Pitchfork — Yesterday Alex Chilton, the Memphis-raised singer, songwriter, performer, and producer, died in New Orleans. He was 59. It's impossible to express how much Chilton's work has meant to music in the last 40 or so years, particularly underground and ind... more info

Stereogum — Hot Chip made some of my favorite videos of the last decade, because they’ve got great taste in directors and they do both conceptual and humorous really well. And when your singer’s voice is as fragile and tender as Alexis Taylor’s, the humor ... more info

Guardian Music — Kylie wants to work with them. Kraftwerk already have. Hot Chip are becoming superstars – and they're horrifiedAlexis Taylor is sitting in a London gastropub, staring at his lunch. He looks a little crestfallen, but then Taylor always looks a ... more info

Guardian Music — Academy, NewcastleHot Chip walk on to deafening ­applause â€¦ on tape. Then the real ­audience start clapping, not just at their arrival, but at the audacity of such a jape. The south London quintet that emerged in 2004 with a song about ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — “I’m sure there are people who think of us like that, people that don’t know what we’re really about.” says Hot Chip’s resident pocket heartbreaker Alexis Taylor. “There are people out there who probably ... more info

Stereogum — Instead of the Depeche moodier "Take It In," Hot Chip offered the wistful come on of their One Life Stand title track on Fallon last night. They got some assistance with the airy hooks from the Roots, but sadly zero circle dancing. Afterward Ale... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Hot Chip One Life Stand (EMI)House music has traditionally been home for vocalists of a frisky and full-lunged breed, its four-to-the-floor thump the perfect bed on which to bounce off all manner of libidinous sentiments. Hot Chip's... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offPat Metheny Orchestrion The guitar star brings this solo project to London next month, and it's an intriguing mix of technical-geekery (solo guitar, plus a whole road-band ... more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Alexis Taylor chats about not "spoon feeding" their fans whilst being influenced by Susan Boyle on new record One Life Stand. more info

Stereogum — Australia's Triple J has a good thing going with the segment it's dubbed Like A Version, semi-regularly coaxing artists to record an exclusive cover for broadcast. One day less than a year ago, we posted up the session in which Bon Iver covered Feist... more info