Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Parenthetical Girls - "Evelyn McHale"; I've always been a fan of songs based on historical figures or events. This tune is about a woman who leaped to her death from the Empire State Building and absolutely flattened a car below her (pic). She looks ... more info

The Telegraph — Hot Chip's One Life Stand is a giddying delight. Rating: * * * * * 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

Guardian Music — ParlophoneHot Chip have always seemed older than their years, but this album, their fourth, is the one in which they grow up for real. They have always paired an ear for the dancefloor with an eye for the impenetrable lyric, their songs brimming ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — January has been a fairly good month all in all. I've started up interviewing bands again, spending some quality time with Alexis Hot Chip, 4/7ths of Los Campesinos, Jack from These New Puritans, Delphic and Vivian Girls too. Gigs have been thin on t... more info

ContactMusic — Hot Chip are "proud" of their last album 'Made In The Dark'. The 'Ready for the Floor' hitmakers, who are gearing up to release their fourth LP, said that their... 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

DrownedInSound — Heart/sleeve interface may be at record highs on this album, but only a cast-iron cynic would turn their noses up when the treats on offer are so lovingly prepared. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Nialler9 — Hot Chip are streaming their new album One Life Stand on We7 and you can hear it all in the widget after the jump. On the basis of a few listens, this is a vast improvement over Made in the Dark. It’s got a real emotional resonance and consistenc... more info

Guardian Music — The first time I saw Hot Chip was at London's Spitz in 2003. I fell in love instantly (what's not to love about a bespectacled man doing a monkey dance in a bright orange Puffa jacket?), but didn't anticipate them hanging around for four albums (wher... more info