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Hot Chip have announced a few live dates in the U.S. come February, and, well, that's just it. There are only a few; a couple, in fact. Two. One in New York, and one in Los Angeles, and nary a one in between. True, they're special intimate shows that will find the band giving a few lucky listeners the skinny on just what they Made in the Dark of the studio for their forthcoming LP (due February 5 in the UK and February 6 in the U.S. from Astralwerks/DFA). But, again, that's just it: a few lucky listeners. Do your thing, Hot Chip... just please come back and do some more of it again soon, willya? (We have a good feeling that this is definitely happening.)

The Chipsters have added a few new dates to their European tour as well, and lined up Mr. Matthew Dear as their opening act on all those dates. All but one, that is: The very cool-sounding "Greco Roman Anti-Christmas Party" December 21 at London's Transit. Though the band's contribution to the night will include but a DJ set (and perhaps matching togas), they'll be joined on the ones and twos by Basement Jaxx, as well as their dear friend, notorious DJ-Kicker Grovesnor. Mind your shins, lads.

In other Hot Chip news, the band recently contributed remixes to tracks from Love is All and Caribou, and, of course, they'll appear at May's ATP vs. Pitchfork festival, along with just about every other band you'd fly to England to see. Though I still maintain they should play more shows over here anyhow. Ahem.

Hot Chip will play your coasts, snap off to home:

12-21 London, England - Transit (DJ set only) *
02-02 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
02-04 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater
02-14 Leicester, England - Leicester University $
02-15 Leeds, England - Leeds University Union $
02-16 Manchester, England - Manchester University $
02-18 Portsmouth, England - Pyramid Centre $
02-19 Oxford, England - Oxford Academy $
02-20 Norwich, England - Norwich U.E.A. $
02-22 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall $
02-23 Preston, England - 53 Degrees $
02-24 Bristol, England - Academy $
02-26 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC $
02-27 Newcastle, England - Newcastle University $
02-28 Brighton, England - Corn Exchange $
02-29 London, England - Brixton Academy $
05-09-11 Rye, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (ATP vs. Pitchfork) ^

* with Basement Jaxx (DJ set), Grovesnor
$ with Matthew Dear
^ with the Hold Steady, Of Montreal, Jens Lekman, Man Man, Les Savy Fav, Black Lips, Caribou, Dirty Projectors, No Age, Los Campesinos!, Glass Candy, Deerhunter, A Place to Bury Strangers, Yeasayer, Redd Kross, Marissa Nadler, Sebadoh, Ween, Meat Puppets, the Black Angels, Fuck Buttons, Wooden Shjips, Pissed Jeans, Apse, Shit and Shine