hot chip do covers

A band famous for reworks, remixes and covers, everyone's favorite London electro poppers Hot Chip are rumored to be working on two very different songs to remake; Joy Division's uber-famous "Transmission" and Vampire Weekend's "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa." An even bigger rumor lies within the speculated guest, "but this feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel" himself. Weird, right? Alexis spoke with BBC's Newsbeat about the songs and said re: "Transmission" that the feel is entirely different from the original, much more tropical. I'm excited to hear it. 

Alexis also spoke in the same report about the progress of Made in the Dark's predecessor which features one "Alley Cat" said to be in the vein of a "Arthur Russell mid tempo disco tune." Curiosity is killing my cat.

 In other Hot Chip news, the video for "Wrestlers" is hilarious and features a cameo from Mr. James Murphy himself.

Wrestlers

On a different but related (both to this and the previous post) note, Esau Mwamwaya has also covered VW's "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," which you can hear on his myspace, in addition to his cover of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" and cameo on the dope "Get It Up."