Hot Chip

By request! Hot Chip covering The Boss (with a sprinkle of LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends"): www.youtube.com www.whosampled.com

Here's your Friday dose of Hot Chip covering The Boss (with a sprinkle of LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends"): www.youtube.com www.whosampled.com

Hot Chip gave a quite danceable live performance in the KEXP studio back in 2019: www.youtube.com --- Did you know that Hot Chip was our guest Dj for Midnight in a Perfect World back in 2019? Check out their scintillating playlist.: www.kexp.org --- hotchip.bandcamp.com

Check out this full performance from the English synthpop band Hot Chip, Live on KEXP, recorded September 2019, enjoy: www.youtube.com --- www.hot-chip.co.uk

Inspired in part by Hot Chip’s live cover of the Beastie Boys’ "Sabotage," "Freakout/Release" is one of the loudest songs in the band’s catalog to date, and stylistically one of the most unique in their discography. bit.ly www.hot-chip.co.uk

Happy Birthday to Joe Goddard born on this day in 1979! Inspired in part by Hot Chip’s live cover of the Beastie Boys’ "Sabotage," "Freakout/Release" is one of the loudest songs in the band’s catalog to date, and stylistically one of the most unique in their discography. bit.ly

One of Morgan's great Friday songs, this is Hot Chip covering The Boss (with a sprinkle of LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends"): www.youtube.com -- Did you know that Courtney Cox got her first big break when she was pulled from the audience onto stage with The Boss for a dancing cameo in his “Dancing in the Dark” video? The video directed by famed auteur Brian De Palma was shot during a pair of Springsteen shows in St. Paul, Minn. and the rocker pulled the then 20-year-old Cox from the audience to dance with him onstage, not knowing that she was an actress who was chosen during a casting call in New York.: www.youtube.com

Happy birthday to Alexander John Joseph Doyle - born on this day in 1980, best known as guitarist and synthesizer player for British indie electronic band Hot Chip and for American rock band LCD Soundsystem. He is also a founding member of British electronic band New Build.

Stay tuned to KEXP for another opportunity this Midday Show to win a pair of tickets to Freakout Festival 2024, in Ballard (Seattle), WA! www.the-freakout.com --- Inspired in part by Hot Chip’s live cover of the Beastie Boys’ "Sabotage," "Freakout/Release" is one of the loudest songs in the band’s catalog to date, and stylistically one of the most unique in their discography. bit.ly www.hot-chip.co.uk