The Independent — Lauren Laverne has announced that this year’s 6 Music Festival will take place on Newcastle’s Tyneside. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hot Chip at Prospect Park in 2012 (more by Toby Tenenbaum) Hot Chip's Joe Goddard was just in NYC last week, and this coming week members Felix Martin and Al Doyle will be here with their other band New Build.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Museum of Love As mentioned, New Build (Al & Felix from Hot Chip's other band) are playing NYC in December -- 12/3 at Mercury Lounge and 12/4 at Rough Trade -- and tickets are still available. As... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis The 2 Bears, which is Hot Chip's Joe Goddard and mate Raf Rundell, released their second album, The Night Is Young, earlier this year and it's more of their fun, '90s-style Eurodance (with some dancehall as well),... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — New Build, which features Al and Felix from Hot Chip, will release their second album, Pour it On, next week (11/11) via Sunday Best. It's a little proggier (and less whimsical) than their other group, but no less beat-oriented.... more info

Stereogum — The latest benefit compilation from the Red Hot Organization is Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell, and it features two CDs’ worth of artists paying tribute to Russell, the downtown genre-bender who died of AIDS-related causes in 1992. We’ve po... more info

Stereogum — Red Hot’s Arthur Russell covers compilation has grown into an impressive and exciting release as star after star chimes in with their tributes to the late musician. We’ve heard Sufjan Stevens, Hot Chip, and most recently Robyn take on Russell’s... more info

Stereogum — The list of stars on the new Arthur Russell tribute, Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell, is pretty blinding, but even among acts like Blood Orange, Sufjan Stevens, and Hot Chip, Robyn shines pretty brightly. So too does her cover of Russell’s “... more info

Nialler9 — Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard has been a man of many fine hats in the last few years from a remixer to DJ to 2 Bears member and more, including Hot Chip naturally. For his solo material, last year’s Taking Over EP was a fine release from the title trac... more info

Stereogum — Red Hot Organization is set to release a tribute album to the late dynamic powerhouse Arthur Russell. On the heels of Sufjan Stevens’ sensual “A Little Lost” cover, comes Hot Chip’s sweeping rendition of new-wave/disco favorite “Go Bang.”... more info