Make Your Ears Happy – Feb. 4, 2017
A new month, a new playlist from PHM. We have a mix of new stuff and old stuff, because you can never be too snobby to discover music from 2016. Check out tracks by Arcade Fire, The Record Company, Editors,...
Tagged: Hot Chip
PeteHatesMusic’s Top Albums of 2015
Twitter: PeteHatesMusic “I can’t believe (this artist) is not in the top 5!” “What were you thinking putting (this artist) at #2 on your list!” These are some of the “compliments” passed along to those who compile year end lists....
PeteHatesMusic’s Top Songs of 2015
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic As the year winds to an end, we beat Santa to the gift giving and present you our Top Songs of 2015 list. Like all lists, it’s subjective as hell, but objectively we are awesome, so maybe that...
PeteHatesMusic End of Summer Indie Mix: Best of June through September
As you can tell by the crisp air and the fact that the Toronto Blue Jays have made the playoffs (wait, what?!) that fall is upon us. This means I have an excuse to make an end of summer playlist,...
Watch! Hot Chip – Started Right
Quirky yet awesome English electronic band Hot Chip have a video that stylistically sums them up. Known for quirky yet cool videos, the band serve up another treat in the new video for Started Right. The song has a bit...
Osheaga 2015 Festival Preview and Band Recommendations (Montreal, July 31, August 1 to 2)
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic We’ve attended the last 2 Osheaga festivals in Montreal (2014 reviews, 2013 reviews), and they’ve gotten better in each year. 2015 is the 10th anniversary, and they have unveiled a fantastic line up with a few cool treats....
Listen to the PeteHatesMusic Monthly Mix – April 2015
It’s May! It’s Canadian Music Week! It’s exclamation mark appreciation month! What this means, besides me using more exclamation marks than I already do, is that you faithful readers (and accidental visitors) get to listen to 10 awesome tunes that...
Listen! Hot Chip – Burning Up
Hot Chip are going to have one heck of an album. They drop Why Make Sense? on May 19, and we’ve already heard Huarache Lights and Need You Now. Their latest offering is a lyric video for Burning Up. The...
Watch! Hot Chip – Need You Now
Hot Chip will drop their new album, Why Make Sense?, on May 19, and we’ve already heard the excellent Huarache Lights. While I was away in Costa Rica last week, the English band dropped another solid tune called Need You...
Watch! Hot Chip – Huarache Lights
Hot Chip topped our list of the best songs of 2012 with Flutes. Today, the UK band returns with another dancey number called Huarache Lights. This tune is off of upcoming new album, Why Make Sense?, out May 18. Huarache...
Weekend Music – The most October-est list EVER.
Happy October. Here are # tracks from this week that deserve being played loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss. (editor’s note: do not play loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss). 1. Traumer is from Paris. This reminds me...
Morning Music Notes – Ball One
More solo stuff from Hot Chip singer Alexis Taylor. His 2nd solo album will be called Await Barbarians, and we’ve already heard Elvis Has Left The Building. Our latest taste is Without A Crutch. Putting aside the dancey rhythms of...
Morning Music Notes – I’d Like 2 Copies of the New Wu-Tang, Please
Hot Chip love to get the people moving. That’s why I skipped Mumford & Sons at Osheaga in 2013 to see them, and why they topped our Top Songs of 2012 list. Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip has a new...
Listen to the PeteHatesMusic Monthly Mix – March 2014
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic March is just about over. To avoid having people think our playlist is an April Fools Day joke – Milli Vanilli, really? – we posted it a day early. That, and Mondays suck (just ask Garfield), so this...
Listen! Hot Chip – Atomic Bomb (William Onyeabor Cover)
William Onyeabor – who the hell is he and why are bands covering him? Onyeabor made a bunch of African synth-based music in the 70s and 80s. David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label put out some of his stuff last year,...
