The Lemur Blog — Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (zshare)Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (ysi)Christmas tip: Give this to that nerd at school who's too geeky to be mainstream so he turned Alt. He can't dance to normal club and electronic dance music so he needs this to... more info

Pitchfork — Well, this was unexpected. Perhaps coming to terms with the fact that increasingly few people give a shit about the Grammys, the Recording Academy tonight announced its list of nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, and those nominees were...sho... more info

Pitchfork — Well, this was unexpected. Perhaps coming to terms with the fact that increasingly few people give a shit about the Grammys, the Recording Academy tonight announced its list of nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, and those nominees were...sho... more info

Get Weird — Dj D.Star recently did a bassy mixtape and interview for Dutch snow/skate magazine RELOAD. Head over to RELOAD for more mixtape business from Don Rimini, Public and A.J. Holmes. Mix and tracklist after the jump 1. Buraka Som Sistema & Skream - Blips... more info

ContactMusic — HOT CHIP have been discussing their plans for the follow-up to their current album MADE IN THE DARK.With appearances at Glastonbury, Bestival and Benicassim this ... more info

Discobelle.net — The fine people over at Gomma just shot us an e-mail with the short but sweet Hot Chip radio edit of new track “TV Friend” from Danish trio WhoMadeWho + the video for the original version. The Hot Chip lads gives us a quirky and harmonic electrop... more info

Perez Hilton — Blender celebrates the year in music with the 33 best albums of 2008. The list runs the gamut of musical genres, resulting in a pretty inclusive review. Do U agree? 1. Lil' Wayne, Tha Carter III 2. Girl Talk, Feed The Animals 3. TV On The Radio, Dear... more info

XLR8R — Since 2000, London electro-pop quintet Hot Chip has taken a push-pull approach to music, deftly switching between their frenzied live attack (with more instruments onstage than you can count) and the steady bpm of drum machines and electronics-driven... more info

Paste Magazine — 1. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (Beggars/XL/4AD)2. Santogold and Diplo - Top Ranking (Mad Decent) 3. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals (Illegal Art) 4. Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Roadrunner) 5. She & Him - Volume One (Merge) 6. Sigur ... more info

Guardian Music — "It was signal responding to electrodes; it sounded awful." That's how David Bowie recalls the Dübreq Stylophone, the original kids' synth, lent to him by Marc Bolan, used on his first hit, Space Oddity, and known more commonly to millions in the UK... more info