at 9am. You can find out more ticket information here. The shows come in the middle of a pre-existing tour that will take the band all across the states, and then around Europe’s festival scene. So even if you don’t manage to bag any tickets to the Brixton shows, you’re never a million miles away from one of their shows.

Phil Anselmo Releases Debut Solo Album

Jack Gunner — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:57:07 +0000

Phil Anselmo, former vocalist for iconic heavy metal band Pantera has released his first solo album, entitled ‘Walk Through Exits Only’.

‘Walk Through Exits Only’, released through Anselmo’s independent record label Housecore Records, sees its official release today after being streamed on Revolver magazines website last Friday.

Since the official disbanding of Pantera in 2003, Anselmo has fronted the Louisiana metal band Down, and played guitar for hardcore-punk project Arson Anthem. He has also gained significant media attention owing to a long-standing feud with his former Pantera brethren, who blamed his heroin addiction and supposed abandonment for the band’s breakup. This resentment reached a head in 2004, when, following the murder of former Pantera guitarist ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott, Anselmo was requested not to attend the funeral. In a 2012 interview with Metal Hammer, Anselmo expressed hope for a reconciliation.

Anselmo will celebrate the release of his first solo LP with a North American tour, supported by Warbeast, and Author and Punisher.

Track listing for ‘Walk Through Exits Only’ is as follows:

1. Music Media Is My Whore
2. Battalion Of Zero
3. Betrayed
4. Usurper Bastard’s Rant
5. Walk Through Exits Only
6. Bedroom Destroyer
7. Bedridden
8. Irrelevant Walls And Computer Screens

Check out the music video for ‘Bedridden’, here.