Always Double Down on a Hot Chip

You never know what the eclectic Hot Chip crew will put out next, but you can always bet it’ll be tuff.Their newest song,”My Piano,” was released as an exclusive on the new DJ Kicks album, but last week they dropped it as a single.”Piano” is a surprisingly dark, hypnotic journey into Electro-House.

While it’s certainly uptempo, they take their time introducing the song’s melodies. But anticipation makes some things better, and you’ll be glad you waited once they get around to them.

The sound quality isn’t all that great on this file, but if you hurry, you can get it for free from the terribly designed Kicks website.

(In case you’re confused, DJ Kicks is not a person. It’s more of an ambassadorship, the title of which is given to a new musician for every album - in this case, Hot Chip - who chooses the songs. Kinda like DJ Food, I guess.)

Track listing after
1. Grovesnor “Nitemoves”
2. Positive K “I Got A Man”
3. Gramme “Like You”
4. Subway “Persuasion”
5. Soundhack “B1″
6. Tom Zé “Cademar”
7. Hot Chip “My Piano (DJ-Kicks)”
8. Wax Stag “Short Road”
9. New Order “Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone Extended Remix)”
10. Young Leek -”Jiggle It”
11. Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto “In The Basement, Part One”
12. Black Devil Disco Club “On Just Foot”
13. Dominik Eulberg “Der Buchdrucker”
14. Grauzone “Film 2″
15. This Heat “Radio Prague”
16. Wookie “Far East”
17. Gabriel Ananda “Doppelwhipper (Live)”
18. Marek Bois “You Got Good Ash”
19. Lanark “The Stone That The Builder Rejected”
20. Pete Um “The Man’s Got Me Beat”
21. Nôze “Love Affair”
22. Audion “Just Fucking (Roman Flügel’s 23 Positions In A One-Night Stand Remix)”
23. Joe Jackson “Steppin’ Out”
24. Ray Charles “Mess Around”