Ok, so due to a conglomeration of factors this week is going to be short and sweet. It’s also going to be about music. New music though, so there’s that. Here are a few of the albums that have come out in the past few weeks that I’ve been listening to a lot. There’s something geeky about listening to music that isn’t really on the radio, and I think I’ve covered some pretty great new albums for you to enjoy this summer. Bam.
Hot Chip – Why Make Sense?
Hot Chip is one of those bands that for some reason I’m always a little amazed are still together. I started listening to them when I was getting out of punk and ska and into more electronic music. Due to the unpredictable nature of most of the bands I got into at the time (DFA 1979 broke up for nearly a decade, LCD Soundsystem broke up, Crystal Castles broke up, Does it Offend You, Yeah? broke up, MGMT made a garbage second release) I always sort of thought that Hot Chip had stopped making music. I couldn’t be more wrong and I’m always happily surprised when a new album gets released. In fact, they’ve brought out 6 full length albums since 2004, so basically every 2 years they bring out a new album. They’re also more or less the original lineup. This makes me think that they’re just a good group of dudes who like making bleepy-bloopy music.
