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  WATCH: Hot Chip Jam with the Roots on 'Fallon'

  February 5, 2010 – Electro-pop favorites Hot Chip and hip-hop maestros the Roots teamed up during Thursday night's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform two songs off Hot Chip's latest effort, One Life Stand (out February 9): the title track and "Take It In." Watch video of the latter cut below -- it's a web exclusive that didn't make the live broadcast. The band's performing again tonight, this time at a free MySpace Secret Show at Highli …
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• Hot Chip, 'One Life Stand' (EMI)

  January 31, 2010 – Is there a band that better embraces the trajectory of dweeb chic thanLondon quintet Hot Chip? In previous generations, their primary songwriters -- bespectacled Alexis Taylor and bloke-ish Joe Goddard -- would've been relegated to bit parts in Revenge of the Nerds or jobs in an IT department. …
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  LISTEN: Grizzly Bear Cover Hot Chip

  January 22, 2010 – A bangin' Hot Chip dance track transformed into melancholy folk? …
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  U2 Recruit Trent Reznor for Remix Album

  December 24, 2009 – U2 are set to release a new remix album, Artificial Horizon, this January, and for the Irish band it was a chance to unleash new material from their vaults. According to the quartet's website, the 13-track album will be released to members of their fan club only, and will feature remixes of Bono and Co.'s latter-day work courtesy of Trent Reznor ("Vertigo") and Justice ("Get On Your Boots"), plus by L.A. …
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  Hot Chip's Next Album Due in February

  November 10, 2009 – U.K. electronic mavens Hot Chip look to match the excellence of their first three albums -- each of which earned high praise from SPIN -- with their fourth effort, One Life Stand, set for a Feb. 9, 2010, release in the U.S. A post on the band's Facebook page promised an album "that is more cohesive and more soulful" than 2007's Made in the Dark. The post also announced a U.K. …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  October 30, 2009 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  April 25, 2009 – This week's top stories had us thinking that summer couldn't come soon enough: Green Day announced their summer tour plans, while officials unveiled the lineup for this year's Lollapalooza festival. …
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  Hot Chip to Mellow Out on Next Album

  April 22, 2009 – Expect less "ready for the floor" and more "heading for the door" on Hot Chip's new album. …
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  Album Stream: Beck Covers Dylan, YYYs Cover Ramones

  February 11, 2009 – If you're like us, you've been hoarding every opportunity to hear tracks from the forthcoming War Child benefit compilation Heroes. Thus far, we've been treated to the Hold Steady covering Bruce Springsteen, Elbow covering U2, and TV On the Radio interpreting David Bowie. Those were awesome -- but things are about to get awesomer! The album isn't out until February 24, but you can hear it streaming in its entirety (we're talking Beck …
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  Beck, Lily Allen, TV on the Radio Cover Rock Legends

  January 12, 2009 – File this one under "awesome idea combined with a great cause." The War Child International charity, which provides aid to children in war-torn countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, recently asked 16 legendary musicians, including Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Bruce Springsteen, to choose a song from their catalogue and a contemporary artist to reinterpret the tune. …
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