Guardian Music — (Southern Fried)The enduring appeal of dance music lies in its functionality, its sexual directness and frisson of nocturnal peril. And then there are those soppy, euphoric nights out, captured here by Hot Chip's Joe Goddard and former PR-turned-DJ R... more info

Guardian Music — Other acts to play the family-friendly festival include Kool and the Gang, Chic and Adam AntThe first acts for this year's Camp Bestival have been announced, with Hot Chip headlining a festival for the first time. The following night will see a celeb... more info

Guardian Music — Their new album Be Strong is infused and informed by classic dance music. Here, the duo's Raf Rundell pays tribute to the tunes that inspired themThe 2 Bears have received rave reviews for their debut album Be Strong, a record that is a hymn to the ... more info

Guardian Music — The 2 Bears - aka Hot Chip's Joe Goddard and Raf Rundell - amble into the Guardian's studio to perform an exclusive live version of their country-inspired single Time In MindAndy GallagherBen KapeChristian Bennett more info

Guardian Music — (Southern Fried)On paper at least, omens augur a little ill for the debut album by 2 Bears. Joe Goddard has a plethora of activities in addition to his day job in Hot Chip – he collaborated on one of last year's finest singles, Gabriel – but his ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — --- Just saw that tweet for the first time via Hot Chip while looking for info on Hot Chip's new album. As you know, Lana Del Rey played SNL this past weekend (Hipster Runoff has since renamed his website... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hot Chip at Highline Ballroom in 2010 (more by Vincent Cornelli) We just mentioned that Hot Chip/LCD Soundsystem side project New Build added a second Mercury Lounge show (1/14) happening one day after their sold out NYC debut at the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — New Build, the new project featuring Hot Chip members Felix Martin and Al Doyle (who was also in LCD Soundsystem) and engineer Tom Hopkins, announced last month/year that they'll be making their NYC debut at Mercury Lounge on March... more info

Nialler9 — Despite Hot Chip having a new album pretty much recorded, Joe Goddard continues his restless streak of the last year or two in which he has given us production for DELS, this solo banger and bubblin’ under, The 2 Bears … Read More... → more info

Guardian Music — (Full Time Hobby)The brains behind Diagrams is former Tunng frontman Sam Genders, who spent the last three years working in a primary school and extricating himself from an emotionally "dark place". Fittingly, Black Light is a departure from Tunng's... more info