Hot Chip have been confirmed to headline the main stage at Camp Bestival at Lulworth Castle in Dorset on Friday 27th July. For ticket details, visit the festival’s website here.
Camp Bestival headline show announced
New Build – debut album and gig details
New Build, a new band featuring Hot Chip members Al Doyle and Felix Martin, are pleased to announce the imminent release of their first album Yesterday Was Lived And Lost.
The 12 track album will be released on digital, CD and heavyweight vinyl format on March 5th 2012. Yesterday Was Lived And Lost will be the third release on New Build’s own fledgling imprint Lanark Recordings.
The CD comes with two beautiful postcard sized prints by the artists Bevis Martin and Charlie Youle, who created the artwork for the release. The vinyl version features an exclusive bonus track and a link to download high quality digital files.
You can pre-order the album now, with an immediate download of one free track from the album entitled “Finding Reasons”, on all 3 formats directly from the band here.
Click here for a stream of 4 tracks from the album.
New Build are on tour in the UK, Europe and the US in March – they play at:
March 2012
| Tue 6 | Glasgow, UK | Captains Rest | Buy Tickets |
| Wed 7 | Leeds, UK | Cockpit 2 | Buy Tickets |
| Thu 8 | Manchester, UK | Deaf Institute | Buy Tickets |
| Fri 9 | London, UK (w/ 2 Bears) | Corsica Studios | Buy Tickets |
| Sat 10 | Brighton, UK | Sticky Mikes | Buy Tickets |
| Tue 13 | New York, USA | Mercury Lounge | Sold Out |
| Wed 14 | New York, USA | Mercury Lounge | Sold Out |
| Tue 20 | Berlin, Germany | Lido | Buy Tickets |
| Wed 21 | Cologne, Germany | Gebaude 9 | Buy Tickets |
| Thu 22 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Bitterzoet | Buy Tickets |
| Fri 23 | Brussels, Belgium | Botanique/Rotonde | Buy Tickets |
| Sat 24 | Paris, France | Point Ephemere | Buy Tickets |
Hollywood Bowl gig announced
Hot Chip return to active service with the announcement of a gig at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday Sept 9th 2012. Passion Pit will also play on the night. Check back here regularly for more information about the forthcoming Hot Chip album as well as festival and tour dates.
2 Bears on tour
The 2 Bears are playing a series of DJ gigs in support of their debut LP, Be Strong. Catch them at:
27th Jan – The 2 Bears, Sub Club, Glasgow
3rd Feb - The 2 Bears, Fabric, London
16th Feb – The 2 Bears (Raf only), Clwb Ifor Back, Cardiff
17th Feb – The 2 Bears, Crawdaddy, Dublin
18th Feb – The 2 Bears, Blah Blah Blah @ Digital, Brighton
24th Feb – The 2 Bears, Social Club, Paris
25th Feb – The 2 Bears, Stadtbad Wedding, Berlin
2 Bears “Be Strong” – reviews, stream and Essential Mix
The 2 Bears LP Be Strong – is out next week (Monday 30th January) via the good folks at Southern Fried Records. You can hear the whole thing on the band’s site. Reviews have various described it “thumping album of proper house music” (Word), “a really beautiful work of art about love and unity” (Annie Mac) and “one of the most anticipated albums of 2012″ (The Observer). The Guardian’s exceptionally good review of Be Strong is online here. The album is available as a Big Bear Bundle featuring am instant download, signed deluxe CD, a tea towel (modeled here by Joe and Raf) and a ping pong set. Finally, you can still hear their Essential Mix for Radio One here, via the iPlayer.
Sup Magazine t-shirts
Sup Magazine has created a series of limited t-shirts for the Wood Wood label with artists and musicians. A highly psychedelic Alexis Taylor shirt is available here.
Alexis plays four gigs with Justus Köhncke
Justus Köhncke and Alexis Taylor are playing a quartet of European dates together in February and March. The pair first collaborated together on the song Sorry, a vocal re-working by Alexis of Justus’s classic Parage, performed live together in Germany on the Hot Chip One Life Stand tour, and later released on the Kitsuné Maison Compilation 10: The Fireworks Issue.
“Sing-jaying together at these 4 upcoming dates in Germany, Denmark and Norway, they perform originals and unique cover versions, and spin house and techno, disco and garage discs. The modern day John and Harry welcome you on their future lost weekends.”
The dates and ticket links are in the live section.
Joe Goddard’s Gabriel in End of Year Polls
We’re made up to be able to say that Joe Goddard’s single Gabriel has been voted No.3 in Mixmag’s Top Tunes of 2011 – the good folks at The Guardian also made the track No.4 in their end of year round up. In other news, Mixmag highlights the 2 Bears as Stars of the Year – they’re also currently hosting a download of Joe’s ace mix of Delilah’s Love You So.
The 2 Bears – dates and LP news
The 2 Bears – aka hardest working man in showbiz Joe Goddard and Raf Daddy – are playing a series of DJ gigs over the next couple of months in the UK before heading out to work on their winter tans in Australia. Their next single, Work, will be released on Southern Fried in November while their absolutely corking LP, Be Strong, will emerge in the New Year.
In case you missed it
in case you missed it, our band New Build is now on the scene, free download here: newbuildband.com More to come later this year! al & felix
