NME.COM - Reviews Blog — NME's Rebecca Robinson reviews this week's singles
Joe Goddard ft Valentina - 'Gabriel'
Joe Goddard. He is in Hot Chip, apparently, but so what? It doesn’t excuse this deathly shallow chillwave for robots with no sense of humour. While Valentina m... more info
XLR8R —
Hot Chip's Joe Goddard recently dropped a new single, "Gabriel," a joint release from the venerable DFA imprint and his own Greco-Roman label. Now, the sneakily infectious song has a snazzy new video, to boot.
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Guardian Music — (Ancient and Modern)Shropshire-born Mara Carlyle's second album has a tumultuous history lurking behind its stately songcraft. Originally shelved by EMI in 2008, Carlyle had all but given up on getting it released when Ikea used her song Pianni on on... more info
Guardian Music — You no longer need to choose between a food or music festival. This summer both mainstream and specialist events are putting chefs and pop-up restaurants on the line-up with the bandsLong gone are the days when nosh at music festivals meant soggy chi... more info
Nialler9 — Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard’s new solo single ‘Gabriel’ fits right into the British zeitgeist of uplifting electronic-pop while adapting Hot Chip’s dancefloor instincts to the song. The big magnet to this tune is Valentina, the female vocalist ... more info
XLR8R — New York's DFA Records is nothing if not diverse, and today it continued to speak to that general sentiment with the release of two 12"s, from Gavin Russom and Hot Chip's Joe Goddard.
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Big Stereo — Hypnolove are my latest craving. They don’t have much out there yet but you can feel the energy and summer vibes they are sending out. Think of Talking Heads with Hot Chip, cow bells and disco pumps galore. Full length, please get here already. Go ... more info
We Like it Lossless! — Kompakt / 2011'Ov3r' is given the remix treatment. The original sounds something like Hot Chip gone neo-trance, while the Life And Death/Tale Of Us & Tennis Pic Nic In The Graveyard remix is a more brooding, fresh Tech-House style, Sasse gives a plus... more info